Determining Vehicle Load Capacity

Find weights and capacities for your machine model in SPECIFICATIONS.

CAUTION: Avoid injury! Overloading the vehicle or trailer causes loss of control and causes serious injury or death.

• Do not allow the Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) to exceed the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of the vehicle.
• Remove excess weight before operating vehicle.

MXAL47315-UN-16APR13

The picture shows a Protective Structure installed on a two-passenger machine. Some machines do not have a Protective Structure installed as some models are not designed to include it.

Factors in Determining Vehicle Load Capacity

NOTE: Optional equipment, and attachments that are not standard equipment, reduce your cargo box capacity; so they must be included when determining gross vehicle weight.

• Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) is the combination of the empty vehicle weight, payload, trailer tongue weight, and the weight of any other kits or attachments on the vehicle.

  GVW = A+B+C+D+E

• Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) is the maximum permissible vehicle weight.
• Payload is the weight of all occupants plus the cargo box load.
• (A) Occupant load is the combined weight of the operator and passenger (or passengers).
• (B) Empty vehicle weight is the weight of the vehicle (full fluids) without occupants or load or attachments.
• (C) Trailer tongue weight is the weight measured if the tongue of a loaded trailer was placed on a scale. The tongue weight must be approximately 10% of the total of the trailer weight and the weight of its load.
• (D) Cargo box load is the weight of the cargo in the cargo box. It is less depending on the weight of the occupants, attachments, and the trailer tongue weight.
• (E) Attachment and option weight is the combined weight of all attachments and options that were not standard equipment. For help with this information, contact your John Deere dealer.
• Vehicle load capacity is the remaining amount of weight that the vehicle is able to haul in the cargo box. (Or cargo box plus the additional weight from the operator, passenger (or passengers), trailer tongue, and attachments.)
• Determine maximum vehicle load capacity:
  1. Calculate GVW = A+B+C+D+E
  2. Subtract the Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) from the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR).
  3. The weight difference between the two numbers is the vehicle load capacity.

     Vehicle Load Capacity = GVWR-GVW

  4. The Gross Vehicle Weight must be less than or equal to the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating. If GVW exceeds GVWR, remove excess weight from vehicle before operating.

Example:

The following is for a vehicle with 68 kg (150 lb) of cargo load, a 91 kg (200 lb) operator, 100 kg (220 lb) of attachments. Attachments include a heavy-duty brush guard, poly roof, cargo box power lift kit; towing a trailer with 23 kg (50 lb) of tongue weight.

Find the correct specifications for your machine model in the SPECIFICATIONS section in this manual. To determine your machine capacity, use those numbers.

Key	Description
(A) Operator Weight:	91 kg (200 lb)
(B) Empty Vehicle Weight:	553 kg (1220 lb)
(C) Trailer Tongue Weight:	23 kg (50 lb)
(D) Cargo Load:	68 kg (150 lb)
(E) Attachments and/or Options:	100 kg (220 lb)

GVW = 835 kg (1840 lb)

• 91 kg (200 lb) + 553 kg (1220 lb) + 23 kg (50 lb) + 68 kg (150 lb) + 100 kg (220 lb)

Vehicle Load Capacity = 81 kg (180 lb)

• GWR 916 kg (2020 lb) less GVW 835 kg (1840 lb)

Utilize the remaining vehicle load capacity of 81 kg (180 lb) to haul an additional passenger (or passengers), cargo, trailer tongue, and attachment weight.