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[โ€“] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"Can haul" and "can haul safely" are different.

She was loading bags of gravel into a Toyota Corolla. Sure, it'll drive, but will it brake?

If she should crash into something there's also a huge difference in having a heavy passenger wearing a seat belt and loading the back seats with bags of gravel.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

This right here. Towing capacity is "will it go" and payload capacity is "will it stop" One should try not to go over on either.