2013 chevy express payload 2360 pounds, what happens if i go a little over?

Just guessing, I'd say the biggest risk would be to your driving record if you get caught. Not sure how closely they'd look at you in your neck of the woods. Should be a decent safety margin built in before you start damaging parts, at least if you stick to decent roads and reasonable speeds. Just my opinion, I'd stick to the manufacturer's recommendation.

 

If you have an accident it would really haunt you.

If you are caught, the expenses would not be fun.

 

How do you know the payload is 2360?

Did you fill the tank, put YOU and your personal and/or securment stuff in it and take it to a scale to get it weighed?

When you do that, you take your GVWR and subtract it from the weight on the ticket.

What you will damage is simple. the rear axle. At the place I work at this week, they have a 1500 and put 3000 lbs in it, bent the entire axle housing. It just came back from being repaired and it voided the guarantee because it was considered abuse. I had to make a pickup at the dealer where they brought it to to get the new axle and the service manager showed me the axle, it was bent enough where you could see it without a reference.

AND the worst thing about overloading a van is as mentioned if you get into an accident, you have a big problem. A lawyer will own your house and everything else.

I would personally dump the 1500, it should be illegal to use for anything and GM should never make a cargo van under a 3500.

 

Worst case you damage, lessen the life of the truck or have a catastrophic failure that could result in a bad accident. DOT doesn't screw with pickup trucks that I've ever seen other than hotshots in a 350/3500 pulling a gooseneck. A 1500 it will be unlikely you even get looked at unless your speeding or doing some wreckless driving.

Down side is the only difference between a 1500, 2500, 3500 is an upgrade to a diesel engine, heavier rear axle, a couple more leafs in the leaf springs and the 3500 has a flared bed and two additional tires. The cab and chassis are overall the same thing. Just different lengths of bed sizes and cab seating arangment's. Sad part is, these few little additional add on's can vary the price by $20-30K. Just an FYI.

I wouldn't dare exceed the load rating on regular vehicles be it direct load over the axle or on a trailer.

 

4400lbs direct axle load weight, but install a goose neck ball and the truck is capable of a little better than 23K lbs pulling effort so if the load is distributed evenly across the deck, you should be able to keep the focused axle weight under 4400lbs and have the potential to make more cash, especially if you applied and got your authority. I would say a 30' standard tail would work well. I just can't see it justified to haul so little in a van.

 

If you have a DOT number, you ARE under federal regulation.