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The term rated cargo load is not defined by regulation, but generally it is the GVWR of the vehicle minus the combined weight of the occupied designated seating positions (150 pounds times the total number of designated seating positions) and the unloaded vehicle weight. (Lore, 4/25/02, http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/interps/files/23668.rbm.
