Weighed my truck today
We stopped at a truck stop to buy fuel. (Us diesel puppies buy “fuel”)
The scale was right there and not busy so I asked. Cost $8. They have several pads so you can get separate weights.
Scale said:
Steer Axle 4,760 lbs
Drive Axle 5,400 lbs
Trailer Axle 7,120 lbs
Gross 17,280 lbs
Truck (from the Dodge Towing Guide in Feb ‘05)
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Gross
Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)
While it's not listed in the charts, tongue weight [i] is also an important consideration. The
recommended tongue weight is between 10 & 15% of the trailer weight.
However, the maximum tongue weight on Class III (The bumper ball) is limited to
500 lbs, and Class IV (The receiver hitch) to 1200 lbs.
This requirement overrides any recommended GTW rating, between 10% and 15% of
gross trailer weight (GTW). Additionally, the GAWRs
and GVWRs should never be exceeded.
My door sticker says:
Front Axle 5,200
Rear Axle 6,150 (this seems to be the only difference between ’04 & ’05)
GVWR 9,900 (interesting that the axle total capacity of 11,350 is 1,450 more than GVWR)
Trailer
Dry weight (brochure) 6,795
Pin weight (brochure) 1,500
Dry Weigh (sticker) 7,331
Max Gross (sticker) 10,750
So what’s it all mean.
Well within tow rating.
GCWR 21,000
Actual 17,280
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Margin 3,720
Both truck axles are ok.
Truck is overweight
Steer Axle 4760
Drive Axle 5400
Total 10160
GCWR 9900
Overweight 260 lbs – This is about what I thought – hitch is heavy (~350), bed liner is ~200 lbs, tool box
We got a lot of stuff
Truck 7112
Trailer 7331
Total 14443
Gross 17280
Dry 14443
Stuff 2773
Stuff includes Me, Camille, the cat, hitch, bed liner, tool box plus all the normal “stuff”.
Guess at the makeup of the 2773 lbs:
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Pin |
1800 |
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Hitch |
350 |
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Passengers |
350 |
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Bedliner |
200 |
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etc |
73 |
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Total |
2773 |
And then, at Qz I added a Generator (27 lbs), a gallon of Gasoline (8 lbs) and two 69 pound batteries. I’ll remove the original battery – maybe 35 lbs – when I get home.
Pin weight calculations:
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Brocure |
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dry |
6,795 |
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pin |
1,500 |
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percent |
22% |
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Sticker |
7,331 |
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pin
(calc) |
1,618 |
assuming
ratio is constant |
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Actual
Axles |
7,120 |
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Actual
(calc) |
9,137 |
again assuming
ratio is constant |
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Pin
(calc) |
2,017 |
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