Av8orlouTX wrote:

Steer axle 4100
Rear axle 6800
Trailer 10,400
Combined weight 21,300lbs
Heavier than I thought it would be but it works for me.
2004.5 Chevy D/A 2500 HD and 2013 Cedar Creek 34RLSA

sidney wrote:



Lou,

Your rear axle weight seems very high.

Do you know your unhitched rear axle weight? I would have guessed under 3000lbs.

At 6800lbs... and 3000lbs empty... your looking at a pin weight of ~3800lbs.

The dry pin weight of the 34RLSA is 2085lbs. I'm curious about the factory options you added and what other heavy items you may have loaded in the trailer. What's the dry weight of the trailer from the yellow sticker on the door?

Or possibly you are carrying other heavy cargo in the bed of the TV.

sidney wrote:



Lou,

Your rear axle weight seems very high.

Do you know your unhitched rear axle weight? I would have guessed under 3000lbs.

At 6800lbs... and 3000lbs empty... your looking at a pin weight of ~3800lbs.

The dry pin weight of the 34RLSA is 2085lbs. I'm curious about the factory options you added and what other heavy items you may have loaded in the trailer. What's the dry weight of the trailer from the yellow sticker on the door?

Or possibly you are carrying other heavy cargo in the bed of the TV.

PatricioFamily wrote:

This is interesting. There is so much mis-information out there. For 6 months we were pulling a TT that we were told was 7800 lbs dry. Come to find out it was really 10,200 lbs. We have been wanting to find a truck weight station and test for ourselves what are weight really is just to be sure. But dont know if we are permitted to do this. We just thought it would be a good way to know for sure. What do you think? Anyone every tried this before?

4kyyote wrote:



I don't know about your state, but up here in Maine, if the scales are open and busy, sometimes we find a "portable" State Police Scaler, usually in the spring, but most anytime. If not busy, you can ask if you see one, if they'd weigh you. This way you can weight each axle as well as whole rig. Or check w/your local S.P. barracks. Your taxes pay them don't forget.

Learjet wrote:

I have a TT right now...but a 5th wheel is looking good with the new truck. Here are the actual scale weights:

2013 Ford F250 XLT, CC, 6.2, 3.73 rear , 4x2, 4/5/13

Truck with Me (250 lbs) and full fuel:
Steer axle 3,880
Drive axle 2,980
Total 6,860


Truck with ME in it, full fuel, trailer full water (water tank is between tongue and axle on trailer)

Steer axle 3,760 (max front 4,250)
Drive axle 4,060 (max rear 6,100)
Trailer axles 5,000
Gross 12,820 (GCRW 19,000)

I figured the total trailer weight is 5,960 and 960 of that is tongue weight (max is 1,250). My truck with me, full water and the trailer weights 7,820 lbs (10,000 GVWR ) Looks like 2,180 for what ever else.

Door sticker payload 3,253

Trailer 2006 KZ Frontier, 2303P-F