Coast Resorts Open Roads Forum: Whats Your Real Weights? Truck and Trailer. The Real Deal

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Topic: Whats Your Real Weights? Truck and Trailer. The Real Deal

Posted By: BILLKINYON on 02/29/12 09:44am

MY 2008 GMC DUALLY WEIGHT IS 7,600 LBS. BUT I HAVE A 45 GAL EXTRA FUEL TANK AND A 2X2 TOOL BOX ACCROSS THE BACK. I TRY TO KEEP 10 GAL OF EXTRA FUEL ON BOARD FOR EMERGENCY'S. UNLESS I SEE A GREAT DEAL ON FUEL COST THEN I FILL HER UP. MY TRAILER IS SUPPOSED TO BE 16,000. BUT IM OVER WEIGHT A 1,000 LBS. APPROX. SO I PUT ON THE G RATED TIRES TO COVER MY EXTRA WEIGHT.
BY THE WAY I FOUND MANY G RATED TIRES AT ====NEXTAG.COM/235-85-16-14 PR-TIRES/STORES-HTML====. I BOUGHT A SET OF "KENDA G LT TIRES" A SET OF 5 FOR $850 IN OKLAHOMA. YES THEY ARE MADE IN CHINA. BUT THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT NOW IS THEY ALL ARE.

Posted By: BILLKINYON on 02/29/12 09:55am

I WOULD LOOK INTO A DUALLY FOR SURE. I HAVE BEEN AN AUTO MECHANIC FOR 50 YEARS. THE LAST 25 YEARS FOR A FORD DEALER. RETIRED 4 YEARS AGO.SO I KNOW ALLOT ABOUT THE BIG THREE TRUCKS AND THERE LIMITS. JUST FROM EXPIERANCE ALONE! I LIKE THE GMC BEST. EVAN THOUGH I WORKED FOR FORD ALL THOSE YEARS. WHEN YOU RAISE THE HOOD ON A FORD, YOU CANNOT SEE THE MOTOR. THERES IS TOO MUCH STUFF IN THE WAY. 2 TURBO'S. BUT WHEN YOU RAISE THE HOOD ON A GMC -YOU SEE A V8 DEISEL. EASY TO CLEAN AND WORK ON IF NEEDED. I KNOW ALLOT MORE ABOUT THE FORD FROM 25 YEARS OF REPAIRS. BUT I DONT WANT TO WORK ON ANYTHING ANYMORE! HA HA
THE DUALLY GIVES YOU MORE STABILITY ON THE ROAD. ESPECIALLY IN SIDEWINDS GOING THROUGH KANSAS. IF YOU GOING FULL TIMING GO FOR THE DUALLY.

Posted By: sirdrakejr on 02/29/12 12:33pm

Raise the hood on a Dodge CTD. [emoticon]

Frank

2011 Palomino Maverick 1000SLLB on a 2004 Dodge Quadcab CTD Ram3500 SRW long bed equipped with Timbren springs, Stable Load bump stops, Rickson 19.5" wheels/"G" range tires and a Helwig "Big Wig" rear anti sway bar.

Posted By: avvidclif1 on 02/29/12 02:12pm

cefloyd 1961 wrote:

wow from reading all this I might need a new truck lol Im pulling a 40 ft sandpiper with a hd2500 ex cab 6.0 motor and heavy duty tranny with 410 gears and a pullright 15k hitch and the weight on the scales of my truck is 6065lbs. my dry weight is 10983lbs and my gvwr is 14175lbs and hitch weight is 2175lbs and on the sticker on my truck it says cargo weight 2543 The guy at the camper store said I would be fine so far so good what do you all
think

http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s363/CFloyd61/100_3696.jpg

If the GCVWR (not GVWR) of your vehicle is 14175 then your combined weight (truck and trailer) should not exceed that. With a truck weight of 6062 your loaded trailer should weigh no more than 8113 lbs. With a normal loaded trailer of abt 1500 lbs of "stuff" added to your dry weight of 10,983 I would say your over by about 4300 lbs.

The truck can handle the hitch weight but the combined is way over.

Clif & Millie
2009 Ford F350 SRW CC Lariat 6.4 Diesel
2015 Heartland Cyclone HD CY3418 Toy Hauler

Posted By: Camps with Critters on 03/02/12 01:14pm

Well I guess I really did expect it to be heavy, but here is the whole enchilada! Truck full fuel, fresh water full, propane 30 of 40 gallons available. Oh and car on back had 3/4 tank gasoline.

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05 Freightliner Century with Smart Car on the back
2010 Spacecraft 44.5 ft with a fully stocked bar-room
The Critters: Boogie & Jack (2 great dogs)

Posted By: DW-gray on 03/02/12 01:41pm

Camps with Critters wrote:

Nice. Your truck weighs more than my GCW. With a rig like yours, I want even mention visiting Fifth Wheel St. LOL

* This post was edited 08/12/12 03:02pm by DW-gray *

Dave Gray
RV Safety Educator & Consultant
08 Dodge Ram 3500 4X4, Dually, 6.7L Diesel, 09 Heartland Cyclone 4012

Posted By: Camps with Critters on 03/02/12 01:46pm

DW-gray wrote:

Nice. Your truck weighs more than my GCW. With a rig like yours, I want even mention visiting FifthWheelSt.com. LOL

Well truck has GVW of 52,000 & GCW of 80,000 so not worried yet, if I do ever get close I'll look you up!

As a side note all axles are well within ratings.

Posted By: 07PSDCREW on 03/06/12 07:38pm

Just went to the scale today.....
GCVWR= 24,200. 12,200 truck 12,000 trailer
FAW=4995lbs
Truck with hitch and full tank with driver = 8,210
Trailer only=8,630
Truck with pin weight= 10,180
Truck and trailer= 16,840 lbs
Doing the math I have 23% pin weight.

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it is possible I have a higher GCVWR than stated but I am only going by the door sticker and the plate on the trailer. I didn't look up fifth wheel style towing in the manual yet.

* This post was edited 03/06/12 07:46pm by 07PSDCREW *

2007 Ford F350 6.0 CC SB
Fully bulletproofed/EGR/ARP Studs
Reese 16k round tube slider hitch.
2000 Damon Hornet 2850BH 5er ">
Days camped 2011= 34 2012= 46

Posted By: jerb on 03/18/12 02:49pm

well after camping this weekend figured i would run my pickup and camper across a local set of scales, a 2003 chevy 1500hd, 2004 kz durango, loaded with water, sewer tanks about quarter full, 120 quart cooler in the bed still loaded with plenty of beverages (around 80#) a load of firewood in the bed as well, the total weight with 2 adults in pickup as well, 15,980#, pickup weighs around 6400#, with just pickup on sclaes it was 8000# so around 1600# pin weight, this is the most i would want to pull with a 1500 hd, does pretty well, mileage is nothing to write home about, but it does fine, run about 20# in the airbags, could run a little less yet as the rear of the pickup was actually a little high,my truck is rated for 16,000# gross, so not much more, but this is the heaviest it will be loaded!

2002 2500HD 8.1L/allison, 2004 KZ Durango

Posted By: Brokedown on 03/19/12 01:18am

2002 F250 shortbed 3.73 gears 7.3 PSD towing a 30ft 5th wheel toyhauler with 4 quads 100 gal water firewood in bed 3 adults and a 9 year old

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