My Friends Sometimes....

[OC455]

I've had over 5k in my bed on a 200mile trip not one issue. Also I have a big goose neck trailer last trip when I went across the scale trailer and load *** 18,875, trailer empty is 6500lbs. I towed that 400miles and it would never cross my mind to do any of it again.

Yeah but you are probably set up right and have the load distributed right.

 

[OC455]

I love that gooseneck you have, that thing is awesome.

 

[Dinky]

Yeah but you are probably set up right and have the load distributed right.

Yeah trailer is loaded really well but axels are way back I have a lot of pin weight even empty. Next time I go across a scale empty I'll find out lol. The metal coils on the other hand are just bricks in the bed lol no distributing that.

 

[Dinky]

I love that gooseneck you have, that thing is awesome.

Yeah I love it. 25'+5' dove tail tandem axle dully 23.5k max weight. My truck is 20,300 max towing so it's perfect.

 

[OC455]

Yeah trailer is loaded really well but axels are way back I have a lot of pin weight even empty. Next time I go across a scale empty I'll find out lol. The metal coils on the other hand are just bricks in the bed lol no distributing that.

Having a 200 mile trip with that load is a lot different than being way overloaded for 25k plus miles.....LOL.

 

[Dinky]

Having a 200 mile trip with that load is a lot different than being way overloaded for 25k plus miles.....LOL.

It Is for sure but I still wouldn't hesitate. Those campers when they stick that far past the bumper is a lot of bad weight past the rear axel.

 

[pacofortacos]

Yep, physics still wins every time.

I bet there's more than one person that has told the guy to just straighten it and have some reinforcing done to that section of the frame

 

[Wyo72]

Can happen to any brand it seems

 

[Kenobi]

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Can happen to any brand it seems

Still, if that truck can't handle that trailer, what the heck would?

 

[BadHemi2014]

Wow, glad we used a long bed dually for our camper. I never liked the campers that hang past the bed like that. If you're loaded heavy in the rear of the camper, well, physics wins every time. Our camper was 'only' about 4K wet and loaded. I've looked at specs of some of those huge truck campers with slides and all that, the loaded weight of some might be 6K+. You definitely have to load properly.