regal81455
Senior Member
OK so we went to the local CAT scale and I weighed the truck and trailer ( weighted for the trip ) 5x here's what I came up with.
TRUCK ONLY
STEER AXLE =3640
DRIVE AXLE = 3020
W/ WDH ACTIVE
STEER AXLE =3560
DRIVE AXLE = 3600
TRAILER AXLE = 5780
TTL = 12940
w/o WDH ACTIVE ( BARS IN THE BED )
SA = 3340
DA = 3920
TA = 5680
TTL = 12940
W/ WDH ACTIVE AND MOVED DOWN ONE HOLE
SA = 3480
DA = 3720
TRAILER = 5740
TTL = 12940
W/ WDH ACTIVE AND MOVED UP ONE HOLE
SA = 3620
DA = 3500
TRAILER = 5800
TTL = 12920
I'd like to add the following: On the way there it wasn't terrible but I wouldn't want to tow it for 2k+ miles like is intended starting Saturday. This was with 40g of fresh water in the tank. This was based on the setting the RV company had it set at.
On the way home, we left it on the last setting shown ( up one hole ) and it seemed to pull pretty much the same.
1/2 way home we pulled over and I dumped the fresh water - this seemed to make a HUGE difference.
The truck wasn't struggling in the power or stopping sense; it always felt like I was fighting the trailer side to side.
It's apparent that we will want to travel without water, atleast on long trips. I did move it back to the original setting. Per the calcs I've used online options 1 & 2 show approx. 9.4% or 10% tongue weight where as option 3 showing approx. 7.4%. I know ideal is probably 12.5%.
So I have three questions.
#1 - Based on my scaled weights above would which option would you choose??
#2 - Based on my scaled weights above we are approx. 200-300# over my payload capacity. While I joke about just taking the dogs and leaving the wife and kid behind that isn't reality. We removed the tonneau cover to pickup some weight and I'm debating on removing the bigger section of the back seat and putting down some foam for the dogs so that would deduct some more I'd suspect. Do you think I'm too worried about possibly being a few hundred over?
#3 - Do I add weight to the front of the trailer simply because I need to in order to get to 12.5 -15%? I'd like to make the wife and kid ride in the storage compartment up front - that would get me the additional 250# I need upfront to make that happen lol but seriously should I pack more just to pack more?
Tx in advance-
TRUCK ONLY
STEER AXLE =3640
DRIVE AXLE = 3020
W/ WDH ACTIVE
STEER AXLE =3560
DRIVE AXLE = 3600
TRAILER AXLE = 5780
TTL = 12940
w/o WDH ACTIVE ( BARS IN THE BED )
SA = 3340
DA = 3920
TA = 5680
TTL = 12940
W/ WDH ACTIVE AND MOVED DOWN ONE HOLE
SA = 3480
DA = 3720
TRAILER = 5740
TTL = 12940
W/ WDH ACTIVE AND MOVED UP ONE HOLE
SA = 3620
DA = 3500
TRAILER = 5800
TTL = 12920
I'd like to add the following: On the way there it wasn't terrible but I wouldn't want to tow it for 2k+ miles like is intended starting Saturday. This was with 40g of fresh water in the tank. This was based on the setting the RV company had it set at.
On the way home, we left it on the last setting shown ( up one hole ) and it seemed to pull pretty much the same.
1/2 way home we pulled over and I dumped the fresh water - this seemed to make a HUGE difference.
The truck wasn't struggling in the power or stopping sense; it always felt like I was fighting the trailer side to side.
It's apparent that we will want to travel without water, atleast on long trips. I did move it back to the original setting. Per the calcs I've used online options 1 & 2 show approx. 9.4% or 10% tongue weight where as option 3 showing approx. 7.4%. I know ideal is probably 12.5%.
So I have three questions.
#1 - Based on my scaled weights above would which option would you choose??
#2 - Based on my scaled weights above we are approx. 200-300# over my payload capacity. While I joke about just taking the dogs and leaving the wife and kid behind that isn't reality. We removed the tonneau cover to pickup some weight and I'm debating on removing the bigger section of the back seat and putting down some foam for the dogs so that would deduct some more I'd suspect. Do you think I'm too worried about possibly being a few hundred over?
#3 - Do I add weight to the front of the trailer simply because I need to in order to get to 12.5 -15%? I'd like to make the wife and kid ride in the storage compartment up front - that would get me the additional 250# I need upfront to make that happen lol but seriously should I pack more just to pack more?
Tx in advance-