determining pin weight
glanced thru the searches, but didn't see anything on how to determine what my pin weight is. I know I have to use scales, I guess truck scales, but how do I go about determining this? Do I weigh my...
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Cajun Bill wrote:
Okay sports fan, OP here. Got 'er done this morning.
Truck only:
steer axle 4400
drive axle 2920
total weight 7320
truck and fiver:
steer axle 4220
drive axle 5460
trailer axle 9720
total weight 19400
Note: people weight--driver 275 lbs. (no derog comments please)
gray and black tanks empty, fresh water--approx 15 gallons
fuel tanks 1/2 full (13 gal. diesel)
Other info---according to my truck manual, GCWR is 22,000 lb, so my 19400 is well within limits. Max trailer weight according to manual is 14,200 lbs and at 12,080, that gives me over 2k more carrying capacity and since the trailer has almost everything I normally carry except groceries and clothes. The most passenger weight I might have is an additional 460 lbs.
Now, what is my pin weight? 5460-2920= 2,540 lbs.???? And if that is close, am I within limits?
Yep, your pin weight is 2540#....Don't know what your trucks GVWR is, but I would want to know what your RAWR is...Your drive axle (rear axle) had a weight of 5460#....what's your trucks RAWR? If you're under that, than your ok in almost everyone's eye's on this forum. Me? I like to try to stay under my trucks GVWR, but again, you get called names for recommending that, made fun of and just all kinds of sweet things being said by some that you thought, at one time, were friends. SOOOOOOO, if you're under the trucks RAWR @ 5460#, then in almost everyone's eye's...you're good to go...GVWR is a number that doesn't really mean anything any more except to a few of us. Your total truck weight was 9680#, , if you have the 07' Chevy 2500, it has a GVWR of 9200#, which puts you about 480# over your trucks GVWR, BUT, odds are you're under your trucks RAWR....and that's about all most in here go by....
