Front and Rear Axle Weights

That is perfect information guys, thank you.

We'll be retiring one year from this coming June. That following fall we are heading out on an extended trip. When we leave I want to have a motorcycle on a front receiver hitch. The bike and carrier won't weigh any more than a typical snow plow, but I wasn't sure how much of the hitch weight transferred to the front axle. Judging from what you all said, I think I'm good to go with plan A.

Front Axle without 5er 4740
Rear Axles without 5er 3480

Front Axle With 5er 4880
Rear Axle With 5er 6460

5er Axle Weight 10980

rhagfo wrote:

MFL wrote:
You are right on Old-Biscuit, but I'm not sure that is what he is asking. IDK, but if he means how much of the 2,000 lbs pin weight goes on each truck axle, a rule of thumb would be most on the rear axle of truck. Very little weight is transferred to truck front axle. In this case, I'd guess less than 100 lbs.

Jerry

X2

We are talking 5er here and even if the hitch is a couple inches ahead of the axle center line, the weight to the front axles is nil.

X3

That was our experience also pulling a 38' Keystone Montana 3400RL

Actually the static weight can be calculated by the downward weight at the pin and then use the distance from pin to rear axle and distance to front axle. The rear gets just about all of it. Now if I could find for old statics book for the formula.

MFL wrote:
You are right on Old-Biscuit, but I'm not sure that is what he is asking. IDK, but if he means how much of the 2,000 lbs pin weight goes on each truck axle, a rule of thumb would be most on the rear axle of truck. Very little weight is transferred to truck front axle. In this case, I'd guess less than 100 lbs.

Jerry

X2

We are talking 5er here and even if the hitch is a couple inches ahead of the axle center line, the weight to the front axles is nil.

You are right on Old-Biscuit, but I'm not sure that is what he is asking. IDK, but if he means how much of the 2,000 lbs pin weight goes on each truck axle, a rule of thumb would be most on the rear axle of truck. Very little weight is transferred to truck front axle. In this case, I'd guess less than 100 lbs.

Jerry

Roughly same amount due to -equalizer- that connects the 2 axles leaf springs in the center.

So 5000# each......but rear can have slightly more weight if 5vr is nose high or front can have slightly more weight if 5vr is nose low or tanks are forward of front axle.
Side to side can have different weights on same axle due to components inside 5vr.
so 5000# on axle could be 2700# one side and 2300# other side


Weight will only give you TOTAL weight on axles (combined) unless you have individual position weighing done

But any weighing is better than none!!!!