Help me make sense of the scale numbers
Since switching from a 2012 F250 to a 2014 Ram 3500, I've got a "pin high" issue that is concerning. When on the truck, the pin is a full 7" higher than it is when off the truck and level. Fearing t...
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Allworth wrote:
I, too, would want to investigate why the equalizer system was letting one axle show 1,000 more than the other.
My 35 footer is 2" high at the nose and the axles are within 350 pounds of each other. (More than one trip across the scales.)
Keep in mind that a couple of inches nose up tracks better than a couple of inches nose down (in most cases).
YMMV
Well, if your 2" pin high equates to 350 pounds difference, I'm not surprised that my 7" pin high equals 1,000.
I kind of have a plan to make it a little better without spending thousands of dollars...it appears that I have 3 spacer blocks between my rear truck axles and the actual leaf springs. If those could be removed I'd lower the rear of the truck by about 1 1/2". I can then install ( or have installed) the axle alignment kit that raises the 5er by 2". That cuts my pin high problem from 7" down to 3 1/2". Gotta help, right?
