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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To me, at least, the small difference between change in the truck's total weight and the measured increased load on the rear axle can't be significant unless the truck is being pushed to its limit. My truck (Ford F350, 11,500 lbs TGWR) weighs 8,400 lbs with us, fuel, etc. With the trailer it weighs 5300+5960= 11,260. That would make the pin weight 2860. If you take the drive axle weight empty it is 3,500 and with the trailer, 5960 making the computed added load to the rear axle 2,460 lbs. There is a 400 lb difference to the gross truck weight.
I am no expert here, but isn't the weight on the rear axle what contributes to control or loss of it? Based on my weighing, I am still 240 lbs under the truck's load limit. I can understand that some of the weight on the hitch would transfer via the frame to the front wheels. I'm not sure if that makes any difference at all. So long as my truck, loaded, is under 11,500 then I am good to go regardless of how you calculate pin weight.
I am no expert here, but isn't the weight on the rear axle what contributes to control or loss of it? Based on my weighing, I am still 240 lbs under the truck's load limit. I can understand that some of the weight on the hitch would transfer via the frame to the front wheels. I'm not sure if that makes any difference at all. So long as my truck, loaded, is under 11,500 then I am good to go regardless of how you calculate pin weight.
