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aruba5er
Explorer
Sep 26, 2017

Nise high towing How much additional wieght on rear tires

They keep raising the trucks and I am running about 2 inches nose high. I blew 3 tires in March and still trying to figure out why. How much more weight is on the rear tires because of "nose high" I ...
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Wadcutter
Nomad
Oct 01, 2017
I helped a buddy set up his 5er as I had access to a certified scale. The difference between him running level and 2" high in the front was 250 lbs on the rear axle. 250 is within the +/- on a certified scale.
4" high was a few over 300 lbs more on the rear, still within the +/- tolerance on a certified scale.

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