Question on Pin Weight and Toy Haulers
Take it easy on me - I am a female still learning about this stuff, so I apologize if this is a loaded or dumb question! Our truck, a 2003 F-350 PSD, allows for 2100 lbs. of pin weight. The toy hau...
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lincster wrote:
Don't mean to be a downer, but I am not believing those weight numbers from Heartland.
I weighed my trailer on a CAT scale the day I brought it home.
9000lbs on the axles and 2600lbs on the pin, total of 11,600 lbs and that was a totally empty trailer!!!!!
That Heartland has 3 slides to it and slides are heavy.
I would ask the dealer if they will take it to a scale before I bought it, if you are concerned with weights.
Good point, and it may not necessarily be a downer. I went on the net and found a dealer with one on the lot with all the options I would order, except one. I would not order the installed generator. They are listing the pin weight at over 200 lbs. less than stated on Heartland's web site. Of course, the trailer is a little heavier with those options, but not a lot.
That's good advice; if it comes down to it, we could always ask a dealer to verify things for us.
