Suspension advice needed
Recently weighed my truck and fifth wheel and discovered that the truck weighs 10,000 pounds with the trailer attached. That was without my wife and dog. That happens to be the GVWR also, so I am a ...
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diplomatdon wrote:
Well Frank it seems you don't understand what I was saying. I never said take all the weight off of the hitch, just several hundred to get his GVW down to where it is legal. Several hundred lbs is not going to affect the stability. A thousand yes but not couple hundred. Over 40 years experience and over 3 million miles. I know how to shift weight without destabilizing the handling. If you disagree then explain your reasoning.
Could you provide a link to "GVW down to where it is legal" in the State of Washington or any other state. Washington will willing license a pickup at a higher load than the manufacturers GVWR. Our 8800 GVWR 2001 RAM was licensed at 12K for 14 years and was legal to that amount in this state and any other that I traveled in.
GVWR is a manufacturers number and has nothing to do with Federal bridge weight laws or tonnage that states like Washington license.
Washington takes 1.5 times tare weight and then rounds up to next even K. So the 2001 was licensed at 12K, I could have requested 14K and paid a bit more, however I would have then gone over the tire limits.
For 5th wheels the TV RGAWR/Tires is a much better number(s) to be concerned with.
Chris
