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cpeebles
Explorer
Nov 15, 2017

Weigh Please help...

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Trying to make sure I am right but now thinking I might not be. The tale of the tape so to speak...

My Truck - 2017 Ford F350 Single Rear Wheel. Crew Cab (4 door) 4x4 6-3/4 bed Short bed. 3.55 rear end. Picture of my "tag in the door", pic of towing specs from Ford. 20" rear wheels. 6.7 L Diesel. TAG PICTURE

The 5th wheel 2012 Fuzion 310 Shipping weight 12,065 Carrying capacity 4,435 Hitch 2,770 Fuzion 310 specs

Off of Fords website... Ford Truck Specs of site

Finally, I highly doubt I will max the 4,435 carrying capacity. I am a solo traveler with two motorcycle with a COMBINED weight of 750 pounds. I will be out in Colorado (mtns) and Az in winter.

I am curious any feedback by the numbers and also real world experience. Thanks so much... I did not want a dually...:)

Cp
  • Lwiddis's avatar
    Lwiddis
    Explorer II
    Nov 15, 2017
    Real world experienced RVers don’t guess...they go to the scale.
  • MFL's avatar
    MFL
    Nomad II
    Nov 15, 2017
    You did not show your door post tire loading/payload sticker, the one that says not to exceed xxxx. Going by your GVWR of 11,500, and actual truck weight of approx 8,000, you'd have a payload of about 3,500. You will be close to that, with LOADED hitch weight, maybe more?

    Your RAWR of 7,230 is the most important number, along with actual tire max rating. If you weigh the truck rear axle, when full of fuel, hitch, you, and all gear, you can subtract the rear axle wt from the 7,230, to see what is left for pin wt of toy hauler.

    You will likely be close to max, but the scale will tell.

    Jerry
  • donn0128's avatar
    donn0128
    Explorer II
    Nov 15, 2017
    Your looking at ficticous numbers. Weight the truck loaded ready to travel. Add 250 pounds for the hitch. Look at the trailers GVWR, not the mystical shipping weight. Using the average 20% of the trailers GVWR will give you the top end pin weight. Adding that to your trucks acaled weight plus hitch. Now are you over or under the trucks GVWR? That is your answer based on worst case.

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