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Bemota
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May 17, 2015

Well, Made a decision

We were torn between a motorhome and a FW, anyway decided on a FW cause we already had a truck, 2002 Chevy 2500HD Duramax/Allison. I think I'm good on weigh, this is my first big trailer.
Truck Tags (door) Scaled Empty to pick up trailer
GVWR 9200 Truck 6760
Ft GAWR 4800 Ft Axle 4000
RR GAWR 6084 RR Axle 2760

Cargo 2621

Trailer Wt. 12000

GCWR 22000

Truck/Camper on Scales

Ft Axle 4000
RR Axle 4640
Truck 8640
Trailer 10200
Truck/Trailer 16980
Pin Wt. 1880 ???
Looks good to me, how about you guys ?????
I got 21.2 MPG going to pick up trailer, and 14.1 on the way home, set cruise at 60-65, rolling hills no. Minn., it down-shifted 5 times on grades. Pulled real nice, there was one area on Interstate 94 where it started bouncing/jerking the truck, speed change made no difference, would that be shocks or springs or what. Wife says "fix that!!!!)
Anyway that's what we got.
OH it's a 2011 Keystone Cougar 326 MKS
She's thinking Alaska in August and anyplace South for the winter 4-6 mos. Thanks for listening, Dan/Jan

13 Replies

  • Sounds like you're going to be real close on the numbers, especially after you load up all your stuff. A suggestion would be to jump up to 265 tires on the truck (if you haven't already), as that will give you almost 900 more lbs of tire capacity, which is a weak link, IMO, on that model. Another thing, as I'm sure you've found out, is that the brilliant people at GM decided that we were too stupid to know how to use an OD cut-out switch, so you go from OD to 3rd when you downshift manually. Even in T/H mode, it can be hard to get it to drop down. I'm considering the BD Power Tap Shift, which gives you fully electronic shifting on the column =and= allows you to use 4th manually. Have fun!

    Lyle
  • When you add a little weight to the pin with your stuff it may settle down.
    Enjoy your new mobile cabin.