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juzplanekrazy
Explorer
Sep 12, 2007

Whats Your Real Weights? Truck and Trailer. The Real Deal

I don’t know if it’s been done before or not but I was thinking about keeping a running list of real truck weights by year and type, and trailer weights by brand, size and what the total combined weig...
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sirdrakejr
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Aug 02, 2011
I think the "steer axle" number is the total weight for the truck on a single scale. Which would be the weight with the trailer resting on the hitch. Now you just need to know how that is split up . :)

My guess would be about 4600 for the steer axle and the remainder ( 5360 ) on the drive axle. But with a DRW Dodge I would expect that you will be under the GVWR AND the GCWR.

Frank

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