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juzplanekrazy
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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 09, 2011
The problem is the a trailer that weighs over 18K# loaded would be over the weight that a "regular" truck can tow. That amount of weight is going to need a truck that has a capacity over about 27K# GCWR. It almost begs for a LARGE truck like a Volvo. Maybe a 550 would do the job. I don't know for sure without having a weight slip for one.
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