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juzplanekrazy
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Sep 13, 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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DW-gray
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Aug 19, 2012
wildernesshd wrote:
seems strange that the front axle lost 80lbs. when loaded.


You may want to take a look at where the center line of 5th wheel is over the axle. It should at least be over the axle. And if it is, you may want to move it forward a notch toward the front axle so that weight is transferred. You don't want less on the front axle. When you load it, that will most likely be a bigger problem for the front axle.

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