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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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Cummins12V98
Explorer III
Oct 04, 2012
Hit the DOT scales in WA today heading south to SoCal for the winter.

Truck and RV in sig.

Front axle 5,140#

Rear axle 8,460#

Loaded truck weight 13,600#

Trailer axles 14,140#

Combined weight 27,740#

Hand calc 9.3 mpg with some stop and go thru Seattle and a lot of stop and go thru Portland.

Speed was 60-62 mph.

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