Hello folks!
On a recent trip DFW to Colorado we finally weighed our rig. It was fully loaded, water, fuel, critters and humans and not too surprisingly we look like we are over weight....
I have a 2004 F350 dually which looks like the manufacturer spec sheet says the 5the wheel towing capacity is 14200. Based on the numbers from the door frame, I look ok, but from the specs I can find, I could be as much as 6k# over the GCVWR. From what I can find, the GCVWR for the truck is 20k#.
I only took one weight as there was a line and we wanted to move along, so I didn't weigh the rig by itself. I simply pulled onto the three scale system and got the following.
Capacity on truck door frame
Front 5200
Rear 8250
GVW 11500
Actual CAT scales weight
Front 5200
Rear 7680
Trailer 13420
Gross weight 26300
We are seriously considering a truck upgrade as there is no way we can shave enough weight to get in spec...that is assuming of course that we really are over weight.
Any thoughts here?
Thanks so much!
Tom
