Can this weight be right?
Hello all, I went camping last week and finally got around to going over a scale at a truck stop with my Tahoe, 23 ft toy hauler TT, 2kids and 2 dogs. Everything except people and dogs were in the ...
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Fixed Sight Training wrote:
The results were:
steer 2600
drive 6440
Trlr 4300
total 13340
If the Tahoe weighs 6300 empty, and steer + drive = 9040, you are adding 2740 lbs? That is a lot....stock 245/75-16E tires are only rated at 3042 lbs each, so 6084 on the axle, so E rated tires would still be overloaded. I went to 265 tires that are rated at 3410 each, and even that would be marginal.
I have a hard time believing that the 'Hoe sits level and "drives great" carrying that much weight. I would re-weigh and verify the numbers before I did anything.
This was my weigh slip when I was towing the 34' bunk trailer below:
I am under axle and tire ratings, but at 8940, I am 340 lbs over my 8600 GVWR for the Burb.
