Can you critique my weights?

skipnchar wrote:
Your empty payload numbers should be on your door. Subtract the additional weight in the truck AND the LOADED PIN weight (not the brochure number) and see if you have a positive or negative number. Positive number means you're good to go but negative number means you're overloaded.

Skip, can you chime in on how you can pay extra when registering the truck to have the gvw raised on the vehicle?
Also, being the bearings in the rear are identical to the DRW, what the differences would be??

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Truck SRW....then trucks GVWR is 10,100#
RAWR is 6200#
MAX Payload is 2728# (from which you have to subtract passengers, any stuff in cab, hitch weights)

Trailer dry is 13,800#......too much for your low payload shortbed SRW before you even start loading trailer up.

As an example.........my truck/trailer
Truck GVWR 10,100# RAWR 6200# Trailer fully loaded 13,380#
I am over truck GVWR, right at RAWR/Rear Tire Max Load with a 2900# pin weight.

You will be over.....
Wrong trailer/wrong truck.
Stick with a trailer that has a GVWR of less than 14K (not one with a dry weight of almost 14K)

Old biscuit. Question for you. The previous owners towed a 25k pound gooseneck with it. They went to the DMV and paid an extra 80 dollars and had the GVWR raised to 26k pounds...

So, my question is this. If my tires are now 5800 a piece 16 ply 19.5's and the bearings are identical in a SRW 1ton and a dually 1 ton. Where is my issues with going heavier???

Im not arguing, im just asking why would you be able to simply pay to have the load ranges upped on your vehicle.

When i purchased my truck, i offered to have the lower rating because i didnt think i would be over 18k.
I live in Monroe, WA if that helps...

Thanks for taking the time.

Your empty payload numbers should be on your door. Subtract the additional weight in the truck AND the LOADED PIN weight (not the brochure number) and see if you have a positive or negative number. Positive number means you're good to go but negative number means you're overloaded.

Truck SRW....then trucks GVWR is 10,100#
RAWR is 6200#
MAX Payload is 2728# (from which you have to subtract passengers, any stuff in cab, hitch weights)

Trailer dry is 13,800#......too much for your low payload shortbed SRW before you even start loading trailer up.

As an example.........my truck/trailer
Truck GVWR 10,100# RAWR 6200# Trailer fully loaded 13,380#
I am over truck GVWR, right at RAWR/Rear Tire Max Load with a 2900# pin weight.

You will be over.....
Wrong trailer/wrong truck.
Stick with a trailer that has a GVWR of less than 14K (not one with a dry weight of almost 14K)

donn0128 wrote:
Dually? yea, you will be OK,
SRW? No Too much pin weight.

Hmm.
Question. The rear axle bearings in a DRW and a SRW are the exact same.
Mine is a SRW. I do have semi tires on it....
I think my rear weight is 6500 pounds. That would put me right at that rear weight...

Dually? yea, you will be OK,
SRW? No Too much pin weight.