CAT Scale weights are confusing me.
Weighted my truck and trailer Friday, before we went on a weekend camping trip. The trailer is brand new. It had never been out camping before. My WDH is the Blue OX Sway Pro. With 1k bars. I...
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Atlee wrote:
Weighted my truck and trailer Friday, before we went on a weekend camping trip. The trailer is brand new. It had never been out camping before.
My WDH is the Blue OX Sway Pro. With 1k bars. I put it up to the 9th Chain link as called for in the book, and the Tech who installed the the Blue Ox
First, my TV is a 2014 F150 XLT 4x4, Supercab, 8 ft box, with Max Tow Package, and the HDPP. The FGAWR = 4050#, RGAWR = 4800#, GVWR = 8200#, CCC = 2286#, and the GCWR = 17,100#. The truck was rigged for towing, meaning all the normal tools, generators, gasoline, compressor, etc were on board as well as a full tank of gasoline.
My travel trailer is a new Jayco Jay Flight 23RB. It's a "stick and tin" built trailer and no slide. GAWR = 3500# each, GVWR = 6500#, Factory Shipped weight = 4758#, CCC = 1742#.
These are my numbers from my weigh tickets. Truck with no trailer, Steer Axle 3660#, Drive Axle = 3340#, Gross Weight = 7000#
Truck with trailer, but WDH disengaged. SA = 3340#, DA = 4640#, Trailer Axle = 5320#, Combined Gross Weight = 13,300#
Truck with trailer, but with WDH engaged. SA = 3520#, DA = 4280#, TA = 5460, GCWR = 13,200.
Unless I made a typo, the total with WDH engaged is 13,260, not 13,200.
Seems odd that the trailer GVWR is less than the two axles.
Did you weigh the truck only without the hitch head installed? That would determine if the hitch head weight is included in the tongue weight.
I made a guess that your hitch receiver is rated for 1100 since you didn't list it. Looks like your truck has more load carrying capacity remaining than the trailer. That's the opposite of most.
