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ependydad
Jul 02, 2013Explorer
TheSeaPine_Owners wrote:
On the door:
GVWR - 9200 lbs
GAWR(FT) - 4860 lbs
GAWR((R) - 6084 lbs
The combined weight of cargo and passenger should never exceed 2181 lbs
In the manual under cc long bed 4x4 6.0L V8 4.10
GCWR - 18,500 lbs
The camper: 2011 sprinter copper canyon 31fwfsbhs
Sitcker: 9850 dry, GVWR - 12,300 lbs
Now the scale:
Weight of truck with full tank 100% loaded for the trip (we were on a week long trip)
Front axial 4875. Rear axial 3655 lbs. total - 8530 lbs
Weigh of truck and camper, again fully loaded:
Front axial 4880 lbs, rear axial 5920 lbs, trailer axial 9380. Total 20,180 lbs
Ok, your actual truck weight when hitched up is:
- 4880 + 5920 = 10,800
- this exceeds your GVWR of 9,200 pounds by 1,600
You exceed your front axle weights with just the base truck and with the camper attached (4860 vs. 4875 and 4880).
You are less than your rear axle weight rating of 6084 with your loaded weight of 5920.
Your gross combined weight is the total weight of the second weighing - 20,180 pounds. This exceeds your manual's GCWR of 18,500 by 1,680.
Coincidentally, your pin weight is truck's loaded weight (10,800) minus truck without camper weight (8530) = 2,270.
For comparing against the camper's GVWR - your camper's weight is the camper axle weight (9,380) plus the pin weight (2,270) = 11,650 which is under your camper's GVWR by 650 pounds.
Long story shortest - you appear to be over on GVWR, front axle weights and GCWR. You are under the rear axle weights.
Next- what are your rear tires rated for? Are you over/under tire load capacity?
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