Took new rig to cat scale today
Hi everyone. I took a trip to my nearest Cat scale today and was a little bit surprised by the numbers.
Tow vehicle is a 2013 ford f150 supercrew 4x4 with a 5.0 and 3.55's yellow sticker on door lists capacities as follows.
Gvwr 7350
Cargo capacity 1540
Front gawr 3750
Rear gawr 3850
Trailer is a 2011 forest river surveyor sport 295 with capacities as follows.
Dry weight 5136
Dry tongue weight 457
Gvwr 7457
First weigh on cat scale was with tow vehicle only. I had my weight distributing hitch head on and bars in the back of the truck along with a full tank of fuel , inside the truck was just me(200 lbs) and my youngest daughter (40 lbs). Normally my wife (150 lbs) and oldest daughter (70 lbs) would be with us but were not when I went to the scale. My numbers were as follows.
Steer axle. 3360
Drive axle. 2840
Gvwr. 6200
Second pass on scale was with trailer and weight distribution hitch but no tension on bars
Steer axle 3080
Drive axle 3760
Trailer axle 5160
Gvwr. 12000
Third pass on scale was with trailer and weight distribution hitch (robin industries 600lb trunnion bar) tightened up
Steer axle. 3360
Drive axle. 3400
Trailer axle. 5280
Gvwr. 12040
According to my calculations
Tongue weight. 920
Tongue weight %. 17%
According to these numbers I am very close to the cargo capacity of my truck. The thing I find most surprising is that the tongue weight is almost double what the listed dry weight is yet the overall weight of the trailer is very close to what the dry weight is listed at. I should also mention that the trailer was pretty much loaded except a few clothes etc., all the holding tanks were empty. I knew when I purchased the trailer my tv cargo capacity was what I needed to be worried about but figured with such a low dry tongue weight I would have had little extra cargo capacity to play with. Almost all the storage space in the trailer is at the front as it has bunks and an outdoor kitchen in the rear so it may be hard to redistribute the weight within the trailer. I was wondering if anybody had any opinions or suggestions. Thanks
Tow vehicle is a 2013 ford f150 supercrew 4x4 with a 5.0 and 3.55's yellow sticker on door lists capacities as follows.
Gvwr 7350
Cargo capacity 1540
Front gawr 3750
Rear gawr 3850
Trailer is a 2011 forest river surveyor sport 295 with capacities as follows.
Dry weight 5136
Dry tongue weight 457
Gvwr 7457
First weigh on cat scale was with tow vehicle only. I had my weight distributing hitch head on and bars in the back of the truck along with a full tank of fuel , inside the truck was just me(200 lbs) and my youngest daughter (40 lbs). Normally my wife (150 lbs) and oldest daughter (70 lbs) would be with us but were not when I went to the scale. My numbers were as follows.
Steer axle. 3360
Drive axle. 2840
Gvwr. 6200
Second pass on scale was with trailer and weight distribution hitch but no tension on bars
Steer axle 3080
Drive axle 3760
Trailer axle 5160
Gvwr. 12000
Third pass on scale was with trailer and weight distribution hitch (robin industries 600lb trunnion bar) tightened up
Steer axle. 3360
Drive axle. 3400
Trailer axle. 5280
Gvwr. 12040
According to my calculations
Tongue weight. 920
Tongue weight %. 17%
According to these numbers I am very close to the cargo capacity of my truck. The thing I find most surprising is that the tongue weight is almost double what the listed dry weight is yet the overall weight of the trailer is very close to what the dry weight is listed at. I should also mention that the trailer was pretty much loaded except a few clothes etc., all the holding tanks were empty. I knew when I purchased the trailer my tv cargo capacity was what I needed to be worried about but figured with such a low dry tongue weight I would have had little extra cargo capacity to play with. Almost all the storage space in the trailer is at the front as it has bunks and an outdoor kitchen in the rear so it may be hard to redistribute the weight within the trailer. I was wondering if anybody had any opinions or suggestions. Thanks
