djsamuel wrote:
gmw photos wrote:
djsamuel wrote:
gmw photos wrote:
I am curious if you have weighed this truck and trailer combo ? Three seperate passes across the scales ? If so, i would love to see the scale tickets. Thanks.
No I haven't. The weighed dry weight of my particular camper (the actual weight) is 3717 pounds. The GVWR is 5,000 pounds. You can see a picture of the camper loaded (including full fresh water tank) and hooked up to the Ram by CLICKING HERE.
In that picture, there is no WDH or anti-sway device hooked to the truck. It is just the 2" hitch in the receiver.
Thanks for the picture. Nice looking setup. Enjoy.
Thanks. Now you got me curious. I'll have to get it weighed! :)
By three separate passes, do you mean truck only, truck and camper, camper only; or do you mean three separate weighings and to make sure there is no error?
By three separate weighings I mean:
1. truck by itself
2. truck and trailer without weight distribution
3. ....when weight distribution is present, the last weight pass confirms that we are distributing the correct weight back to the steer axle and trailer axle(s).
So, I stand corrected at this point that since you are not using weight distribution, for now, you will obviously not make a third pass.
EDIT: I see you have an Anderson, so it would be interesting to see how much you are actually distributing with the Anderson hooked up .
But by doing the first two passes, you can determine what your actual tongue weight is, and importantly, you will see how much weight you are removing from the steer axle. This may or may not indicate that using a WD hitch is advisable from a front axle loading standpoint.
You also have a weight limit on the receiver of the hitch, and you will then know whether you are within those limits.
There are lots of opinions about whether removing weight from the steer axle is important or not from a safety standpoint. Your choice.
I suspect, once you are loaded as you do to go camping, your actual numbers are different than what you may think. Especially tongue weight.
In the end, if it tows well, and you're happy with it, we can probably all agree that's really all that counts.
EDIT AGAIN: here is an easy to follow fill in the blank method for making the three scale weighs that will give a person the info they need. Thanks to Ron G for posting this:
http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/25928885/gotomsg/25929827.cfm#25929827
