12th_Man_Fan
Jul 01, 2019Explorer
2020 GMC
Well maybe the truck builders are finally listening to the RV crowd for a change: Just got a brochure on the 2020 GMC HD trucks. 1. They have finally made the bed rails lower 2. They have a ...
4x4ord wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:4x4ord wrote:Huntindog wrote:
The video had a cutaway frame showing this.
It looked to me to be pretty close to 2".
Definantly NOT 5"
It could very well be that the hitch is only mounted 2 inches behind the rear axle..... in which case 3000 lbs placed on the hitch would take 38 lbs off the front axle. (On a CC short box)
As I mentioned on the other thread I will bet the centerline of ball is MORE than 2". That would make 100#. What is the distance in inches from axle to axle?
The wheelbase of the cc short box is 158.9 inches. For a 3000 lb pin to take 100 lbs off the front axle the ball would need to be 5.3" behind the rear axle.