Truck Camper Weight...I know, I know
On our last camping trip, I weighed my new since this January, 2019 Ram 3500 CTD DRW 4WD with a 2020 Host Cascade on it's back. Had an average load of gear and supplies. Full fuel, 75% full propane, e...
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Looks to me that all you need is about 300 lb in your holding tanks to overload rear axle?
COG is movable point.
Let's say you have A distance between the axles and you add 300 lb at distance of B behind the rear axle.
So the multiplier on rear axle is going to be A+B/A
Or numeric sample, when you have 10 ft between the axles and put 300 lb of waste water 6 ft behind rear axle, the result will be 300x(10+6)/10=480 lb added to rear axle.
The 180 lb will be taken off front axle by cantilever weight.
COG is movable point.
Let's say you have A distance between the axles and you add 300 lb at distance of B behind the rear axle.
So the multiplier on rear axle is going to be A+B/A
Or numeric sample, when you have 10 ft between the axles and put 300 lb of waste water 6 ft behind rear axle, the result will be 300x(10+6)/10=480 lb added to rear axle.
The 180 lb will be taken off front axle by cantilever weight.
