Weight calculations for dummies
I have read all of the threads on GVWR, tongue weight, etc. and I am still confused. Since I am an engineer, I suspect it isn't the math that bothers me. After a lot of painful reading, writing, and c...
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In my opinion.....
The weight you got from that scale is way off. Your truck should weigh roughly 7000 to 7500 lbs with fuel and nothing else besides yourself in the truck.
Weighing the front and rear should add up to the total weight. Don't understand one poster's theory that some of the load is double counted when adding up the front axle weight and the rear axle weight. Just does not make any sense to me.
It is important to know what the rear axle weight of your loaded truck as the payload is not shared equally between the axels. Therefore you need to check that your axel ratings are not exceeded.
Suggest you go to a Flying J or other truck stop near you and weigh your total rig (TV front axle; TV rear axel; and the trailer wheels), then compare your results with the door stickers of axel ratings, and GVWR, etc. While there, unhook and weigh the truck front and rear axels without the trailer and then you will know all there is to know about your load. The information is very enlightenting, and with your truck should be very comforting.
There is a good spreadsheet on the internet somewhere and used to be a sticky someplace on this forum, but it has been removed. Even with that, you still needed to have some of the data a weigh scale can only provide.
The weight you got from that scale is way off. Your truck should weigh roughly 7000 to 7500 lbs with fuel and nothing else besides yourself in the truck.
Weighing the front and rear should add up to the total weight. Don't understand one poster's theory that some of the load is double counted when adding up the front axle weight and the rear axle weight. Just does not make any sense to me.
It is important to know what the rear axle weight of your loaded truck as the payload is not shared equally between the axels. Therefore you need to check that your axel ratings are not exceeded.
Suggest you go to a Flying J or other truck stop near you and weigh your total rig (TV front axle; TV rear axel; and the trailer wheels), then compare your results with the door stickers of axel ratings, and GVWR, etc. While there, unhook and weigh the truck front and rear axels without the trailer and then you will know all there is to know about your load. The information is very enlightenting, and with your truck should be very comforting.
There is a good spreadsheet on the internet somewhere and used to be a sticky someplace on this forum, but it has been removed. Even with that, you still needed to have some of the data a weigh scale can only provide.
