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Siletzspey
May 11, 2018Explorer
Final report, after hitting two different and free Oregon Department of Transportation weight stations...
My 2018 NL 9'6" QSE full-wet AC Microwave most-gear + 2015 Ford F350 SuperCab SRW - (minus/missing) one person, one dog and groceries tipped the scale at:
Front: 4450 lbs total axle, independent was 2100 + 2300 lbs each tire
Rear: 6600 lbs total axle, independent was 3250 + 3000 lbs each tire
Total: 11,050 lbs based on axles, or 10,650 lbs based on tires
With the front-right to rear-left tires on the / diagonal carrying more, I did insert an extra stableload wedge for the rear-right tire to see if I could get the \ diagonal to carry more load. The front tires went from 2100+2300 to roughly 2200+2200, hence the 200 lb imbalance was eliminated. The rear tires went from 3250+3000 to roughly 3200+3050, hence the 250 lb imbalance only dropped by 50 lbs. All in all, the imbalance wasn't bad to start with, and the extra wedge wasn't worth it. Guessing where I might put more gear into the NL, I think the imbalance would be even less, so kudos to NL for producing such a side-to-side balanced camper.
All in all, I'm probably at 95% of tire capacity, and 105% of GVWR.
--SiletzSpey
My 2018 NL 9'6" QSE full-wet AC Microwave most-gear + 2015 Ford F350 SuperCab SRW - (minus/missing) one person, one dog and groceries tipped the scale at:
Front: 4450 lbs total axle, independent was 2100 + 2300 lbs each tire
Rear: 6600 lbs total axle, independent was 3250 + 3000 lbs each tire
Total: 11,050 lbs based on axles, or 10,650 lbs based on tires
With the front-right to rear-left tires on the / diagonal carrying more, I did insert an extra stableload wedge for the rear-right tire to see if I could get the \ diagonal to carry more load. The front tires went from 2100+2300 to roughly 2200+2200, hence the 200 lb imbalance was eliminated. The rear tires went from 3250+3000 to roughly 3200+3050, hence the 250 lb imbalance only dropped by 50 lbs. All in all, the imbalance wasn't bad to start with, and the extra wedge wasn't worth it. Guessing where I might put more gear into the NL, I think the imbalance would be even less, so kudos to NL for producing such a side-to-side balanced camper.
All in all, I'm probably at 95% of tire capacity, and 105% of GVWR.
--SiletzSpey
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