2014 HD 2500 DIESEL Chevy Truck

azshooter wrote:
I just got back from CAT scale.

Frt axle=4540, RR axle=3380, for total of 7920. No driver, no pax, 5th hitch in place, full tank, my normal tools/etc under RR seat. (Otherwise, when we haul our TT, the cab is almost empty except for us, and I don’t usually have much of anything in bed of truck either). For us I estimate add 215 and 130 to Frt/RR axles respectively, so Frt would be 4755, RR would be 3510.

Against the RR GAWR, leaves 2700 for kingpin wt.

Kinda seems ok.

Sure I’m going to load the 5er up, but the big stuff and junk including the toy will be behind the axle. Water tanks are centered over axle. Storage compartment is forward. Grey and black at end of trip will be the biggest contributors to front weight it seems. Etc.

GS GVWR of 13800 - 9530 dry weight leaves 4270 CCC
Eclipse GVWR of 13500 – 9180 dry weight leaves 4320 CCC

I think I have headroom in these 5er GVWRs. But even if I go back to 20% of the 5er maxed out, that’s right at the 2700 number I have as headroom. Obviously, less load would allow more than 20%, converse, etc.

So I guess I agree with poster saying CLOSE, but I don’t think I’m far off.
No?

BTW; the tire ratings came off of tires. They are LT265/60R20s.

As you know, the two GAWRs add to more than the truck's GVWR. GVWR was posted earlier at 10,000. That 7,920 plus the 215 and 130 = 8,265

10,000 - 8,265 leaves 1,735 for pin wt, which would be 20% of an 8,675 lb trailer.

You can't turn 1,735 into 2,700. You can't turn 8,675 into 13,500 no matter how many times you try.

Same old story. The 2500HD, with the heavy Diesel engine and heavy tranny and heavy 4wd taking up so much of the available GVWR, the truck can hardly carry anything, just pull stuff.

The 2500HD gas 2wd can carry lots of weight but has less pulling power.

That's why they invented 1 ton Diesel duallies that can both pull stuff and carry stuff.