Went and did the PDI this morning (COLD OUT) and only issue we found was the TV picture was hit or miss. They let me know that they have already contacted FR and have a new one on the way for me. This is it when I was dropping it off at the storage yard.
I went to the CAT scales directly from the dealer to get a good empty reading. The plackard on the side said it weighed 12,780lbs. I went across the scales and actual weight is 12,980 unloaded. Here are the 2 weight tickets I got:
Truck Only:
Truck and 5er:
After all of this I realize the following:
1. I am 640lbs over gross weight on my truck the way it sits.
2. Front axle has less than 200lbs until I hit my gross weight for it.
3. Rear axle has 784lbs of capacity left before it hits gross weight.
4. Pin weight right now is 2,140lbs if my math is correct.
5. A new(er) truck is in my future (I already knew this).
6. I am torn on what to do on the axles. Right now they have 10,840lbs on them and that leaves me 1160lbs of capacity on them. Assuming I had a full load of water, that would leave me with 700lbs of cargo capacity. I knew this was a possibility going in from all the reading here but had hoped for something crazy happening and mine be lighter than the others.
Anyway, at this point we are very excited. Hope to be out in a few weekends for a shakedown trip with it.
I went to the CAT scales directly from the dealer to get a good empty reading. The plackard on the side said it weighed 12,780lbs. I went across the scales and actual weight is 12,980 unloaded. Here are the 2 weight tickets I got:
Truck Only:
Truck and 5er:
After all of this I realize the following:
1. I am 640lbs over gross weight on my truck the way it sits.
2. Front axle has less than 200lbs until I hit my gross weight for it.
3. Rear axle has 784lbs of capacity left before it hits gross weight.
4. Pin weight right now is 2,140lbs if my math is correct.
5. A new(er) truck is in my future (I already knew this).
6. I am torn on what to do on the axles. Right now they have 10,840lbs on them and that leaves me 1160lbs of capacity on them. Assuming I had a full load of water, that would leave me with 700lbs of cargo capacity. I knew this was a possibility going in from all the reading here but had hoped for something crazy happening and mine be lighter than the others.
Anyway, at this point we are very excited. Hope to be out in a few weekends for a shakedown trip with it.
Update time!
Yesterday I made it over to my dealer and picked up the camper with its shiny new wheels, tires, and axles. While it was there they adjusted the bedroom slide so it now goes in and out without sounding like you stepped on a cats tail ๐ They also fixed some wood trim in the bunk area for me. One bonus is that they let me keep my old (good) wheels and tires that I had purchased so I can throw those guys on Craigslist to make some $$ towards a decent set of new tires ๐
Here is a pic of the new wheels and tires. Wheels are Sumec wheels, they have bolt in valve stems and are good to 200PSI. The tires are Westlake Super ST's in load range E, they will have to do for now until I can throw some better tires at it. I checked a picture I took yesterday and luckily I was able to make out the DOT date code. The tire I got a closeup pic of shows a date of 3813 (mid to late September) and I'm ok with that.
They did send new stickers and the only thing I don't like is the dealer just put them on top of the other ones and it makes it look weird.
You can see in that picture that the cargo weight has increased drastically. Before the yellow sticker said cargo should not exceed 1219lbs, now I'm up to 2659lbs...much better. The GVWR went from 14,060 to 15,500 as well and that was expected.
Yesterday I made it over to my dealer and picked up the camper with its shiny new wheels, tires, and axles. While it was there they adjusted the bedroom slide so it now goes in and out without sounding like you stepped on a cats tail ๐ They also fixed some wood trim in the bunk area for me. One bonus is that they let me keep my old (good) wheels and tires that I had purchased so I can throw those guys on Craigslist to make some $$ towards a decent set of new tires ๐
Here is a pic of the new wheels and tires. Wheels are Sumec wheels, they have bolt in valve stems and are good to 200PSI. The tires are Westlake Super ST's in load range E, they will have to do for now until I can throw some better tires at it. I checked a picture I took yesterday and luckily I was able to make out the DOT date code. The tire I got a closeup pic of shows a date of 3813 (mid to late September) and I'm ok with that.
They did send new stickers and the only thing I don't like is the dealer just put them on top of the other ones and it makes it look weird.
You can see in that picture that the cargo weight has increased drastically. Before the yellow sticker said cargo should not exceed 1219lbs, now I'm up to 2659lbs...much better. The GVWR went from 14,060 to 15,500 as well and that was expected.
