weighed my new setup
I went over a cat scale last weekend and below are the numbers I was given. Truck is a 2013 GMC 3500 SRW, and a 2011 Montana 345 DBQ. Front axle 4680 drive axle 6160 trailer axle 10200 gross we...
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benbovac wrote:
5600# for front, 7050# rear, total gvwr 11500#. this is from the sticker on the drivers door.
You're looking pretty good. Ideally with fifth wheels, you get 2 weights:
1) of the truck + camper like you did
2) of the truck only (go park the camper in a truck parking spot)
Comparing axle weights are easy - your front axle weight was 4,680 and your maximum axle weight is 5,600. Your rear axle weight was 6,160 and your maximum axle weight is 7,050. Both are good.
You do want to compare the load capacity on your two tires in the rear to ensure that they add up to greater than 6,160.
To get your truck weight, you add the front axle (4,680) + drive axle (6,160) (equals 10,840) and want that to be less than your GVWR of 11,500. Again, you're good there.
The only other thing is you need to make sure that your axles and tires on the trailer have a capacity to carry the load (10,200 pounds).
The second weighing of the truck weight allows you to calculate your pin weight. That will tell you your trailer's gross weight (10,200 + pin weight) which should be under the trailer's gross vehicle maximum weight.
