Whats Your Real Weights? Truck and Trailer. The Real Deal

[juzplanekrazy]

I don’t know if it’s been done before or not but I was thinking about keeping a running list of real truck weights by year and type, and trailer weights by brand, size and what the total combined weight is of each guys rig. I was hoping the info would be a help for guys wondering about what the real weights are for a certain type of truck and to keep track of the more popular brand 5th wheel trailers. Another thing that will come out of it will be to see just how many guys really know what they are towing and if they know what their weight capacities are.
I’m sure it will take some time to compile a list and it will grow as guys add there info but I’m hoping it will help the newer guys in the long run to be directed back over to this thread in the future.
I’ll keep the TV lists to mainly the big 3 and from ¾ ton and up and I’ll try to keep the 5ers in a group by real GVW, length, and then manufacture. Any ideas are welcome as long as it makes things easier. And only real information can be given, so no guessing allowed. Only guys that have scaled there rigs or are totally certain of the weights.
Let’s see if I can keep the format real simple to type down and that will make it simpler for guys to refer back to and to keep track of.
Here we go……

TV - 2006 Dodge Mega Cab 3500 4x4, real scaled weight with full fuel, hitch, DH-DW and misc. gear = 7,500lbs. TV GVWR is 10,200lbs
5ver – KZ New Vision TH 38ft 14,500lbs loaded GVW. GVWR is 18,000lbs
Normal running TV & TH GCW weight= 22,500lbs, TV GCWR is 23,000lbs
Real Wet Pin Weight=2,950lbs

[Tireman9]

I see lots of numbers here but very few posts with actual corner loads. Some rigs are reasonably balanced axle to axle and side to side while others are out of balance by 8 - 10% or more.

If you knkow your real corner weights please post the info on this thread

http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/24725125.cfm

[spinto]

Not a fifth.....2005 Excursion 6.0 with luggage and 2 passengers. Pro Pride hitch....Towing a WW FSW2800 with and extra EU6500 generator, R6 race bike, tools, tires.... 21,000 lbs

[Kayli_s_Papa]

2006 F-350 CC SRW 6.0 fully fueled and driver
Front Axel 4760# GVAR 6000# (on door sticker)
Rear Axel 3300# GVAR 7000# (on door sticker)
Total 8060# GVWR 11,500# (on door sticker)

Add 800# for family and incidentals + 2615 for pin weight on a JAYCO 36 REQS That will give me a grand total of 11,475 # 25# shy of the door sticker. If I have cause for alarm let me know

[VNDOC]

This is an answer I have to weight of everything.
I have a 2008 Dodge crew 2500 HD, 6 speed with OD auto, factory installed exhaust brake and I added 2 leaf springs to both sides.
My trailer is a 2011 FW Open Range 413RLL, (the 413 is the square feet of living space in the trailer), GVWR 14,165, 39'-9" long with 4 slides, bedroom up front and another one in the back with a couch and loft plus a wet bath. I have a full bath up front with a tub. They kept the weight down by using cables for the slide instead of the steel tubes saving 200 pounds for each slide. This trailer also comes with a 4 season living package, and 2 A/C's one has a heat pump, and 4-20 pound gas bottle's, 2 on each side with slide out trays.
Tow capacity for my truck as stated on the internet is 16,832 pounds.
If I am over weight the 6.7 Cummings hasn't complained and I was out west in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Montana.
I just know if I can pull it and stop it then I can't worry too much right now. I don't understand looking at the weight each axle, both truck and trailer, will carry or what I put in the truck, and the pin weight. Sitting on flat ground the truck is level and the trailer is also level, what I would call a balanced package. After 51 years of driving many types of vehicles all over the US plus Alaska, and Hawaii,Germany, Viet Nam, I even toured the eastern US on a motor cycle, been in driving rained, white out blizzards in a convoy from Anchorage to Fairbanks in a Jeep as the driver for the company commander. I said all that because I don't understand all the technical talk, really it is a little confusing to me to try and cut the numbers to an exact figure. I am not arguing with anyone, actually I am rather impressed that so many of you have spent so much time on the subject. I am a little old country boy, really a swamper from Florida, with an A.A., B.A., M.A., and Doctorate, wife said I can take all of that to Starbucks and $6.00 and will be able to get a cup of coffee.

[Happy_Grumpy]

Well here goes. Apologies to the weight police. If you don't approve please feel free to not help us with either fuel costs or trailer payments. For safety sake please don't be on the road when we are.

Here ya go: Total weight with both of us and all we take with us
Truck 2007 Ford F-250 6.0 diesel with tow package
Trailer 2011 Crossroads Cruiser 315RE Patriot Edition
Truck GVWR 10,000 FAWR 5,600 RAWR 6,100 5th Wheel Tow 15,000
Nitto Tires 3,750 Load Range E Payload 3,000

Trailer Dry 9,260 Max 11,973 Maxsis tires 3,240 Load Range E
Cat Scale weights today 2/15/11
FAWR 4,840 RAWR 5,840 GCWR 19,340 Pin 2,360 Trailer Axles 8,660
We have no trouble towing and have already done 2-6% and 1-7% grades with no problems going up or coming down. We can pull and stop safely.

[carpetride]

2011 F250 CC SRW GVWR #10,000 + me and full tank of diesel...7960 on the day I bought it.

Added hitch, bed mat, Truxedo LoPro QT and day to day junk under the rear seat. Same Me + full tank and it went to 8360

With trailer listed in my signature trucked wieghed in at 9960

Entire rig was 17540 dry.

[bigdaddy51200]

Thanks DW-gray for the form !!!

[Great_Danes]

2011 F350 CC SRW short box w/2 adults, husky slider hitch and full tank of diesel:

Steer axle: 4994
Drive axle: 3410

Above truck with 2010 Fuzion 302 hooked up - no load in trailer.

Steer Axle: 4994
Drive Axle: 6094
Trailer axles: 9548
Pin weight: 2684
GCW: 20636

[bigdaddy51200]

gkerlin wrote:

bigdaddy51200 wrote:
All right I have never got the weights of a trailer before . But I just
bought a 2011 Sierra 356RL Forest River says the dry weight is 11,118
pounds with hitch at 2,154 , & GVWR 14,154 . I can't find the specs for my 2001 F250 V10 with a 15k Reece hitch with max pin weight of 3,000.

So what is the proper method for getting the weights on a CAT Scale ??

You want to weigh the Ford first. Preferably in your travel configuration. Full Fuel, Mama, the dogs etc. Put one axle on each scale platform. When you run up on the scale you will see how to do it. Most scales are 3 separate scales. There is a button to call inside to tell them to weigh you. They will ask for your trailer number - I just tell them "private vehicle"

Then run back across the scale with the trailer attached. Put each of the Fords axles on a separate platform and the trailer axle on the 3rd by itself.


That is the simple way. Some folks might say to do the same thing but only one side of the trailer on the scale at a time so that you can weigh the port and starboard (whoops I mean right and left) sides. Many scales are situated so that this is impossible. If you at least do it the simple way that I suggested you can then figure out your pin or tongue weight, your trucks weight etc. You can also run the trailer axles onto different platforms so as to get the separate axle weights but I also think this is overkill.

Hope this helps

Thank you very much !!!

Bigdaddy51200

[RVing_America]

Well I seen this And Have Found A nice little tool That You all may Want to try It may Help you or not but it show you Your GVW ( Adjust GVW Calculator ) It is The Link Is on my Blog If You would like to try it out.((((( http://howtorvamerica.blogspot.com/p/tips-and-tricks.html ))))))) That is my blog just copy past into your address bar
Hope that Helps Hope to see you out here Happy Travels
RVing America

[DW-gray]

Know your load by using my simple Excel file.

[gkerlin]

bigdaddy51200 wrote:
All right I have never got the weights of a trailer before . But I just
bought a 2011 Sierra 356RL Forest River says the dry weight is 11,118
pounds with hitch at 2,154 , & GVWR 14,154 . I can't find the specs for my 2001 F250 V10 with a 15k Reece hitch with max pin weight of 3,000.

So what is the proper method for getting the weights on a CAT Scale ??

You want to weigh the Ford first. Preferably in your travel configuration. Full Fuel, Mama, the dogs etc. Put one axle on each scale platform. When you run up on the scale you will see how to do it. Most scales are 3 separate scales. There is a button to call inside to tell them to weigh you. They will ask for your trailer number - I just tell them "private vehicle"

Then run back across the scale with the trailer attached. Put each of the Fords axles on a separate platform and the trailer axle on the 3rd by itself.


That is the simple way. Some folks might say to do the same thing but only one side of the trailer on the scale at a time so that you can weigh the port and starboard (whoops I mean right and left) sides. Many scales are situated so that this is impossible. If you at least do it the simple way that I suggested you can then figure out your pin or tongue weight, your trucks weight etc. You can also run the trailer axles onto different platforms so as to get the separate axle weights but I also think this is overkill.

Hope this helps

[gkerlin]

TV: 2011 Ford F250 4x4 6.7 PSD Loaded Weight (w/o trailer) 8280# GVWR 10,000#
5er: 2011 Keystone Cougar 245RKS Normal Loaded wt 8,500# GVWR 9,855#

Pin Wt: 1,280 (15% of total) So GVW of TV is 9,560# (under GVWR)

Axle Wt of 5er is 7,220# 4 tires Load range D=10160# so I'm at approx 71% of tire rating
(going to switch to load range E anyway for more peace of mind and be at 64% of max)

GCW is 16,780. Well be the GCWR of 23,500#

Truck is registered in NC ("Weighted" Plates) with Gross Wt of 18,000# so I'm safe from that standpoint too.

Plenty of truck for the little trailer. My only area of concern are the China Bombs.

Going to put Maxxis on this spring.

[bigdaddy51200]

All right I have never got the weights of a trailer before . But I just
bought a 2011 Sierra 356RL Forest River says the dry weight is 11,118
pounds with hitch at 2,154 , & GVWR 14,154 . I can't find the specs for my 2001 F250 V10 with a 15k Reece hitch with max pin weight of 3,000.

So what is the proper method for getting the weights on a CAT Scale ??

[bdb2047]

2011 bed F350 DRW full fuel 2 people,hitch,cross bed tool box
w/o camper
steer axle allowed 5940 actual 5240
drive axle " 9000 " 4060
w/camper 2011 Landmark Grand Canyon
steer axle 5320
drive axle 7500
trailer axles 11860
truck gvrw 1300
trailer gvrw 16200
truck gcwr 29000
camper fullyloaded for winter trip to Fl all tanks about 1/3 full
truck was weighed seperate
close on truck gvwr