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juzplanekrazy
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Sep 13, 2007

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

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 weig...
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DW-gray
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May 16, 2013
Dave3421 wrote:
From what I gather.....the steer axle is the truck weight itself and the drive axle is the weight of the trailer. I will have to go and get weighed again. I was confused as well. The total was 14160 for truck and trailer. That is why I weighed the truck itself..... 5800#.


You have to weigh twice. Once with the trailer and again without the trailer. Use the available worksheet at Fifth Wheel St. that details how to weigh correctly.

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