NC Hauler wrote:
SmittysRV wrote:
NC Hauler wrote:
Re-weighed my truck today....I had put a Westin HDX stainless steel brush guard on my truck a few months back...so I weighed the truck today with just me in it.....full tank of fuel, full tank of DEF, picture frame adapter with Reese 20K signature 5er hitch mounted to the adapter and a tool box with about 75-80# in it....
Steer Axle= 5400# (FAWR is 6,000#).
Drive Axle = 3840# (RAWR is 9750#) (AAM rates it at 11,800#).
Gross weight was 9240#.
add the two boxers (80 +55=135) + DW, 120 (don't tell I told:) = 255 additional lbs of weight...gives gross weight of 9495#
GVWR of the truck is 14,000#, so even with my 5er hooked up with a hitch weight of 3500#, that will put gross weight at 12,995# ( 9495# + 3500#= 12,995#)....GVWR of 14,000# still has me 1,000# under my trucks GVWR. and well under my RAWR of 9750# . (3840# truck empty +pin weight of 3500#= 7340#, which is 2,410# under my trucks RAWR of 9750#).
Around Thanksgiving, on the way back from camping, will re-weigh with 5er hooked up, last weight on it was pin weight of 3500# (was lighter before, but put a generator in the front of the 5er to have in case of an emergency...GVW of the 5er is 16,975# and last time weighed, it was 16,120#
What truck is that?
Truck in my sig...2013 Ram 3500 crew cab/long bed/4X4 with Cummins & Aisin tranny in Laramie Longhorn trim...385HP/850ftlb of TQ and with 4:10 rear end truck has a GCWR of a little over 37,000#..though it'll never be loaded to that weight...not hardly:)
Sounds like a very solid Tow Vehicle... My 2006 F550 only has a 33K GCWR...
