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

[Jaxom]

Tow Vehicle: 2006 MegaCab 2500
Allowable weights: Steer 5200 Drive 6010 Gross Combined 20,000
Heaviest wts towed: Steer 4960 Drive 8380 Gross Combined 24,580

Air Bags already installed .
19.5 tires and rims on wish list.

[siberian]

OK, I just got off the Cat Scales in Battle Creek Mi. 02 F-350, SRW, CC,4X4, 7.3PSD, auto. 5er is a 1997 30ft Wildwood. Steering axle 4980, drive 4580, trailer axle 6740. Why is my steering weighing more than my drive axle? DW and myself, and 1/2 tank of fuel. Can somebody explain this to me.

[RajinCajun]

2003 F450, 4x4, 4 door, Western Hauler flat bed
2005 Tahoe Transport 36' 5er, Onan 5.5 genny

Full tank of fuel, 3/4 tank fuel on toy hauler, all cloths, spare tires, tools and all of the stuff required 🙂

Fast Track Scales in Madison, FL 18 Jul 09

Steer 5040
Drive 7740
Trailer 12440
TOTAL 25220

[BCTrucker]

TV - 2004 F-350 SRW, 6.0 Diesel, Crew Cab, Auto. Full of Diesel.
5er - 2002 Tahoe
100 gallons water, 2x40lb 2x20lb propane, two quads, 25 gallons gas, two kids, two adults, full of gear heading out.

Actual Axle weights,
Steer - 2200 kgs, 4850#
Drive - 2350 kgs, 5100#
Trlr - 4800 kgs, 10,600#
Total = 9350 kgs, 20,550#

[sirdrakejr]

River Rat,

I pull that with my SRW 04 Dodge CTD. The 5th has a GVW of 15,000# but weighs in at 12,440# ready to travel. A DRW will have no trouble at all.
Travel safe and return home happy.
Frank

[jetboater454]

That would be no problem.I have an '08 3500 and can haul up to 21,500# with the 411 gears and 6 speed automatic.

[River_Rat_46]

I think I have found the place that has the pros that can give me a answer.

I have a new Dodge 3500 Deisel Dually with a 3.73 gear ratio.
I want to buy a fifth wheel With the following:

GVWR 16,000 lbs
Dry weight 12,100 lbs
Hitch weight of 2,065

Will I safely be able to pull this trailer down the road??
The dealer says I can pull any thing in his lot.
Says the drivers from Indiana use the same truck.


Larry

[2010Augusta]

Truck: 2006 F-450 with Utility Bodywerks 7 door bed and Reese 18K signature series hitch.
Trailer: 2010 Heartland Landmark Augusta with most options: two A/C's Washer and dryer, 5.5 Kw Genset and a very full six drawer tool box. Holding Tanks were all about 1/2 full.

The weights: Truck
Front Axle 5100
Drive Axle 4860
GVW 9960

Trailer
Axles 13120
Pin 3380
GTW 16500

GCVW 26460

[lostboy792]

1986 GMC K3500 crew cab DWR 4X4, empty weight with hitch, family, 50 gal. of gas(yes it gets thirsty) and all gear is about 7500#, with trailer hooked it's about 9800#, with a 10,000# GVWR and 19,000# GCVWR

5th wheel is a 2003 Jayco 325, axle weight is 9000# plus 2300# pin weight, 11,300# with a GVW of 12,000

total of both 18,800GCVWR, I would say I have everything about as close as I would like to get, by the way this was loaded for a two week vacation in the Smokey Mountains (food, water, cloths, etc.) and it pulled all the hills from cleveland to tenn. down 71 with just a few slow downs because of temp climbs by the top of some of the long grades.

[1MTNEST]

Not to sure who gets to pick the pin weight for the specs on the brochure, but it would be nice if they could be a little more accurate. My 2000lb pin weight puts 2600lbs on my truck. I do not have the 5th wheel overloaded as I only have a few items in it.
I have a truck with a 9200lb gvw and have a combined weight of 10,000lbs with the 5th wheel attached. At first I was a little concerned (still concerned), but after reading 23 pages on this forum, I am not alone. I guess I could buy a trailer with a posted pin weight of 1000lbs and be on the safe side. (NOT going to happen).
The answer to this is??????????????????????

[dubdub07]

Here we go;

Camp ready, full tank of gas and propane, zero water, full up with food.

Truck only was 7660. I couldn't get axle wt on the scale for some reason without the trailer.

Truck and FW:
Front: 4,580 Max: More than that.
Rear: 5,200 Max: 6,200 (1000 under)
FW axles: 8,280 Max: Lots more than that.
Total: 18,060 Max: 20,000
Truck GVWR: 9000 Truck wt when loaded: 9780
Pin Wt: 2120

Camper unloaded was 10,050 (Yes, I did weigh it the day I bought it)
Loaded: 10,400. Max: 12,000.

[tiju000]

Well here are my numbers

2004 GMC 2500 HD Diesel
The 5th wheel is a 2006 Legends 30RE2SLF-5 ( Overall length 33.5)

The truck

Front axle: 2030/4470 ( kg/lbs)
Rear axle: 1490/3280 (kg/lbs)

The Truck + Trailer

Front axle: 2030/4470
Rear axle: 2570/5660

So by adding Front + Rear it give me 4600/10'130 (kg/lbs)

I exceed the GVWR of the truck wich is a small 9'200lbs

How bad do you think it is ?

Ah yes the trailer axle is 4010/8832 (kg/lbs)

All other numbers are in the range of the tires, axle, the overall weight is in the range

[fdonham]

I have a 2008 Chevy 2500HD, D/A. I am towing a 2009 Crossroads Cruiser 30SK.

Weights:
Truck with everything but trailer:
7400#, frt 4360#, rear 3040#
Truck with trailer loaded:
9320#, frt 4440#, rear 4880#

Trailer loaded:
Total weight 9440#, 7520# on axles, pin weight 1920#, 20% of trailer

I am over by 120# on truck GVW, under by 360# on frt, under by 1120# on rear. I am under by 5160# GCVWR.

[shawnct450r]

Just did the weights tonight, and I was surprised!

2004 F250 FX4 CC SB with mostly full tank of fuel and no people.

2006 Weekend Warrior LE3305 with 100lbs water and 75% propane, fuel station mostly empty, all pots and pans and linens and stuff for camping were in there, plus all my stuff in the underbelly storage for the trailer and for camping was in there too.

Truck only
FA 4460 lbs
RA 3140 lbs

Truck with trailer
FA 4520 lbs
RA 6060 lbs
Trailer 8540 lbs
Total 19120 lbs
This means my pin weight was around 2900 lbs!!! Thats alot I think!

I'm gonna weight it again, fully loaded, the next time we go out. It'll be awhile but I'll update this when I do it for a "full load" weight.

[4toyotas4me]

2007 Toyota Tundra DC 5.7 L and 25' KZ Jag 5er with ULVW listed at 6250.

Truck w/ 400 lbs of people with 1/2 tank of fuel---6260
Truck with trailer, or GCWR---13,520.
Trailer only---7260 & 6000 is axle weight.
Pin weight---1260

Axle rating for the truck is 4150 rear, and 4100 front.
GVWR for the truck is 7100 lbs.
GCWR for the truck is 16,000.