Overweight Toyhauler Dilemma!!
We finally got around to weighing our toyhauler and it confirmed that we are indeed overweight. The scale says we weigh 14,660 lbs. total with all of our belongings on board. The trailer is a 2010 K...
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valhalla360 wrote:
I'm still confused by the numbers given.
Maybe call around and find a scale (lot of truck stops have them) that can give you an axle by axle weight including the truck.
I suspect the crude numbers from the scale you used are telling far from the whole story.
If you are only over by 300#, I would seriously consider trimming the load by 300# before completely redoing the undercarriage.
As soon as we get back on the road we are planning on going to a better scale that can give us a better idea of how much weight is distributed where. The plan on the trailer at this point is to put 4 new tires on it- load range G, rated at 3750 apiece and installing the Mor/Ryde system with an extra cross member to brace the frame.
After finding out the initial plan of converting to 7k axles and upgrading to 17.5" wheels and tires was going to cost way too much, we decided to give the plan above a try. If we have problems in the future that make us wish we had done the expensive plan we may just end up getting a heavier duty trailer instead.
I agree with your final statement 100%- we are planning on losing some weight for sure. I need to go through my stuff in the garage and weed out some of the less necessary stuff (yet again!) and we've also thought to get rid of some of the amenities in the trailer that we won't use. First on the chopping block is the Happi-jac bunk beds in the garage, and we may lose the Cummins Onan in favor of a lighter solar setup in the future as well.
