Pin Weight
Reading thru the minihub67 post, using Jimnlin & other posts do I have this "pin weight" thing figured out?? I have 2008 Ram 2500, 6.7 diesel. Tires are Michelin E rated 265-70-17 & say 3195#. X-2 i...
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cougar28 wrote:Whiskey River wrote:
Reading thru the minihub67 post, using Jimnlin & other posts do I have this "pin weight" thing figured out??
I have 2008 Ram 2500, 6.7 diesel.
Tires are Michelin E rated 265-70-17 & say 3195#. X-2 is 6390#
The door sticker says Rear 6010#.
Cat scale says Steer Axle 4560# & Drive Axle 2960#.
Door sticker of rear 6010# less scaled drive axle 2960# = 3050#
So my max pin wt should be aprox. 3000#, is this correct?
The 2960# scaled drive axle weight is full of fuel, Reese hitch, Honda gen. & misc. Ready to hook up and go.
You'll be way over on the trucks GVWR with that pin weight. I would say you GVWR is around 8,800 lb being a 3/4 ton.
I think he's right here for avail payload/pin weight overall. Yes Cummins V12 is right when you look at rear axle capacity avail, but when you take into acc't overall weight of truck (based on OP's numbers) I come up w/just 1480# total avail. Now I'm not an angel as I too was waaaaay over on my limits w/ my '03 F250 & '06 Creek, and yes it did tow it quite well. Legal.....no. So perhaps someone can offer up other comments.
