Scales today - Numbers Check - Equal-I-Zer / F250

[Nunyadamn]

I see others were hitting the scales today as well. I too am looking for a check of the numbers. I posted the following on Jaycoowners.com today.

I have my new truck - 2015 Ford F250 6.7L 4x4 Crew Cab SRW. I have not really towed my trailer much - only a few miles from the dealer home and to the scales today. I feel like I don't have enough weight on my front wheels. My truck has a little bit of sag in the rear. I switched from a 2500 Chevy and tried to just use the same setup, but had a lot more sag than the Chevy. I added a couple of washers to the Equal-I-Zer WDH and that helped the way it looks, but I don't think it did enough. I am thinking about adding a couple more washers to the setup, but wanted to post my numbers to get a few second looks. Here it is from the CAT scales today -

Truck and trailer with WDH connected
Steer Axle - 4580
Drive Axle - 4800
Trailer Axle - 7420
Gross Weight - 16800

Truck and trailer NO WDH connected
Steer Axle - 4300
Drive Axle - 5200
Trailer Axle - 7280
Gross Weight - 16780

Truck only
Steer Axle - 4800
Drive Axle - 3480
Gross Weight - 8280

I was not loaded as we go camping. I had 3/4 tank of fuel, trailer was fairly empty (no food, no water but we usually don't travel with water, no bedding), my truck bed had nothing in it (no generator, no firewood, no BBQ, no tools) and it was just me (no wife or kids).

I input the following into a website I found while I was in the parking lot of the scales. Everything shows green, but I feel like I am being pushed around still by the few trucks that passed me.

I am thinking I need to add 200-300 pounds to the steer axle.


https://flic.kr/p/EJm1iz

https://flic.kr/p/EgWiuN

[myredracer]

What bar rating are you using? Do you have the appropriate pressure in the truck tires? Have friction sway control bars? When doing the initial setup, you'll want the ball height set so that the trailer is level to slightly nose down. I ended up having to get a ball with a 1" rise for our F250 so that the trailer would sit properly. No manner of fiddling with the bar angle and number of chain links in tension worked all that great until I got the new ball. With the holes in the shank, the ball was either too high or too low.

Perhaps a pic of truck and trailer together may help? Once you get it all dialed in, you will love towing with the F250.

[BarneyS]

I would try to get the front axle back to 4800lbs.
That means adding another washer or two to get another 220lbs transferred to the front axle.
Barney

[lbrjet]

You can add another washer, just make sure you don't go over your unloaded front axle weight. You are adding 1100lbs to the rear. I would expect a little sag and that is not going to hurt anything. What does your owners manual say about how much weight should be transferred back to the front? You are just under 60 percent right now.