Rear axle loaded weight Poll

[Oregun]

Recently I upgraded to 19.5 wheels/tires and have been thinking it's time to upgrade my old (1986)camper. So wondering how much weight others feel they can safely carry on their rigs rear axle for comparison purposes for those who wish to share.

Here is the Poll question: How much weight are you carrying on rear axle of your truck fully loaded with camper, water, gas, propane & any tows? Specify your configuration with the weight.

Here is my answer in bold to the poll with my current truck/tires, no tow for me.

99 F350 V10 SRW 2WD 245/70/19.5F, rear axle weight: 6980 lbs

[Oregun]

Buzzcut1 wrote:
ok so I dug out my Cat Scale ticket The door sticker is 13,300 for my 2011 F350 crew cab 4x4 dually with all the options fuel tank was full. TC is a 08 Lance 1055 and it was fully loaded with food, gear, water, propane at the time

Looked up your camper in the 2008 Lance Brochure
It says 3150 lbs dry weight good for F250/2500 SRW truck. 🙂

[bka0721]

Oregun wrote:
Recently I upgraded to 19.5 wheels/tires and have been thinking it's time to upgrade my old (1986)camper. So wondering how much weight others feel they can safely carry on their rigs rear axle for comparison purposes for those who wish to share.

Here is the Poll question: How much weight are you carrying on rear axle of your truck fully loaded with camper, water, gas, propane & any tows? Specify your configuration with the weight.

Here is my answer in bold to the poll with my current truck/tires, no tow for me.

99 F350 V10 SRW 2WD 245/70/19.5F, rear axle weight: 6980 lbs

I'll bite.


2008 F550 Diesel DRW 4X4 245/70/19.5 @ 95 frt/110 rear ~ PSI Rear axle weight: 15,435

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[Buzzcut1]

ok so I dug out my Cat Scale ticket The door sticker is 13,300 for my 2011 F350 crew cab 4x4 dually with all the options fuel tank was full. TC is a 08 Lance 1055 and it was fully loaded with food, gear, water, propane at the time

[Buzzcut1]

frank33v wrote:

Oregun wrote:

sky_free wrote:
Fully loaded with 2 people, 2 dogs, and full water tank, truck and TC in sig:

Your post got me thinking. I could probably carry your AF 990 with less than 8000 on my rear axle. My truck is a super cab not a club cab, I have 2wd instead of 4wd and I have SRW instead of duals. So I should weigh less at the scale on the rear axle. Plus I don't have dogs anymore. 🙂
Do you carry a lot of heavy options on your AF?
My wife really likes the AF campers.

I am wondering about this also. Purchasing a new 350 SRW, Crew cab long bed and don't know what it will weigh empty. TC Warehouse says no problem with a AF990 and suspension mods. Factory tires/rims?

the 4x4 version of the truck with be around 8000 ( thats where my 03 4x4 F350 crewcab long bed scaled out)

[tmartin000]

camper and truck

front 4300
rear 8700

total 13000

All factory, except air bags

[frank33v]

Oregun wrote:

sky_free wrote:
Fully loaded with 2 people, 2 dogs, and full water tank, truck and TC in sig:

Your post got me thinking. I could probably carry your AF 990 with less than 8000 on my rear axle. My truck is a super cab not a club cab, I have 2wd instead of 4wd and I have SRW instead of duals. So I should weigh less at the scale on the rear axle. Plus I don't have dogs anymore. 🙂
Do you carry a lot of heavy options on your AF?
My wife really likes the AF campers.

I am wondering about this also. Purchasing a new 350 SRW, Crew cab long bed and don't know what it will weigh empty. TC Warehouse says no problem with a AF990 and suspension mods. Factory tires/rims?

[Oregun]

Thanks for all the replys to the poll.

Looks like for those with SRW and 19.5 wheels/tires they top out about 8000 lbs on rear axle loaded.
I think most of the single slide campers around 3300lbs dry or less will keep me under 8000.

[Oregun]

jimh425 wrote:
As far as I can find, my rear axle rating is 11000. More importantly the rear discs are about two inches bigger diameter compared to a F350 of the same year.

I was having some brake work done this week, he quoted me $3500 to
upgrade my F350 brakes to F450 components. I said "No Thanks".

[wvabeer]

empty camper on truck me in it
F 3640
R 4620
B 8260
I weighed the last camp trip loaded I was 9000 even counting tongue weight from side by side and trailer. I have 3750 tires 3000 lb wheels air bags. Feels fine at any reasonable speed.

[mike_kellie]

9400 ready to go. I know....Plans for a new truck delayed by VW

[Oregun]

sky_free wrote:
Fully loaded with 2 people, 2 dogs, and full water tank, truck and TC in sig:

Your post got me thinking. I could probably carry your AF 990 with less than 8000 on my rear axle. My truck is a super cab not a club cab, I have 2wd instead of 4wd and I have SRW instead of duals. So I should weigh less at the scale on the rear axle. Plus I don't have dogs anymore. 🙂
Do you carry a lot of heavy options on your AF?
My wife really likes the AF campers.

[billsnp5]

On ODOT scales loaded with camper and boat, 8,350#.

[Oregun]

bwc wrote:

To the OP, I did not have that info when I posted. Your good to go then, I was not busting your chops before if you thought I was.

No problem I just figured you missed it. To summarize my truck ratings.
Axle: 9750
Wheels: 9000
Tires: 9880

[bwc]

Oregun wrote:

Bedlam wrote:
My 2005 4wd F250 carried around 7000 lbs on the rear with only the camper and 8000 lbs with the camper and trailer. I ran 245/70r19.5 tires on Vision rims. I'm not sure if your truck runs the same a Sterling 10.5" axle or the older Sterling 10.25".

Checked the SuperDuty wiki and it says all SRW Superdutys have the upgraded Sterling 10.5 axle. 9750lbs

To the OP, I did not have that info when I posted. Your good to go then, I was not busting your chops before if you thought I was.

[bwc]

Artum Snowbird wrote:
Just curious here.. I know the OP recently put on much heavier (in weight) Vision 81's and 19.5 tires. That does increase the scale weight for sure, but I am thinking it has not changed the amount of weight bearing down on the axle at all.

What is carried by the axle is the same whether the heavier (in weight) tires and wheels are on or off the vehicle.

Agree... or disagree?

I agree totally. Weight is weight, What he needs to know is what that Sterling axle is rated for first, no sense in overloading it just because he has 19.5 tires and wheels. My rear axle weight is 6400 lbs, well below the 9450 lbs of my AAM rated GAWR.