โJan-09-2021 07:07 PM
โApr-09-2021 06:16 PM
Huntindog wrote:ognend wrote:I "think" that you do not like Fords number, so you are using one that you came up with.philh wrote:
don't like the number on the door sticker, you just get to pick a new number? Interesting way of dealing with payload capacity.
I picked a different number on the sticker - RAWR minus actual weight of rear axle. I feel that number is the right one. What do you think?
Why don't you write a letter to Ford Motor Company with all of the pertintnent info (VIN#) and tell them what you posted here?
Tell them why your calculations are better than the ones their engineers came up with.
Then post their response.
โApr-09-2021 05:48 PM
ognend wrote:I "think" that you do not like Fords number, so you are using one that you came up with.philh wrote:
don't like the number on the door sticker, you just get to pick a new number? Interesting way of dealing with payload capacity.
I picked a different number on the sticker - RAWR minus actual weight of rear axle. I feel that number is the right one. What do you think?
โApr-09-2021 04:57 PM
philh wrote:
don't like the number on the door sticker, you just get to pick a new number? Interesting way of dealing with payload capacity.
โApr-09-2021 04:16 PM
โApr-09-2021 02:47 PM
BenK wrote:ognend wrote:
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I already have a set of super springs on it. I was more concerned with the actual numbers. Thanks!
Yes, that will level and not squat as much...but the 'numbers' AKA ratings has embedded things for performance of that 'number'
โApr-09-2021 02:23 PM
ognend wrote:
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I already have a set of super springs on it. I was more concerned with the actual numbers. Thanks!
โApr-09-2021 01:53 PM
IdaD wrote:
If it were me I wouldn't worry about it. In most cases if you throw a set of bags or timbrens on a 3/4 ton you turn it into a same MY SRW 1 ton from a carrying capacity standpoint (provided the tires are also rated for the additional weight). That would effectively give you the higher applicable 1 ton RAWR to work with.
โApr-09-2021 01:31 PM
โApr-09-2021 10:34 AM
โJan-22-2021 09:59 AM
RoyJ wrote:
I'm not anti-dually, just pointing out there are some high payload tires out there.
That particular tire is the "super single" option on a Sprinter. Expeditors often require to carry full size pallets, which do not fit between the dually wheel wells on a Sprinter / Transit.
I considered that for my old 2nd gen, as a dually conversion probably cost more than the truck is worth...
โJan-20-2021 01:27 PM
โJan-20-2021 07:07 AM
rhagfo wrote:
I canโt believe the lengths people will go to to avoid driving a DRW!
โJan-19-2021 06:36 PM
โJan-19-2021 06:02 PM
rhagfo wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:RoyJ wrote:
There's one tire size (other than 19.5s) that can get us close to the DRW axle capacity:
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Continental&tireModel=VanContact+A%2FS&partnum=865...
4300 lbs / tire, or 8600 lbs GAWR. Factor in the SRW bed is a bit lighter, and we have one less set of tires / wheels, that probably puts us within 500 lbs of a dually.
My RAWR is 9,750# but my stock 4 rear tires have a lot more capacity if I want to carry more weight. 65# in my tires is all I need out of 80 to carry the RAWR.
Wider stance gets much more stability.
X2 to the stability.
I would also add I would not want to loose a rear tire on a SRW loaded to 8,000# on the axle.
I canโt believe the lengths people will go to to avoid driving a DRW! Our only vehicle is a DRW, Crew Cab, long bed, and both me and DW drive it where ever we want.
โJan-19-2021 03:48 PM
Cummins12V98 wrote:RoyJ wrote:
There's one tire size (other than 19.5s) that can get us close to the DRW axle capacity:
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Continental&tireModel=VanContact+A%2FS&partnum=865...
4300 lbs / tire, or 8600 lbs GAWR. Factor in the SRW bed is a bit lighter, and we have one less set of tires / wheels, that probably puts us within 500 lbs of a dually.
My RAWR is 9,750# but my stock 4 rear tires have a lot more capacity if I want to carry more weight. 65# in my tires is all I need out of 80 to carry the RAWR.
Wider stance gets much more stability.