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Re: Whats Your Real Weights? Truck and Trailer. The Real Deal
2K8 Silverado Duramax 2K7 Komfort 241fs (25ft 5th Whl) Truck Empty 7500 Lbs Trailer Empty 6963 Total 14470 Truck Fwd Axle wt 4400 Truck Rear Axle wt 5200 Trailer Axles wt 7600 Total 17200 5 gallons fuel no water empty holding tanks lots of stuff in the 5'ver lots of stuff in truck bed too much fire wood481Views0likes0CommentsRe: Whats Your Real Weights? Truck and Trailer. The Real Deal
Where I am having difficulty is the actual pin weight before we buy the rig. We are considering a Komfort 241fs which has a listed pin wt of 1359 lbs, well within the 1700lb bed load of our 2K8 Chevy TD. When I do the math on the trailer this pin wt seems to be arrived at when the 5ver is fully loaded. But is this the actual case? Will it increase when we load the rig? In some rigs we have seen the pin weight is derived with the rig empty (according the salesmen) we have spoken to. We need an accurate number before we buy it and load it up, not after. I spent over 20 years doing weight and balance professionally, can run the math, and can tell when some bozo salesman is blowing smoke. What I want is the real numbers, not smoke and word games. And the manufacture’s brochures are another tangle of numbers that are not standard or uniform. What we want to know, when it is all said and done, is what are the weights when the rig is fully loaded? What are the real world numbers? From reading this topic, it is quite clear that there are loads of misinformation, confusion, and I am afraid, a lot intentional omissions on the part of many manufactures.426Views0likes0CommentsRe: Whats Your Real Weights? Truck and Trailer. The Real Deal
Pin Weight? Were thinking about a new 5th Wheel. The rig were considering has a posted pin weight of 1360 lbs. How is this calculated? Is it the pin weight with the rig at full gross weight or with the rig empty? We are concerned because our TV has a gross wt rating of 9200 lbs and an actual cat weight of 7500 lbs, leaving only 1700 lbs to spare. While this looks good in theory, I am concerned that the pin weight will grow when the rig is filled. The truck is a 2K8 Chevy turbo diesel. While I feel comfortable that the 25ft, 5th wheel were considering is road safe, I am still concerned that we are pushing the posted limits. The axle weights are all good, its the GVWR that is the concern. The axle capacities totals add up to nearly 11,000 lbs, considerably more than the GVWR of 9200 lbs.426Views0likes0Comments
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