Posted 2005-05-02 8:06 PM (#24597) Subject: Maybe this will be of assistance
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Posts: 524 Location: Lone Oak, Tx
Since there have been quite a few posts on truck weight and what per truck can haul, I will give an example. I had our truck and trailer weighed on a Flying J scale this weekend. We were going camping so we were loaded (2 horses, full water tank, tack, clothes, camping gear, dog, full fuel tanks, wood, feed, hay, the works). Now our trailer is a 26ft. Hart 3 horse all aluminum with a 4ft SW and has partially finished living quarters in it, with 1 deep cycle battery for our 12v power, but minus our fridge, microwave and hot water heater which will come later. Our truck is a 1997 F250 extended cab with a Powerstroke which has a GVWR of 8800lbs. The scales read as follows:
Take the front and rear weights and you have your GVWR which is 8,160lbs which is 640lbs away from being technically overloaded. So when my LQ's are finished, I'll probablly be fairly close.
Anyway, I just wanted to use this as an example for those who have a 3/4 ton truck and are thinking about buying that 4 horse with the 8ft SW LQ's. Can the truck handle it, more than likely. Will you be over loaded, definately.
Posted 2005-05-02 8:40 PM (#24600 - in reply to #24597) Subject: RE: Maybe this will be of assistance
Location: Illinois
Ok, here is a really stupid question since I have never done it. To get all of these weights, do you just pull the whole rig onto the scale or do you need to pull up onto them one axle at a time? Do the scale have a read out or do you need to go inside to get the numbers?
Just never done it, but probably need to. That way I don't have to worry about it.
Posted 2005-05-02 10:08 PM (#24611 - in reply to #24600) Subject: RE: Maybe this will be of assistance
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Posts: 2828 Location: Southern New Mexico
The scales I use are at a local ranch store. You go in and tell them you want to weigh, and they have someone write down the weights as you go over the scale. When I weigh I pull the front tires on the scale, then the guy lets me know when to move and I pull the truck up until the rear tires are on the scale. Then the trailer for the combined weight. You just subtract the front axle from the whole truck weight to get your rear axle weight.
Posted 2005-05-03 1:36 AM (#24616 - in reply to #24597) Subject: RE: Maybe this will be of assistance
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Posts: 304
If you stop at any truck stop along interstate with Cat Scales, you just drive up on them (there are instructions posted) each axle will be on an individual scale if you stop where you are supposed to. Push the button (this is the hard part if you are short) and tell the attendent you have a personnel vehicle. Make sure everybody and everything is loaded up at the time to get an accurate reading of your total load. After you weigh pull around and go inside and pay. they will give you a certified print out with the numbers for each axle.
Maybe this will be of assistance
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