S Davis
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One thing I will say is don’t try and use the truck unloaded with those 3500lb helpers unless you have a kidney donor lined up. I ran a set of those for a couple years until I replaced the truck.
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kenkorona
Maine
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Suppose you refill the fresh but don't empty the black and gray?
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JimK-NY
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kenkorona wrote:The truck is rated for a 4400# payload. Considering I removed a 100# tailgate that gives me a 4500# payload. The camper is supposed to be about 3400# with a full fresh water tank. So I'm guessing, fully loaded we're close to the limit, maybe a little over when the gray and black tanks are full.
That sounds very familiar. When I got my truck and camper, I started with the manufacturer's sticker weight for my camper. I did a thorough job of estimating the weight of everything we would carry and decided I was within the tire load ratings.
Finally I weighed the unit and found out I was way over. It seems the manufacturer had not included the two AGM batteries or solar panels. It appears my estimates for other stuff were also too low.
Forget about the weight of the tailgate. You probably made that up with Torqlifts, fastguns and a bed mat.
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cptqueeg
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kenkorona wrote:The truck is rated for a 4400# payload. Considering I removed a 100# tailgate that gives me a 4500# payload. The camper is supposed to be about 3400# with a full fresh water tank. So I'm guessing, fully loaded we're close to the limit, maybe a little over when the gray and black tanks are full.
Your description in the first post suggests that the actual weight is not anywhere close to the actual payload.
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specta
utah
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I had the truck, bought the camper.
Weighted the truck on a Cat Scale just a few blocks from where I bought the camper.
Weighed it again after loading the camper.
Weighed it again after it was fully loaded with everything.
Weighed it again with my trailer and ATV and extra other stuff.
I weighed it on a DOT weigh station scale Friday morning after spending 4 days 3 nights in it prior to draining black or gray tanks.
Yep, its heavy. ![[emoticon]](http://www.rv.net/sharedcontent/cfb/images/biggrin.gif "biggrin")
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2011 Chevy 2500 HD 6.0L 4wd
1976 Ford F-250 6.4L 4wd
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Grit dog
Black Diamond, WA
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kenkorona wrote:Suppose you refill the fresh but don't empty the black and gray?
Your truck won’t automatically break at 200, 500 or even 1000lbs over capacity.
It may handle a little different. You might feel it or you might have to try hard to notice.
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n0arp
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specta wrote:I had the truck, bought the camper.
Weighted the truck on a Cat Scale just a few blocks from where I bought the camper.
Weighed it again after loading the camper.
Weighed it again after it was fully loaded with everything.
Weighed it again with my trailer and ATV and extra other stuff.
I weighed it on a DOT weigh station scale Friday morning after spending 4 days 3 nights in it prior to draining black or gray tanks.
Yep, its heavy.
I know exactly what my rig weighs, as I built a $300 wheel scale that weighs up to 20K and have confirmed with CAT.
I don't openly discuss the weight of my TC setup, because I'm over factory ratings and that can get heated.
It handles way better and predictably than it did the day I brought it home (when it was much lighter, and under the factory ratings) so I don't consider it an issue.
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specta
utah
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n0arp wrote:specta wrote:I had the truck, bought the camper.
Weighted the truck on a Cat Scale just a few blocks from where I bought the camper.
Weighed it again after loading the camper.
Weighed it again after it was fully loaded with everything.
Weighed it again with my trailer and ATV and extra other stuff.
I weighed it on a DOT weigh station scale Friday morning after spending 4 days 3 nights in it prior to draining black or gray tanks.
Yep, its heavy.
I know exactly what my rig weighs, as I built a $300 wheel scale that weighs up to 20K and have confirmed with CAT.
I don't openly discuss the weight of my TC setup, because I'm over factory ratings and that can get heated.
It handles way better and predictably than it did the day I brought it home (when it was much lighter, and under the factory ratings) so I don't consider it an issue.
Home scales would be awesome.
I have to rely on cat scales and weigh stations.
And yes, there are too many "police" here in the forum. ![[emoticon]](http://www.rv.net/sharedcontent/cfb/images/wink.gif "wink")
Here in Utah there are Loves fueling station all over the place and they all have Cat Scales and its only $11 to weigh my rig. Money well spent in my opinion.
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n0arp
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specta wrote:n0arp wrote:specta wrote:I had the truck, bought the camper.
Weighted the truck on a Cat Scale just a few blocks from where I bought the camper.
Weighed it again after loading the camper.
Weighed it again after it was fully loaded with everything.
Weighed it again with my trailer and ATV and extra other stuff.
I weighed it on a DOT weigh station scale Friday morning after spending 4 days 3 nights in it prior to draining black or gray tanks.
Yep, its heavy.
I know exactly what my rig weighs, as I built a $300 wheel scale that weighs up to 20K and have confirmed with CAT.
I don't openly discuss the weight of my TC setup, because I'm over factory ratings and that can get heated.
It handles way better and predictably than it did the day I brought it home (when it was much lighter, and under the factory ratings) so I don't consider it an issue.
Home scales would be awesome.
And yes, there are too many "police" here in the forum.
I found a DIY livestock scale kit online for $229 (aascales.com, I believe?) and bolted it all to a 14x16x3/4" plate of aluminum.
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specta
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n0arp wrote:
I found a DIY livestock scale kit online for $229 (aascales.com, I believe?) and bolted it all to a 14x16x3/4" plate of aluminum.
That is awesome. Never a question and you can weigh it any time you want.
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