Are we OVERWEIGHT? How to weigh your truck and trailer on a CAT scale.
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- If you tow a trailer or R.V. you need to know your numbers. Not "how much your truck can tow", but other important numbers like:
Your truck's payload
Your truck's GVWR
Your truck's GCWR
Your trailer's GVWR
Your trailer's tongue weight
In this video we're going to show you how to find all of these numbers so you can tow with confidence, or find out you need a bigger truck 😜
We'll also talk about weight distribution hitches, and how to see how much weight is really being transferred to your truck with your setup.
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4500 lbs in the front axle without the wdh is plenty to not effect the steering in my opinion. Be interesting to see if you noticed a difference if you drive for awhile without the wdh. This is why I upgraded to a 2500 over a half ton. The 1000 lb tongue wt wiped out all the payload.
Yeah, that tongue weight is a killer on payload. Not including the dogs and toys! What do you think about 2-2.5" of rear sag?
I wish more folks would do what you just did. Very important information to have if you are towing any distance at all. First thing I do when I get a new tow vehicle or trailer is load it all up the way we travel and head to the CAT scale so I know exactly where I am at. I like to measure my truck loaded for travel but unhooked and see where my front axle weight is at. Then when hooked up I use my weight distribution hitch to put weight back to the front of my truck so that my front axle is the same weight with or without the trailer. This ensures great handling, and is not overly stressing my truck or trailer. Been doing it this way for over 40,000 miles and no issue yet, and it handles great. Safe travels....
Another comment/observation - on Gross Combined Vehicle Weight Rating. We discovered a mystery in Ford's calculation of this number for our 10,000 lb rated F250 truck, which advertises it can safely tow 12,000+ lbs. So we did the simple math: 10,000 + 12,000 = 22,000 Gross Combined Vehicle Weight Rating. HOWEVER, your list on this topic shows the same info that I received in my owners manual. With a 3.73 rear end our GCVWR is only 19,500! IF anyone has an answer on this >2,000 lb discrepancy, pls respond. No one at Ford Forums, or any of the dealers I have discussed this topic can provide an answer.
Great review. Your CAT scales weights as displayed were excellent as well as your explanation of the various weights that many folks on AIRFORUMS do not understand. Not sure if you provided the payload on your tow vehicle, and how far over or under you are as packed for that particular trip. A friend had a F250 Diesel 4x4 King Ranch with std bed and had a payload rating of less than 2,000 lbs. In your situation, if you had a 1900 lb payload on your tow vehicle, you would only. have 1900-1050 (tongue weight) = 850 lbs remaining for driver, passenger, dogs, bed topper, and anything in the bed. Based on our friend's experience we purchased an F250 gas Lariat package and have a payload over 3,500 lbs.
I need to join that form! You definitely get a lot more payload with that gas motor! Our F250 only has about 2,000lbs of payload, which is why our GVWR is maxed out with the heavy tongue weight and all of our toys. I hope the video saves someone from buying a 1/2 ton truck when they really need a 3/4 or better.
@@DigitalBarbell I would not expect the Tundra owners will warmly embrace these weight considerations since most Tundra's have about 1500 lb payload capacity, despite being listed with the truck ability to tow 12,000 lbs or so! Since prior to the 6cyl. engine, the V8 was indestructible which built tremendous customer loyalty. Not sure how long it will take customers to trust the newer 6 cyl engine AFTER 100,000 engines were replaced under wty?
@@timjohnson4290 Those Tundra's are awesome but yeah, poor poor payload!
I also own a 3/4 ton truck with a 27 foot trailer using an E-qualizer WDS. I have done similar to what you did in this video and came to the conclusion that minimal WD is needed for my typical trip setup. I may not actually even need the Sway Control given my particular tow vehicle weight and electronic sway control, but since I have the WDS already setup I still use it at a minimum setting to add sway control assistance for worse case scenarios. I’m always on the lookout for separation issues, and had a couple rivet pops before these adjustments. Any thoughts on a damper style hitch instead of the WDS? Great job on the comprehensive video!
Thanks so much for watching! I think we basically feel the same way as you. Do you mean a hitch like the pro ride?
@@DigitalBarbell No, like Shocker Air hitch or Air Safe hitch to smooth out the ride instead of WDS for trucks like ours.
Great video, however, your first video was with a half ton Tundra, now you have a 3/4 ton Super Duty, a big difference. What are the spring ratings of your torsion bars?
Thanks for watching! We got the F250 back in November of last year. Big difference! This video was all about the numbers using the Ford, not the Tundra. What do you mean by the spring ratings of the torsion bars?
@@DigitalBarbell you need to match the spring rating of the spring bars with your tongue weight. They sell different ratings. Too much=too rigid, too little=not enough distribution. My trailer tongue weight maxes at about 750lbs, so I have bars rated for 800lbs. It looks like you may have only 600lb bars, because they look like bent noodles. Also, probably why you experienced such a snap back when the bar hit you. Like pulling back a bow and arrow. Remember, as you go down the road, the bars will flex even more.
@@J26-e6g ahh I’m with ya. Already got my receipt and check. I think we are good to go. We got the White distribution set up at the same time we got the trailer.
You may even have 350lb bars. Look up 800lb spring bars. Better yet, if you want away control, you need a trunnion system, not a chain. Chains systems do not give you sway control, unless you pair it with
a sway brake attachment