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Originally Posted by notanlines
Bob, are you sure of the weight of your truck? 7800 seems awfully light for a long bed 3500 diesel.....that would give you almost another 4K to load in it.
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Yes - checked the weight at a local transfer station it has a CAT scale for checking "trash" weight. We pay $100.00 per ton for waste.
Truck sticker:
GVWR 11,600. cargo 3917
My CAT scale weight- 2 passengers, full load of fuel and trailer loaded (fresh water 1/3 full, gray and black tanks empty and loaded with our camping stuff)
Steer axle - 4,900
Drive axle - 6,580
Trailer axle - 10,500
Gross weight - 21,980
I think our hitch weight is about 3000 lbs
Our trailer brocher info(all tanks empty. does not include extra battery or slide awnings).
Shipping Weight: 11,530 lbs
Carrying Capacity: 3,470 lbs
Hitch: 2275 lbs
Added weight to the truck:
Running boards, Fifth wheel hitch and hardware, air bags, soft bed liner, front class 3 hitch