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Old 10-04-2020, 03:14 PM   #8
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Giving/posting the weights of the tow vehicle and omitting the "scale weights" of the trailer and asking for an assessment of whether your "rig weight" is OK is very much like saying "The Saints scored 26 against Green Bay, so who won?"

You've given a part of the vital information, but completely omitted half of what's needed to reach any conclusion....

If you want to know "the whole story" then hitch the trailer, loaded for a trip to the truck, loaded for a trip, tow them to the CAT scale, drive onto the scale pads, front axle on pad 1, rear axle on pad 2 and trailer axles on pad 3. STAY IN THE TRUCK and weigh the rig. Exit the truck, loosen (don't remove) the WD bars on the hitch, get back in the truck and weigh the rig. Pull off the scale, unhitch the trailer LEAVE THE HITCH AND W/D BARS IN THE RECEIVER and drive the truck back onto the scale with front axle on pad 1 and rear axle on pad 2, STAY IN THE TRUCK and get a third weight.

With those weights, we can give you an "exact assessment" of what your rig really weighs and how close/over your GVWR, GCWR, RAWR, FAWR, payload, receiver capacity, trailer tongue weight (both actual and distributed weight) and trailer GVWR, axle ratings (combined, not separate trailer axle weight or ratings).

Without these weights, anything is a "best guess" at what your "honest status" really is....
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