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Old 09-11-2016, 08:20 AM   #22
CWSWine
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I don’t know where you get a 10,000 lbs SRW truck mine on the scales is 8220 ready to camp with B&W hitch. Subtract that from 11,500 and you get 3280 left over for pin weight. A 10,000 lbs 5er at a high 25% pin weight would only be 2500 lbs pin that would still give me a 720 lbs margin.

First GCWR is 23,500 and subtract 8220 give me a towing capacity of 15280 and my 5er weighs in at 14,100 with combine weight of 22,300.

My GCWR is 11,500 and my axles are 4880 and 6480 for a total of 11,340. Close but not over and the 3711FL 80% of the storage is over or aft of the axles. Adding weight doesn’t add to pin weight. The more shoes my wife stacks in the bedroom the lighter the pin gets.

GAWR is 7,000 and my axle is 6460 which give me 540 lbs margin.

This is a 39.5 foot RV so yes I have no room to upgrade by I would rather down grade to shorter RV then upgrade. The point is you don’t need at DRW for anything over 10,000 lbs. You can stubby pencil all you want and get the numbers to fit or not to fit but the real test is the CAT Scale. I guess we are just going to have to disagree!!!!!!
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