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[2tallDA]

8650# here with a TC800 Northstar wet,full tank.

Regular cab diesel. 4400# front axle.4000# rear.

[smlobx]

^ no worries Eddie. smart guy that I am it never occurred to me that you might have the axle numbers swapped......

btw don't post your vin #

Thanks!
Without disclosing my VIN the info is as follows:

Front GAWR - 5600#
Rear GAWR - 7000#
GVWR - 11,500#

[PackRat]

With the slide in campers we use here it is pretty hard to get too much weight on either axle of a F-350/one ton as smlobx's rig tells us. However, with the bigger campers, you SHOULD be OK with a 3/4 ton, but it is questionable if a 1/2 ton will be within spec once you drive away from the house for a trip to go camping with everyone and everything aboard....

 

It is very important the smaller truck owners pay attention to the weight limits of EACH AXLE and not just go by the GVWR rating.

[ardvark]

F350 SRW extended cab, LB, gasser, full of fuel, wife and I (truck has "zombie apocalypse" bumpers front and rear)

 

Steer axle 4,440

Drive axle 3,200

Total 7,640

Truck with Hallmark Ute XL fully loaded with 30 gallons of water ready for summer trip West

 

Steer axle 4,740

Drive axle 6,080

Total 10,820

 

GVWR 11,000

FAWR 5,000

RAWR 6,000

 

80 pounds over on rear axle if we run with full water tank.

Edited by ardvark, 30 April 2018 - 12:27 PM.

[JaSAn]

2012 Ram 2500, Standard cab, long box, 4X4 (from door sticker):

     GAWR Front = 5200,

     GAWR Rear = 6010,

     GVWR = 8650 lbs.

 

With me, the beagle, 32 gallons of gas and my FWC Grandby loaded for two weeks in the outback (cAt scale):

     Steer axle = 3940 lbs

     Drive axle = 3980 lbs

     Gross weight = 7920

[PackRat]

JaSAn...

 

Now that's the way to see if you are overloaded anywhere!

 

You started with a 3/4 ton truck, compared the VIN maximums for each axle to what your out-the-door weight for each axle actually is and are comfortably UNDER the maximum for each axle!

 

I'm guessing you have something along the lines of a tire requirement right on the VIN sticker as well. My old 88 F-250 VIN tag says it should have LT 235 85R 16E tires.

[klahanie]

posted by ardvark

 

F350 SRW extended cab, LB, gasser, full of fuel, wife and I (truck has "zombie apocalypse" bumpers front and rear)

 

Steer axle 4,440

Drive axle 3,200

Total 7,640

Truck with Hallmark Ute XL fully loaded with 30 gallons of water ready for summer trip West

 

Steer axle 4,740

Drive axle 6,080

Total 10,820

 

GVWR 11,000

FAWR 5,000

RAWR 6,000

 

80 pounds over on rear axle if we run with full water tank.

 

 

ardvark, that's a first for me. I've never seen a Ford light truck with the sum of the axles not being greater than the gvwr . rear is 6,000 confirmed ?

 

edit: can't do proper quotes anymore

Edited by klahanie, 30 April 2018 - 11:28 PM.

[Straitline]

2018 F350 SRW Super Cab Long Bed Gasser

Empty with me and full fuel
Front/Rear/Total
4140/2900/7040

With FWC Granby camper full of water, jacks, two people
4400/4800/9220

GAWRs/ GVWR
5200/7230/11500

[ardvark]

 

 

ardvark, that's a first for me. I've never seen a Ford light truck with the sum of the axles not being greater than the gvwr . rear is 6,000 confirmed ?

 

edit: can't do proper quotes anymore

 

 

Those numbers are right off the door pillar.

[klahanie]

^ OK, thanks.