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RE: 1/2 ton & 32' 5th wheel
John, it won't overheat either the motor or the tranny. You (and your truck) will be fine.
Hank
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Jonesey
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09/16/08 07:10pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: 1/2 ton & 32' 5th wheel
Will it hurt the truck? No. Will it put a squat on the tail? Heck yeah. Can you do it? Definitely! I wouldn't even hesitate. You DO have a brake controller, right? Two miles, right? Even if you mashed the throttle to the floor you won't be going faster than 45 mph or so!! Hitch 'er up, take it easy and you'll be fine. Oh yeah, I agree with the post about not stretching your distances, keep it to the short haul.
Hank
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Jonesey
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09/16/08 04:35pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Companion hitch, Came today. I have a question.
I am still interested in the hypothetical. If a hitch (any hitch) is installed correctly, what percentage of the pin weight should be carried by the steering axle vs. the drive axle i.e 10%/90%, 20%/80%?
The reason I ask because in my previous TV, when I did my weights, a large majority of the pin weight (better than 50%) ended up on the steering axle according to the CAT scales (truck weighed by itself and reweighed with 5er attached). Makes me think that the "expert" at the RV dealership put my Reese too far in front of rear axle. Or does it really make a difference as long as axle weights are not exceeded and steering is okay? Previous TV 97 Dodge Ram 2500 CTD 2X4.
I'm also thinking that you had some wildly erroneous scale numbers here. To get 50% of the pin weight on the front axle, you would have to have the pin halfway between the front and rear axles, or roughly at the front of the back seat of a crew cab pickup. Our 5th puts 2440 lbs total pin weight on the truck, only 60 lbs goes on the steer axle. 153" wheelbase, pin is 4" ahead of rear axle, so 4 divided by 153 is 2.6%, 2.6% of 2440 is 63.4 - and to think that I thought I'd never use all that math I learned back in the day......
Hank
Edit -- Looks like SoCalDesertRider is a faster typer (or thinker) than I am ;) same rule applies.......
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Jonesey
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09/11/08 05:47pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: How much can I haul with a 3/4 ton truck??
Load 'em both in there at the same time and make one trip. We haul two pallets of seed all the time, they weigh 3,000 apiece. Have the forklift guy put the first on as far forward as he can, then use the second one to push the first ALL the way to the front. Then put the tailgate back on, and load the second. Don't weigh the truck first, don't go too fast, do put a strap around the back one, don't do it after dark (headlights aimed upward), do take it easy. Fer cryin' out loud, you have plenty of truck for this. Gas is too expensive and time is too valuable to waste two trips on this haul.
Hank
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Jonesey
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09/08/08 07:23pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Whats Your Real Weights? Truck and Trailer. The Real Deal
Our 2005 2500HD CC SB 4X4 6.0 and 2006 Mountaineer 319BHS ready to go for a weekend:
Axle Scale / Rating
Steer 3600 / 4800
Drive 5320 / 6084
Gross 8920 / 9200
Trailer 9120 / 10,160 (tandem axles)
Overall 18040 / 16,000 (GCWR)
Every axle is within specs, however my GCWR is exceeded by just over a ton. If my truck had the 8.1 gasser or the Duramax, it would have a 22,000 GCWR. So, brakes and frame are the same as the more powerful engines, I'll just climb the hills a tad slower. Pickup alone weigh 3540 on the steer, and 2940 on the drive axle, giving me a trailer weight of 11,560 and a pin weight of 2440. Montana says this trailer will have a hitch weight of 1770, I suppose that could be possible empty....Brochure gives trailer GVWR as 11,930 but sticker on the side of the camper says 12,105 for a GVWR. Tires are ST235/80R16 Load Range E with a load rating of 3560 per tire. The truck rides very nice and level with the stock suspension. Brochure also says the trailer weighs 9690 dry, so I have added 1870 pounds of water, propane, clothes, food, blocks, beer, etc.
Hank
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Jonesey
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08/03/08 09:17pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Will it pull it??
Yes, you can pull it just fine. A lot of the replies seem to think that since you have a 1500HD, you only have a half ton truck. One even thinks that you have the ultra short box found on the "real" 1500 crew cab truck. YOU know what you have, and that is a 8600 GVW, eight bolt hub, three quarter ton truck, same as if it was a 2500 (not HD). We've been down this road before, debating if a 1500HD is a half or three quarter ton truck, I'm sure we'll see a few dozen more posts on the same subject before long. The only reason your truck says 1500HD and not 2500 is Ford came out with the F150 SuperCrew with four real doors. Chevy didn't have a half ton with four real doors to compete, so the marketing guys grabbed a 2500 crew cab, rebadged it 1500HD, and now could sell it to guys that didn't think they needed a three quarter ton.
Hitch up and take off, you'll be fine.
Hank
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Jonesey
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07/29/08 08:15am |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Not sure if this is the right forum for this . . . .
So, if the Nitrogen molecules are larger than most of the other molecules in air, after a period of time (months? weeks? years?) all of the other, smaller molecules will have migrated through the rubber, right? Then most of the molecules left in the tire will be nitrogen. Seems like we have all been running nitrogen in our tires for years.......
Hank
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Jonesey
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05/24/08 03:45pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: 1500HD 6.0 vs 2500HD 6.0 - what's the diff.
After reading all these replies, I see nobody has yet mentioned the original reason for the 1500HD. We have to remember that the 1500HD CC SB 8 lug 8600 GVW truck was introduced shortly after Ford rolled out their F150 SuperCrew truck with four full size doors. The Chebby guys couldn't quickly tool up a shorter-than-short box like the SuperCrew had, and all they had in the lineup to compete with the F150 and it's 4 doors was a 2500 CC SB. You can't sell a 2500 to a guy who only wants a half ton, so the marketing guys had a meeting, decided to pull a 2500 CC SB off the line, slapped on some 1500HD (Because everybody knows a 1500 is a half ton, right?) badges, and now they could go head to head with the 150 SuperCrew, and beat it all over with payload and power and such. Pure Marketing.
Hank
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Jonesey
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05/23/08 08:00pm |
Tow Vehicles
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