sporte77 |
08-26-2010 10:15 AM |
Look up "commercial scales" in your area on the internet to get it weighed. They will usually let you weigh the whole thing with the jack down on the scale platform, then pull up and weigh the rear axles separately. From there, you will know your total weight & the tongue wt. I have a Ford F350 Single rear wheel 4x4 long bed. I have an 11' camper (02 Lance with a slide out). I have an 03 MB Sports B52. My boat with the trailer weighed a lot more than I thought!! My boat, full of gas, on the trailer, weighed 5360. My tongue weight ended up at 520 lbs. So, you can see it's right at about 10%. If you go with a camper larger than 8' - you WILL be over grossed without a dually - pulling your boat. For example, most diesel longbed trucks (4x4) are rated at about 9500-10000lbs. GVWR. The trucks usually weigh about 7800-8200 alone (mine weighs about 7900 full of diesel with me & 2 kids). Add your 11' camper with a slide @ 3900lbs - and your at 11,800. So you are at least 1800 over your gvwr. Add your 500lbs tongue wt and your up around 2000 over. Look around - you'll see there are many who are doing it. The trucks will pull it, with bags on it, a truck can handle the load. The weakest link: your tires. At those loads, you'll be around 8000lbs on the rear axle (MOST are rated at 6800-7000). But what are your tires rated at? Load E, which is the largest load rated tires you can get without changing to a commercial tire/rim (19.5" Rickson Wheel) is about 7500lbs for 2 rear tires. So, if you are going to run that with the boat, be concerned about your rear axle weight and the load it has on your tires. On a hot, long drive over grossed - you may have a blowout. A blowout on a single rear wheel with a camper, pulling a boat that heavy is going to be EXCITING! :-) Check into Rickson Wheels - they make a wheel/tire set that handles 10000 on each axle. Remember, you'd still be over - so it's not legal and there are a ton of other questions (insurance, your brakes, etc.). I'd say, if you have a small family, go for a very small, light camper. Or put your money into renting trailers when you go somewhere. Most companies deliver. We did that for years. It costs about $800-$1000 per week & if you only go 2x per year - it's cheaper than buying the truck/camper setup.
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