Just thought I would chime in, as stated before, check your door weight sticker, a LOT of those sport chassis type trucks run a low weight axles front and back. Most of them are sold to haul RV 5th wheels or horse trailers around.
They do it so that they ride nice, most I have seen are running a 8,500 ft axle and a 13,500 rear axle, your tires are probably rated WELL above your axle, (air bag) capacity.
I would guess that if it has a "Western Hauler" type bed on it you probably have about 7,500 ft axle weight, and your ACTUAL rear axle weight, full of fuel and you, tools, etc, will probably come in around 6,000 so IOW, if that rear axle/suspension is of the 13,500 rating, you really only have about 7-8,000 that you could carry for hitch pin weight.
How much weight can you haul with the sportchassies????????????
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I get kinda lost in some of these threads so I wont get into this really deep, but I will tell you what I did when I was running our hotshot.
We had a '05 Chevy one ton with the Duramax & the Allison tranny. I had a 40' gooseneck with dual tandem 10,000 lb axles for a total wt rating on the trailer at 20,000 lb. I weighed the truck & trailer & concluded it left me with 12,000 (I dont remember exactly but it was a little over like 12,100 or something). I specifically remember loading a roll off trash compactor once in Alexandria, La & took it somewhere like Florida or somewhere a few states away... my point is, I got my cat scale ticket to make sure I wasn't over axle. I crossed several DOT scales along the way, holding my breath the first couple of times but, there was no problems.
I looked up the specs on the truck I had & here is what it says:
http://www.intellichoice.com/1-12-2...0-crew-cab-ls-2wd-drw-4dr-extended-specs.html
Curb wt: 6245 lbs.
GVWR: 11400 lbs.
Towing Cap: 12000 lbs. (my trailer was around 7000 lb & cargo was around 12,000. Anyway, I was towing about 20,000 lb max with the truck). So I was actually towing more than I should of been I guess. But again, we aren't concerned with towing ability, only weights/axle/GVWR/GVCWR.
In the end, I dont see why the truck in question in this thread wont take more weight that the 1 ton I was using. I mean after all, just the rear axle alone on the truck here is more than my whole truck was able to carry @ 13,500 vs my 11,400...??? Again, I get lost in the threads sometimes. I know how I figure it but it doesn't mean its the mathematical way it should be figured.
I can also add this, I think I had my GVCWR figured at something like 31,400 (11,400 + 20,000) but I licensed it at 35,000 I think. The only reason I did that was just in case I should be over just a bit, I would be covered & wouldn't be over gross at the DOT scales. I dont know if that is logic or not but, it what I did & why I did it.
I hope this helps & hasnt been too confusing.
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