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<p>[QUOTE="Xray4, post: 10541453, member: 305603"]Yep. I went back and scaled three times. Once as I was, then without the trailer, and lastly with the trailer, but took everything out of the bed that wasnt bolted down and put it over the axles of the trailer. Either which way, this aluminum truck is heavy... and this trailer hits 8400 lbs all day. </p><p><br /></p><p>I plan to run the fuel out of the aux tank and picking up the lightest loads possible for now. Try not to push over 8k cargo with the aux tank empty, or no more than 6k with the aux tank full, see what happens. Those are conservative numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Will likely upgrade to a single screw in short order..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Xray4, post: 10541453, member: 305603"]Yep. I went back and scaled three times. Once as I was, then without the trailer, and lastly with the trailer, but took everything out of the bed that wasnt bolted down and put it over the axles of the trailer. Either which way, this aluminum truck is heavy... and this trailer hits 8400 lbs all day. I plan to run the fuel out of the aux tank and picking up the lightest loads possible for now. Try not to push over 8k cargo with the aux tank empty, or no more than 6k with the aux tank full, see what happens. Those are conservative numbers. Will likely upgrade to a single screw in short order..[/QUOTE]
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