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Factory Air Ride While Towing

Very nice rig. Dually?
 
roegs said:
Very nice rig. Dually?
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no, I had a 2017 model and hated it. It pulled our older camper wonderfully, but when unhitched it rode rough and took a 10 acre field to turn around. It was also a bit difficult to put my boat in the water given that a few of the ramps here on Smith Mountain Lake require you to make a decent amount of turn to get the boat lined up. I was careful when choosing the new camper to stay under the weight ratings, though I did get very close to the GVWR.
 
Wow....I'm amazed that you are able to stay within weights. Please don't take this as a weight police question. I attached my CAT scale slip below for my truck with wife, myself, full fuel and def. With a rear axle weight of 3500 lbs I'm only left with 3400 lbs of pin / hitch weight left to stay under rear axle max rating of 7000 lbs. What do you figure your actual pin weight is minus the hitch?
 

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Sorry...I meant to say staying under the GVWR. My GWWR for the truck is 11,800. Based on the CAT scale weight above of 8840 I basically have 2900 lbs available before exceeding the GVWR, I see how you are doing it now!
 
roegs said:
Sorry...I meant to say staying under the GVWR. My GWWR for the truck is 11,800. Based on the CAT scale weight above of 8840 I basically have 2900 lbs available before exceeding the GVWR, I see how you are doing it now!
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I'm 130 lbs under with me and a full tank of both fuel and def. I've had them across 2 CAT certified scales since I was so close on the first one. My total truck weight comes in a 11,670 :)
 
Ron Meadows said:
I'm 130 lbs under with me and a full tank of both fuel and def. I've had them across 2 CAT certified scales since I was so close on the first one. My total truck weight comes in a 11,670 :)
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I also just found the slip with just the truck, me, my wife, and our dog. Truck full of fluids and the rest of "us" and it was 8900 exactly so that adds up, I might have over estimated the pin weight by a 100 lbs or so....don't know what the difference is. My "empty" rear axle weight that includes the Pullrite is 3600 lbs
 
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