|
I weighed my trailer fully loaded the day I left on a two month trip once around the U.S. Attached to my truck, the trailer weighed 10,420 lbs. That's the only weight I'm concerned with since it doesn't roll down the highway without my truck attached to it. The truck supports about 1720 lbs of the trailer's weight in the truck bed.
Since I have four tires supporting the weight, and yes I know in actuality the weight is not equal, but just for argument's sake I divide 10,420 by 4 and get 2605. That's well within the limits of my 4 - Uniroyal LT 235/85 R16 120/1160 M+8 E-rated tires with a load capacity of 3042 lbs. With my calculator that's 85.6% - good enough for me, fudge factor and all.
Go out and weigh your rig on a truck scale, then make the determination you need.
|