Thread: axle rating
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Old 10-13-2007, 05:46 PM   #3
exav8tr
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pud2, There is only one way to find your weights and that is to have your trailer and truck weighed, seperately and together. Your actual pinweight will vary with each load. You determine total weight of trailer and then subtract the pinweight from that number and you end up with the weight on the axles. For example. My trailer weighed 14,600 lbs. The pinweight was 2800 leaving 14,600 - 2800 = 11,800 on the axles. This being within the total 12,000 for the 2 6,000lb axles. Every trip will be different depending on what you are carrying. Remember also if you are at max weight with empty tanks and you fill your waste tanks and fresh water tank before you leave, you will probably be over your max weights. I always dump waste tanks and never travel with more than 2-3 gals of fresh water in that tank before I travel......

Hope this clears it up. BTW Factory weights as listed on trailer or in the spec sheets are rarely accurate.
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