pin weight

Gas20

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Can someone help me with the pin weight on my rv and truck? My truck is a 2015 Ram 2500 mega cab. The gvwr is 10000. Loaded gross is 8820, rear axel gross is 3540. Front gvwr is 6000, and rear gvwr is 6500. Rv is a Elkridge 34rl. Says dry weight is 11129 with a dry pin of 2340.gvwr is14405. I weighted my truck ready to go camping at 8700, and rear axel at 3440. With rv attached and loaded it was 22620 , rear axel at 6540, rv axel was 10760. I am not sure if this helps but I get all vehicle weights mixed up trying to figure it all out so thanks for any help.
 

danemayer

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If before hitching up, your rear axle actual weight was 3,440, and after hitching up it was 6,540, then the difference of 3,100 lbs is your actual pin weight from the RV.

If you truck actual weight is 8,700 before hitching, and the truck GVWR is 10,000, the difference of 1,300 represents the payload that can be added.

Actual pin weight of 3,100 is quite a bit higher than the remaining payload of 1,300.

The actual pin weight of the trailer is 21.5% of its GVWR. Since the RV axles weigh in at 10,760, adding the 3,100 pin weight puts the trailer actual weight at 13,860, which is pretty close to the GVWR of 14,405.

If you can move some of your gear further back in the RV to better distribute weight, you may be able to reduce the pin weight so you're not so severely overloaded on the truck.

Or you can look for a 1 ton truck that has a payload in the 4,000 lb range.
 

guyc66

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I'm no expert here, but based on the #'s you provided it looks like you will be at least 1,000 lbs over your trucks rated payload capacity. (10,000 gvwr minus 8700 loaded weight = 1,300 lbs left for additional payload and the dry pin weight listed is 2,340 lbs). I would assume your actual pin weight will be higher with the camper loaded.
 

Bones

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Dan you beat me to the answer.

But I want to add
GAWR R- Gross axle weight rating rear
GAWR F- Gross axle weight rating Front
GVWR- Gross vehicle weight Rating (Max legal for truck)
GCVWR- Gross combined vehicle weight rating

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Do you have extra stuff in your bed? Did you have passengers with you or was it just you?
 

MTPockets

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There's a sticker on the driver door post that shows your truck payload capacity. A 3500 series SRW truck is going to be around 3800 lbs payload.
 

guyc66

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Depending on your engine/drivetrain/box length combination the 2015 Mega Cab payloads range from 3790 to 4480 lbs for the 3500 series SRWs.
 
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