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Old 03-13-2010, 01:05 PM   #4
Motor31
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Nope you got it pretty good. The only thing you could do to get more info would be to scale the trailer as it is loaded for a trip. A truck stop has scales but even if you put each axle on a separate weight pad it won't give you the side to side weight balance of your rig. You would need the services of a guy like Stripit, here in the forum, who does RV wheel by wheel weighing.

The load range of E on your tire will also have a printed max load on the side of the tire. Assuming the rig has some miles on it and the tires are wearing evenly (no cupping, flat spotting or uneven wear across the tires) the suspension should be tracking properly and the load should not be excessive for the tires. Weighing it will tell for sure. It will also give you the pin weight or amount of weight transferred to your truck if you run the truck through the scale by itself after weighing the entire rig.

As long as you have a healthy margin of load capacity for the tires over the actual load carried and you fill the tires to the proper inflation for the load you will get the best mileage and reliability out of them.

A last note, make sure the rims are rated for the load as well. Sometimes a lighter capacity wheel ends up on a RV and that can fail from being past it's capacity.
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