I went by the truck scales with our camper on our Isuzu NRR 170" wheelbase 20 foot flatbed and got the axle weights.
Without the camper I was at 4540 lbs front and 4340 lbs rear.
With the camper I am at 6320 lbs front and 6060 lbs rear. So the camper weighs 3500 pounds (right about what I expected). It will be getting a little bit heavier when we add the sofa and some overhead cabinets, but should be under 4000.
The truck is rated for 6850lbs on the front axle so we are below that (the rear axle is some insane 13,000lbs). Tires are Toyo 225/70R19.5 M608Z drive on all wheels and rated at 3640lbs single and 3415lbs dual (so 7280lbs on the front axle).
The headache rack made up of C 4 x 5.4 (4" 1.584" 0.184" 5.4 lbs/ft) steel channel and some expanded metal sheeting. I could lop off 3 feet of the rack and still have a small headache rack stop for the camper/flatbed loads although it would not be quite as safe when the camper was off the flatbed (If for example I wanted to use the flatbed to pick up a big pile of lumber).
That would cut off 20 feet of the channel (top 8 foot bar and four 3 foot verticals) which would be 108 pounds plus probably another 20 pounds for the expanded metal.
I know that when we put stuff on flatbed behind the rear tires it will take some load off the front. We do plan to have under truck boxes and can place very heavy items (extra water, the jack stands, perhaps a 2nd fuel tank) under the flatbed aft of the rear tires.
Do you think cutting down the headache rack is worth it to save that 128 pounds? Any other ideas, opinions?
Without the camper I was at 4540 lbs front and 4340 lbs rear.
With the camper I am at 6320 lbs front and 6060 lbs rear. So the camper weighs 3500 pounds (right about what I expected). It will be getting a little bit heavier when we add the sofa and some overhead cabinets, but should be under 4000.
The truck is rated for 6850lbs on the front axle so we are below that (the rear axle is some insane 13,000lbs). Tires are Toyo 225/70R19.5 M608Z drive on all wheels and rated at 3640lbs single and 3415lbs dual (so 7280lbs on the front axle).
The headache rack made up of C 4 x 5.4 (4" 1.584" 0.184" 5.4 lbs/ft) steel channel and some expanded metal sheeting. I could lop off 3 feet of the rack and still have a small headache rack stop for the camper/flatbed loads although it would not be quite as safe when the camper was off the flatbed (If for example I wanted to use the flatbed to pick up a big pile of lumber).
That would cut off 20 feet of the channel (top 8 foot bar and four 3 foot verticals) which would be 108 pounds plus probably another 20 pounds for the expanded metal.
I know that when we put stuff on flatbed behind the rear tires it will take some load off the front. We do plan to have under truck boxes and can place very heavy items (extra water, the jack stands, perhaps a 2nd fuel tank) under the flatbed aft of the rear tires.
Do you think cutting down the headache rack is worth it to save that 128 pounds? Any other ideas, opinions?
Heavy bastard eh?
