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Posted by Tim B MA on December 14, 2005 at 21:14:41 from (64.30.77.78):
In Reply to: OT traction ballast how much weight in pick-up posted by Tim B From MA on December 14, 2005 at 10:07:06:
Thanks for all the replies gents. The truck is a long bed crew cab SRW - almost 23 feet long. It is a diesel so it has plenty of weight in the front when I do put it in 4wd, but there is, relatively speaking, virtually no weight on the back tires. When I had not-so-great tires on it last winter the darn a$$ end would want to come around and say hello to the front end all too easily. My transaxle lock is manual, but I prefer not to keep them engaged as it uses signifcantly more fuel. My driveway is steep down by the road so when there is any snow or ice, I am stopping to lock my hubs every trip home. My plan it to lock the plate steel onto the rails in the bed for the 5th wheel hitch. One ton of ballast sounds like alot - my fifth wheel tongue weight is about 1 ton, the truck is squating pretty good at that weight, and I am pushing the GVW for the truck (empty, full fuel it weights 7,250, plus 2,000 tongue weight, plus four passengers and misc camping equipment and it is over the rated 9,900 GVW for SRW).
I think I will shoot for 700-800 lbs, maybe half a ton, keep it toward the tailgate and see how it goes. Thanks again.
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