New camper 31.5 BHTS by Jayco.

Weights from CAT scale:

Steer axle 4720

Drive axle 8940

Trailer axle 4260

Gross combined 17920

Seems a little heavy. What do you guys think?

Something seems off. What kind of hitch bumper pull or 5th wheel?

 

Are you dual rear axle or single?

Looks to me like the fwd trailer axle was on the scale with the truck. GCW seems legit ( or close), but the truck and trailer axle weights are off.

Something seems off. What kind of hitch bumper pull or 5th wheel?

Are you dual rear axle or single?

Fifth wheel with dual axles. I wonder if the weights are wrong due to axle placement compared to big rigs. This was a CAT scale at a truck stop.

Edited May 17, 201411 yr by riddle family

Here it is all hooked up last night.

 

I see that I mssed the pictures originally.

Edited May 20, 201411 yr by riddle family

Yeah I am pretty sure the trailer was part of the drive axle weight.

Added the pics I thought I attached in my last post.

Looks to be a little nose high in your pics!

It is a little but this model of Jayco doesn't have adjustable suspension to level out. Will probably have to do a spacer or axle flip.

Looks to me like you could drop the pin some but it is difficult to tell. How much clearance do you have between the box and trailer?

Not sure, it was late when I got home. I. Am going to check that this Friday before we head out to the mountains.

Looks to me like you could drop the pin some but it is difficult to tell. How much clearance do you have between the box and trailer?

 

I agree, looks like 9" or so in the photos but they can be deceiving.

When we were leaving campground found a level spot to see how unlevel camper was in tow position. My phone level said it was 1 degree from front to back.

 

Don't know why it looks so unlevel?

If I did the math correctly 1° will give just under 7" of rise over 30'.

The space betweent the truck and fifth is about 8" up front and around 7 at the end fo the bed of the truck.

I can lower my the hitch of the truck one set of holes which equals to about 1".

If I did the math correctly 1° will give just under 7" of rise over 30'.

You are close it is actually 6.29".

That sounds right. I used 33', and didn't think about it until after I posted.

 

6" of difference is a lot and easily noticeable.

I guess the question boils down if I lower the hitch will it now ride to low in front and add more weight to the truck? The camper pulled fine as is and a little weight toward the rear is better to relieve pin weight on the front.

I found that with my camper any amount of height away from level, up or down, increased the tongue weight. I would assume that to the true on pin weight as well.

You want to tow at nearly prefect level. This will equalize the weight across the tires of the axles and wear tires evenly. I tend to agree about tongue weight it seems either too low or too high it feel heavy. But can't comment on pin weight being the trailer is design differently.