New 31.5 BHTS

[riddle family]

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?

[Mopar1973Man]

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

 

Are you dual rear axle or single?

[AH64ID]

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.

[riddle family]

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, 2014 by riddle family

[riddle family]

Here it is all hooked up last night.

 

I see that I mssed the pictures originally.

Edited May 20, 2014 by riddle family

[AH64ID]

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

[riddle family]

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

[MnTom]

Looks to be a little nose high in your pics!

[riddle family]

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.

[MnTom]

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?

[riddle family]

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

[AH64ID]

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.

[riddle family]

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?

[AH64ID]

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

[riddle family]

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

[riddle family]

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

[riddle family]

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

You are close it is actually 6.29".

[AH64ID]

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.

[riddle family]

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.

[AH64ID]

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.