Can you deduct tongue weight if you are over axle capacity?

[Redlands Okie]

That is a good point. Being unsprung weight. It still looks like I will be going with a tandem trailer and get my truck saftied later this week.

I put an ad on uship. Roughly 2600 and 2400 dollars were the bids. Then comes the brokerage charges. Thanks, but no thanks.

Well that price now should make getting the yellow stickers well worth the effort and price

 

[Diamondpilot]

I agree. I certainly didn't read it as lifting the front tires off the ground. Although that would be cool to see. Come to think of it, I doubt most rear hitches would stand the weight necessary to lift the front tires off the ground!!!

Anytime you shift the weight percentage on the axles of the pulling vehicle, front to back, it will change how said vehicle drives. The more change, the more noticeable.

We had a Jeep with a snow plow. Hitting the brakes hard with the plow up would pull the rear wheels off the ground.

 

[Diamondpilot]

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I thought I might have a picture. Well, it seems we could not get the BACK wheels past the fenders and put that roller full of gravel in the front for ballast. Funny the picture doesn't look like anything is really wrong, and yet the ride was quite unsettling.

That's a 3/4 ton truck. 8 lugs!

 

[CobyRupert]

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I thought I might have a picture. Well, it seems we could not get the BACK wheels past the fenders and put that roller full of gravel in the front for ballast. Funny the picture doesn't look like anything is really wrong, and yet the ride was quite unsettling.

I bet!!!
Ever see this?

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

That's a 3/4 ton truck. 8 lugs!

I can't see the numbers but it could be a 1500HD.

 

[ovrszd]

I can't see the numbers but it could be a 1500HD.

Not with 8 lugs.....

 

[ovrszd]

I bet!!!
Ever see this?

I saw something similar. Very informative. Also intriguing that the laws of physics apply regardless of whether a toy or a real vehicle.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

Not with 8 lugs.....

Lug pattern : Wheels/Tires

1500HD is 8 lug, my buddy owned one.

 

[RickB]

Lug pattern : Wheels/Tires

1500HD is 8 lug, my buddy owned one.

I'd agree.

 

[aczlan]

Just got off the phone with U-Haul. For a very brief moment, this seemed like a viable option. Unfortunately, the call center rep seemed to just be reading off their web page with no personal knowledge of axles, weights or much else relating to trailers.

None of their trailers appear to have any significant hauling capacity in terms of weight. The one way thing would have been nice, but is only applicable to certain units.

The trailer that you would want would be their dual axle trailer either the one with the ramp or probably the one without a ramp. If it's short enough, it could go in the dual axle enclosed trailer but it's probably too tall for that.
Their dual axle trailers are all rated for around 5,000 pounds of cargo if I remember correctly.


Aaron Z