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Axle Weights

August 30, 2021, 04:19:45 pm

How many IH-45 owners have gotten their axle weights to see if they are within their limits
Full of fuel and water with me in it, I am at 53,480 with no wife and food
steer 19,900
drive 18,800
tag    14,780
Had a 2001 LXI bluebird that was not that heavy

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Re: Axle Weights

Reply #1 – August 30, 2021, 04:43:38 pm

Thanks, Don.

Could you please post your GAWR's as well:

Axle                             GAWR                                            Actual weights

Front

Rear

Tag

Thanks.

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Reply #2 – August 30, 2021, 06:15:13 pm

From a magazine review:

 GROSS COMBINATION WEIGHT RATING (GCWR)
60,000 pounds

GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING (GVWR)
54,000 pounds

GROSS AXLE WEIGHT RATING (GAWR)
front — 20,000 pounds;
rear — 23,000 pounds;
tag — 14,000 pounds

AS-TESTED WEIGHT
(full fresh water and fuel tanks; approximately 500 pounds of cargo)
front axle — 16,700 pounds;
rear axle — 20,600 pounds;
tag axle — 11,960 pounds;
total — 49,260 pounds

OCCUPANT & CARGO CARRYING CAPACITY (OCCC)
5,959 pounds

Pierce

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Reply #3 – August 30, 2021, 06:55:15 pm

Tag bags pressure is too high?

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Reply #4 – August 30, 2021, 07:18:19 pm

Quote from: Protech Racing – August 30, 2021, 06:55:15 pm

Tag bags pressure is too high?

Actually, looks pretty good.

Axle load as percent of GAWR:

Front  83.5
Drive  89.5
Tag    85.4

Reducing tag axle pressure would raise drive axle weight even more and decrease front axle weight.

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Reply #5 – August 30, 2021, 07:53:03 pm

The numbers/weights I quoted are for a IH-45 several years earlier and may not reflect the correct limits and weights of a 2020 IH-45.

Pierce

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