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Went to fulfill a "honey do this" item and picked up a load of compost for her huge garden at the ranch with this setup. Those dang high sides on the PJ trailer always fool me. Compost wetter than I thought. About 3/4 full load and went to scales after dumping a bit and still tarried out at 16,500 lbs with net load of 10,800 lbs. Weigh safe hitch was in the red a bit so around 2200+ lbs hitch weight leaving 14,300 lbs for the trailer. Axles rated to 7k apiece. Too lazy and ticked at my self to head all the way back to the compost pile so took my time down the 25 miles of interstate and black top to the ranch(50-60 mph) with the truck just effortlessly handling it and no unusual squat noted and no bent axles or hitch problems. Not sure what actual hitch capacity is but no problems noted. Wifey better be happy.
Are you stressing about each axle being 150 lbs overloaded or the hitch being slightly in the red?
I wouldn't sweat either. There's always margin in those trailer axles and so long as your tires are in good shape, there is (should) be some margin there too. I've routinely put 4500 of weight on a 3500 lb axle with no ill effects. The springs were upgraded to 5200 lb units, but the axle itself is "stock".
I would be curious to see how much the measured hitch weight (pressure on the ball) changes as you go down a rough section of highway to see what the transient spikes look like on that pressure gauge.
Are you stressing about each axle being 150 lbs overloaded or the hitch being slightly in the red?
I wouldn't sweat either. There's always margin in those trailer axles and so long as your tires are in good shape, there is (should) be some margin there too. I've routinely put 4500 of weight on a 3500 lb axle with no ill effects. The springs were upgraded to 5200 lb units, but the axle itself is "stock".
That's a bit more than I'd be comfortable with without causing axle damage, but it illustrates the point nicely. The OP didn't hurt anything by slightly exceeding the specs.
I got a load of gravel at the pit once and realized that same mistake as I went across the scale on my way out. Got to the job site just fine, but snapped the stinger holding my ball as I tried to back in for the dump.
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