My door sticker has a RAW of 6100, I know that has a lot to do with the tires, I have a heavy slide in camper and was looking at upgrading my tires to 19.5 to handle the weight. Anyway My axle code is 3L with a 3.73 axle ratio, Can anybody tell me how much the 3L can handle? Thanks

Craig

 

Can anbody help me out here?

 

I have a gallery that I posted for a debate on weight ratings. its for 2006 but the 2007 is the same. Hope that is what you are looking for.

 

How do i find it I'm new to this forum. Thanks


Craig

 

Click on his name and select Gallery from the menu.

 

Thanks , I figured it out. But I still can't find the max laod my axle can handle.


Craig

 

6100 pounds, minus the weight of the truck on that axle.

You'll have to figure that out, but let's assume your truck tips the scale at 6000 pounds. Let's also assume that you have a 60/40 weight distribution, meaning 60 percent of the truck's weight is on the front axle. (Pickups do not have anywhere close to a 50/50 weight distribution).

6000*.40= 2400 pounds. Your axle is rated at 6100 pounds, so in this example your maximum load on the axle would be 6100-2400=3700.

That does not mean you can slide in a 3700 pound camper and call it good. That figure takes all weight into account, including passengers, gear, fuel, stray dogs and supplies.

Also, on the door sticker should be a statement that has the maximum loading capacity for the truck, something like

“THE COMBINED WEIGHT OF OCCUPANTS AND CARGO SHOULD NEVER EXCEED XXX kg OR XXX lb.”

That is your max load.

The 3L axle code just means you have a 3.73 Limited Slip differential.

 

Couldn't you go to a scale and weigh the front and rear of the vehicle. You have the axle rating 6100, and it seems like that's what you're asking. Are you asking how much you can put in the bed?

 

I want to buy some comercial duty rims on tires for my truck. They are from ricksons, because I'm overlaoding the tires on the truck right now. I was told the 6100 RAW was there mostly because of the OEM tires, I was also told that all F-250 have the same rear axle as F-350. Basically right now when I weigh my truck with my slide in camper it weighs 6400 on the rear axle, so am I hurting or overloading what the actual axle can hold. I can overcome the tire issue.


Craig

 

If you look at the table in my gallery the max RAWR is 6100 lbs for the F250. On later superduties the rear axles are different. The coloum on the left is for a SRW F350 and it is 7000 lbs. There are debates as to whether the truck will handle it and wether it is legal if you do a search (I have posted in them and that was what the table was made for). I dont think rims are your issue (at least the only one).

 

I don't think it's the rims he's concerned about (although it too could be), I think it's about the tires. When you need a better weight rating (tire) they just aren't readily available in non-commercial sizes. Stepping up to a 19.5" wheel will open a whole new range of tires with much greater ratings.

In 2005+ the axles are different.

 

That's exactally right ace, ricksontires.com make rims and tires for Ford Chevy and Dodge. These will fix my weight issue as far as the laod on the tires are concerned. I was wanting to know about the axle itself, can it withstand 8K for example?


Craig

 

If you get Ricksons and put some air bags on your truck, you can handle more weight. No one is going to tell you how much more, we aren't engineers.

8000 pounds? Is that your camper weight, or are you talking total axle load?

 

Right now the camper loaded empty has 6400lbs on the rear axle, I know I can easily add another thousand, thats why I was curious if the axle itself had a load rating. 8k was just an example.


Craig

 

Put some Rickson 19.5s on it, some air bags to bring the rear end level and don't pack the camper with 2000 pounds, I think you'll be OK.