mack mhe9 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 out in NE.with some counter weights, bought a rgn couple mounths ago, thought id try it out, its a strech trailer, left the 3rd axle at home, needs new crossmembers above the king pin, empty weight's 39,940 with 100gal of fuel, compared to my stepdeck at 28,450 with 100 gal fuel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Sweet. Looks a little low to the ground!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkobes43 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Sweet combo! I wonder what my combo weighs in at.Tom Quote "Nothing Breaks Wind Like A Bulldog" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTFormula Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Sweet combo! I wonder what my combo weighs in at.TomPublic scale will tell ya Quote ~ JT Burkard ~ AKA Sweaty Mackwww.jtresto.com www.wickedreputation.netwww.jonathanthomasmotorcars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkobes43 Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Public scale will tell yayou talking about a CAT scale?Tom Quote "Nothing Breaks Wind Like A Bulldog" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 That sounds about right. But am Surprised how light your alum step deck weighs. My RS700 and 22' steel frameless end dump weighs in at about 28,500 and it's half the length! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTFormula Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 you talking about a CAT scale?TomThat too. The moving company in the industrial complex behind my shop has a public scale I can pull up on and get weighed. See if there is any places near you. Quote ~ JT Burkard ~ AKA Sweaty Mackwww.jtresto.com www.wickedreputation.netwww.jonathanthomasmotorcars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 There is a gravel operation near me that has a scale.I try to go through after 2 pm on Tues. or Thurs. when the blonde college girl is working. She is very easy on the eyes, 5'4" tall and probably 98 lbs soaking wet.Go figure...Makes life interesting and fun! Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Ray if you just need a place to park either one I can find the room here, I might even be inclined to replace some crossmembers if I got bored, that rgn would look good behind the Superliner, looks like its a low height trailer too so you got plenty of clearance to haul a tall sleeper truck. Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 thats not terribly bad on weight considering it is a stretch. You'll work your ass off with that mechanical detach and make shims to stuff under when you drop down on the ground and the neck pitches forward stuff shims under that it will give you another inch or 2. Sure you already know about dips,rises and rr tracks. not a stretch but 57k full of fuel on 8. My latest load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lmackattack Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 What's your 4 axel tractor weigh? buddy just bought a 4 axel Pete to heavy haul with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 What's your 4 axel tractor weigh? buddy just bought a 4 axel Pete to heavy haul with.empty 1/2 tank. I mean nothing when I first got it it was 25500. now with all the gear,tools,dog,fiance and depending on how much I ate the night before between 28 to 29k. Wish it had alittle bigger rears like 48 to 52k but it has 2 speed 46's. Wish the truck was about 1200lbs lighter but such is life. If it is set up right he can do alot of weight. if you can't move it front to back and scale you got problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 you talking about a CAT scale?TomCAT scales gonna be the most accurate for a good tare/net weight on your outfit Tom,i use them all the time,or like already mentioned if theres a moving&storage company near you,or a cinder block plant,most always have a public scale.......................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mack mhe9 Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 i went to buy a used rgn and it was a nice trailer, to nice and expensive to use a couple times a year, so i said to the sale's you got anything cheap, and so i bought a 1999 fontaine the trailers in good shape but the 5th wheel plate crossmembers are gone, gonig to rebuild this week, my 5th hights on the ch's only 47 and the superliner's at 48 so i'll make the 5th an inch lower insted of raising the 5th wheel, the deck heights 18inch in front and 21 at the back, ground clearance up front's 4inch's slpwlker thanks that neck is a bitch, first the pin was frozen in, and yes its abitch to line up to get that pin in, getting better at at it but its still work, opps got to go take kid to bus later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 There is a gravel operation near me that has a scale.I try to go through after 2 pm on Tues. or Thurs. when the blonde college girl is working.She is very easy on the eyes, 5'4" tall and probably 98 lbs soaking wet.Go figure...Makes life interesting and fun!take one of them secret spy cell phone camera pics, just so we'll know she's real. Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkobes43 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 CAT scales gonna be the most accurate for a good tare/net weight on your outfit Tom,i use them all the time,or like already mentioned if theres a moving&storage company near you,or a cinder block plant,most always have a public scale.......................MarkTheres a gravel company where i took 8 loads of gravel out of this week. I had to get weighed before i went in and when i came out. Would they let me use that scale to see how much i weigh with the international and the trailer? Would they charge me?Tom Quote "Nothing Breaks Wind Like A Bulldog" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Well...it must have been a dream because I can't produce pics.I go to the scale yesterday and figure to give and get a Merry Christmas. I pull in and am greeted by a guy.He tells me that she only needed a couple more credits for graduation and she was gone at the end of the semester. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leversole Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 I "wuv" to get "weighed"!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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