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trooper Tdiesel · 06-09-2012, 03:12 AM

yes the steel runs all the way from the tung to back to the front of the tires.

just ran it over the plug and play scales on the high way with no real load.
1,600lb trailer and 150lb tung load.

but with some where around 160 gal of cooking oil, it was 2,900lbs on the trailer and 4,800 on the trooper.
a staggering 600lbs tung load, sence the trooper is 4,200lbs with a full tank and me in it.
the load transfer bars put best i can guess 150lbs+/- of that on the front axil of the tow auto...

that was with two full drums in line with the frunt axil, and two half full drums just in front of them, looking at that photo, two drums are right behind and two are right in frunt of the steel cross peace that was the wall divider for the horse area, and 20gal in plastic jugs up in the aro nose

any way the moral of this is, it gives me a good base line as to how to load it for the long drive.

the scale runs on 50lb jumps so if it was 2,949lbs it would read 2,900
at least that's what i under stand.

06-09-2012, 03:12 AM	#15 (permalink)
trooper Tdiesel live, breath, Isuzu-Ds Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: oregon Posts: 231 puddle jumper - '93 Suzuki sidekick base model energizer bunny - '86 isuzu trooper base model Clifford the big red dog - '84 GM S-10 durango Thanks: 1 Thanked 20 Times in 17 Posts	yes the steel runs all the way from the tung to back to the front of the tires. just ran it over the plug and play scales on the high way with no real load. 1,600lb trailer and 150lb tung load. but with some where around 160 gal of cooking oil, it was 2,900lbs on the trailer and 4,800 on the trooper. a staggering 600lbs tung load, sence the trooper is 4,200lbs with a full tank and me in it. the load transfer bars put best i can guess 150lbs+/- of that on the front axil of the tow auto... that was with two full drums in line with the frunt axil, and two half full drums just in front of them, looking at that photo, two drums are right behind and two are right in frunt of the steel cross peace that was the wall divider for the horse area, and 20gal in plastic jugs up in the aro nose any way the moral of this is, it gives me a good base line as to how to load it for the long drive. the scale runs on 50lb jumps so if it was 2,949lbs it would read 2,900 at least that's what i under stand. __________________ 1 86 T\D trooper with rare GEN 3 rods TRANS FIXED NOW DD 1 86 4WD 5sp pup is 2.3L gas, but plan on 2.2L diesel repower 1 91 trop, long term plan is a group buy of imported Isuzu 4JB1-T 2.8L I-4 engines, hoping to get price down to 2K not 3K plus 1993 sidekick my MPG toy, epa rating 26. i get 29/31 with stock drive train.