rhagfo wrote:
Cummins12V98 wrote:
"Yet together both axles on the fiver came in at... 8000# so not sure how that happens"
I have this happen all the time, it's from weighing one axle with it near the scale pads edge.
True weight is the combined with both axles on center of scale.
These are likely a bad set of scales or very old, modern use load cells and should weigh accurate even at the edge.
I weighed at scales built in the last 5 years in WA on I-5 recently. Weighed front RV axle 8,720#, rear axle 8,820# that combines to 17,540#. Both axles on center came in at 17,760# that is a 220# difference.
Maybe the CAT scales would be closer???
