Weighing at Cat Scales
After watching a couple of youTube videos, apparently the only way to determine the exact pin weight of a 5th wheel trailer is to weigh the truck/trailer and then disconnect the trailer and weigh the ...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
Pull pm to scales with truck and trailer
Truck front axle on forward platform
Truck rear axle on middle platform
Trailer axles on rearward platform
Push call button....tell them 'Private' when they ask for ID number
Clerk will trip scales....
Then drive off scales and go park trailer in parking lot.
Drive truck onto the forward and middle platforms
Push button----'Private' Reweigh
Go park truck, go inside, pay and get your weigh tickets
1st ticket
truck steer, drive axle and trailer axles plus total
2nd ticket
truck steer, drive axle and total
Difference between truck Front and rear axles with trailer and without trailer is trailer pin weight
It's not just rear axle...check for any differences in front axle weights
Depending on hitch placement in truck bed front axle weight could be same, could be less, could be more
My hitch is set 2" forward of rear axle center line and this transfers 150# to front axle when 5vr is hitched plus the weight added to rear axle
So I add the 2 figures to get my pin weight -- 3080# = 22% pin weight on my 5vr
Thank you. Exactly the info I needed.
