Weighing at Cat Scales

Mike134 wrote:

Walaby wrote:
Download the app and you don't even have to go inside. App will properly charge the reduced cost for the re-weigh.

Mike

X2 I've gone inside and used the app. SOOOO much easier/faster with the app.

This sounds like a really smart and convenient way to get your weights! Beats having to go inside! :B

Dan

JRscooby wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:


If you are doing a bumper pull with a WDH, it's a good idea to do a 3rd weigh (again $2.50) with the tension released from the bars.

I have seen this advice many times but have never understood what useful info is gained

1st pass WDH spring bars attached shows you how the weight is distributed between the trailer and the trucks 2 axles.

2nd pass no spring bars shows how the trailer loads the rear axle of the truck and lightens the front because of the tongue weight which you can find from the 3rd pass.

3rd pass truck only.

To find tongue weight subtract the 3rd pass from the trucks weight you found with the second pass. That difference is the tongue weight.
You can determine how much weight the WDH is distributing by looking at your front axle weight of just the truck alone and when you have the spring bars connected. I like no more than a 100lb difference between truck alone and truck with WDH spring bars connected for the front axle.

hope this helps

Walaby wrote:
Download the app and you don't even have to go inside. App will properly charge the reduced cost for the re-weigh.

Mike

X2 I've gone inside and used the app. SOOOO much easier/faster with the app.

valhalla360 wrote:


If you are doing a bumper pull with a WDH, it's a good idea to do a 3rd weigh (again $2.50) with the tension released from the bars.

I have seen this advice many times but have never understood what useful info is gained

As long as it's at the same time, you can go drop the trailer in the yard and do a "re-weigh"

First weigh is around $12.00.
Second weigh is $2.50.

If you are doing a bumper pull with a WDH, it's a good idea to do a 3rd weigh (again $2.50) with the tension released from the bars.

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

When pull on for 2nd weigh, stop TV same place as first.
Subtract 2nd gross from first, this will give you the weight of the trailer. The first weight slip will give you the weight on trailer axles. Subtract that from the calculated weight of the trailer will tell you how much weight the truck is carrying.
The button is placed for easy reach by the driver of a class 8 truck. For me to reach it I open door, stand up on door sill while leaning on top of door. My weight is still split between same platforms.

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

Download the app and you don't even have to go inside. App will properly charge the reduced cost for the re-weigh.

Mike

Go inside, tell the clerk it's your first time and you'll be taken care of.

At the Cat scales here in town, the first weigh is like $8 and the second weigh, done within a short period of time, is $2. Or it was the last time I looked.