excelrvguy wrote:
...I pull the unit across the scales until the rear truck tires are off the scales, but not the jacks of the 5th wheel. Then I let the jacks down on the unit, just BARELY taking the weight off the hitch. (Not enough to actually lift the hitch.. Like maybe 1/8" to where I could barely see daylight between the hitch plate and the pin box)
Then I get a weight stamp. This would be the total weight of the unit. I would raise the jacks back up and have them stamp the weight with only the axles on the scales (I haven't moved a thing)...
It's exactly what I do. Works perfectly for getting a total weight and a pin weight of a trailer.
Doesn't get a weight on the truck though. So I got that weight on a separate trip when I wasn't towing. But you could do the same thing by having the truck on the scale, the trailer jacks barely off the scale, and lifting the pin off the hitch. But it is more fooling around and the scale is usually a busy place.
