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Where is the best place to go to get MH weighed separatly all four corners-truck stops weigh fr & rear-gravel pit & junk yards do total--Is there any rv dealers in midwest (Chicagoland area) that weigh all four corners
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stripit wrote:
We Cant Wait wrote:
All CAT scales (at truck stops, and CAT guarenties their weigh) I've seen are level with the ground, so if you watch driving on you can put 1 side of the coach off the scale and 1 side on, this will give you weights per axle on the one side, then reweigh the coach fully on the scale and just subtract the one side weigh to get the other sides weight.
Yes this is a good theory, but you will not be able get repeatable numbers, so your going to be guessing. A platform scale is design for a vehicle to drive on with the vehicle in a 'drive on'position not straddling off to one side. This is why they build curbs, or install poles so you drive on like it was built for. Finding separate scales is the best way to get 4 wheel weighs.
Doing it as We Cant Wait says DOES give accurate, repeatable numbers! That is how I have done mine at the local scale and got CERTFIED weight tags to prove it. If there are poles or curbs those are there just to ensure that for normal weighing the truck is fully on the scale. It has nothing to do with how the scale works!- I went to my local scrap yard, they have two scales side by side. I was able to get left/right as well as all four corners.
We Cant Wait wrote:
All CAT scales (at truck stops, and CAT guarenties their weigh) I've seen are level with the ground, so if you watch driving on you can put 1 side of the coach off the scale and 1 side on, this will give you weights per axle on the one side, then reweigh the coach fully on the scale and just subtract the one side weigh to get the other sides weight.
Yes this is a good theory, but you will not be able get repeatable numbers, so your going to be guessing. A platform scale is design for a vehicle to drive on with the vehicle in a 'drive on'position not straddling off to one side. This is why they build curbs, or install poles so you drive on like it was built for. Finding separate scales is the best way to get 4 wheel weighs.- I drive by a police scale every day in St Charles, IL. It reads the whole axle, but I'm pretty sure there is enough concrete next the the scale, that you could get each corner. 99% of the time, no one is around, which means you can just drive onto the scale at will. One time there was a cop there weighing a semi, so I asked if he cared if I drove on the scale with my RV. He stated that as long as no one was around, it was perfectly fine to weigh my coach any time I wanted to. It is on a side street in an industrial complex, so it is very low key. Digital readout easily viewed from the driver's seat.
- All CAT scales (at truck stops, and CAT guarenties their weigh) I've seen are level with the ground, so if you watch driving on you can put 1 side of the coach off the scale and 1 side on, this will give you weights per axle on the one side, then reweigh the coach fully on the scale and just subtract the one side weigh to get the other sides weight.
- The only place I have had it done is at FMCA rally's.
Precision Frame & Aligment ,Inc
I know they travel, or used to anyway to various rallies.. You might give them a call...
JohnnyT
