Back from the scale, but did I mess it up?
Trying to figure out if I have loaded my TV front too little, enough, or too much - but the results confuse me. I have the WD bars set to return the front fender rise back to the unloaded height. Fo...
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Unfortunately, the numbers are exactly as reported. It seems to tell me the DRIVE axle went from 2840 with no trailer, to only 1780 with trailer but no WD, and finally went back up to 3020 when I cranked up the bars. And the steer went UP by 2000 lbs with no WD, and the WD bars brought it down to "only" be 620 more than unloaded. Freaky, no? I'd post a picture of the tickets, but that seems to be difficult on this forum.
I can only assume that I had my TV rear tires bridging the front and the middle scale platforms, both times I came in for the re-weighs.
Wish I'd looked at the numbers at the scale, rather than later after the 70 mile drive home!
Fender rise on my truck was 3/8" when checking in my drive with no bars. After cranking up the bars, I easily got it back to original height.
Odd numbers aside, the re-weighs do agree with each other for totals, and the trailer is coming in as expected, so it looks like I'm good for overall and tongue weight. And verifying against the door sticker, I still have 860 lbs of payload to go, so not very likely I'm exceeding axle. So I'm thinking even without strict verification of the front end, I should be good for the upcoming 4K mile adventure that starts next week. And maybe there will be a scale on the way, so I can try again.
I can only assume that I had my TV rear tires bridging the front and the middle scale platforms, both times I came in for the re-weighs.
Wish I'd looked at the numbers at the scale, rather than later after the 70 mile drive home!
Fender rise on my truck was 3/8" when checking in my drive with no bars. After cranking up the bars, I easily got it back to original height.
Odd numbers aside, the re-weighs do agree with each other for totals, and the trailer is coming in as expected, so it looks like I'm good for overall and tongue weight. And verifying against the door sticker, I still have 860 lbs of payload to go, so not very likely I'm exceeding axle. So I'm thinking even without strict verification of the front end, I should be good for the upcoming 4K mile adventure that starts next week. And maybe there will be a scale on the way, so I can try again.
