Best way to Weight My rig at the Cat Scales
Hello everyone. I currently own a 2012 f250 6.7 liter Ford Truck. I purchased a fifthwheel and I would like to go to the cat scales and weight everything. I am not sure the best way to weight every...
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I'll add one more weight set if you really want to know all camper wheel positions. And no, odds are all 4 camper wheels are not loaded equal. Campers are not built or loaded equal left to right or front to back. Also if you haul fresh water to camp, fill the system before weighing.
After you get the weights described above, if the CAT scale layout can allow this, here is one method I have used for individual wheel weights.
Pull on a segmented truck scale and split the front and rear axle.
Split the camper front and rear axle. Take a weight.
Then pull off and go around again to get 1/2 the camper on and off the scale. Not all scales have a flat surface like this, but some do.
Now do some math. You know the combined front and rear axle, and you know the front and rear wheel weight on one side of the camper.
Subtract the one side you know from the total axle weight and that is the other wheel. Now look at the heaviest wheel location and see how much extra reserve capacity you have on that tire. Ideally you have 20% or better more than the max rating when inflated to max cold side wall pressure.
There is 20# ~ maybe pushing 50# error in this method as the scales are only so accurate. Remember they are made to weight and 80,000# semi. What is 50#?
Good luck and hope this helps.
John
After you get the weights described above, if the CAT scale layout can allow this, here is one method I have used for individual wheel weights.
Pull on a segmented truck scale and split the front and rear axle.
Split the camper front and rear axle. Take a weight.
Then pull off and go around again to get 1/2 the camper on and off the scale. Not all scales have a flat surface like this, but some do.
Now do some math. You know the combined front and rear axle, and you know the front and rear wheel weight on one side of the camper.
Subtract the one side you know from the total axle weight and that is the other wheel. Now look at the heaviest wheel location and see how much extra reserve capacity you have on that tire. Ideally you have 20% or better more than the max rating when inflated to max cold side wall pressure.
There is 20# ~ maybe pushing 50# error in this method as the scales are only so accurate. Remember they are made to weight and 80,000# semi. What is 50#?
Good luck and hope this helps.
John
