CAT Scale weights are confusing me.
Weighted my truck and trailer Friday, before we went on a weekend camping trip. The trailer is brand new. It had never been out camping before. My WDH is the Blue OX Sway Pro. With 1k bars. I...
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Congratulations.
I have seen many posts with Cat scale numbers.
You have done the process the way it is supposed to be done.
That is three weights and it appears the correct axles were on the correct scale pads each time.
From your numbers I get a trailer weight of 6300 lbs and a tongue weight of 980 lbs which gives a tongue weight percentage of 15.5%
Assuming the trailer is level or slightly front low you should have a trailer that tows well.
As for accuracy of scale numbers CAT scales or +/- 40 lbs and if there was any significant wind during the scaling that can account for the 100 lb difference.
I have seen many posts with Cat scale numbers.
You have done the process the way it is supposed to be done.
That is three weights and it appears the correct axles were on the correct scale pads each time.
From your numbers I get a trailer weight of 6300 lbs and a tongue weight of 980 lbs which gives a tongue weight percentage of 15.5%
Assuming the trailer is level or slightly front low you should have a trailer that tows well.
As for accuracy of scale numbers CAT scales or +/- 40 lbs and if there was any significant wind during the scaling that can account for the 100 lb difference.
