The Benefits of Weighing Your Tow Rig Twice
So often, RVers will pull up to a scale and get the weight of the tow vehicle's front and rear axles, and the trailer axles. They drive away, and later sit down with their calculator to come up with f...
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That gets pretty confusing. I use this site/formula.
http://www.towingplanner.com/ActualWeights/FifthWheelCatScales
I try to do my weights twice a year and plug all the information in. I never unhook at the scales. I generally will weigh my truck by itself a day or two before pulling out when I am at a Pilot or Flying J toping off my tanks. Then during one of my first fuel stops down the road pulling the FW I will run across the scales again hooked up. Then I will take the two weight tickets and enter the information into the aforementioned formula.
http://www.towingplanner.com/ActualWeights/FifthWheelCatScales
I try to do my weights twice a year and plug all the information in. I never unhook at the scales. I generally will weigh my truck by itself a day or two before pulling out when I am at a Pilot or Flying J toping off my tanks. Then during one of my first fuel stops down the road pulling the FW I will run across the scales again hooked up. Then I will take the two weight tickets and enter the information into the aforementioned formula.
