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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OutdoorPhotographer wrote:
Thanks. Chart helped a lot. You're not having to reposition the tow vehicle for different weights, just ensure each axle is at the appropriate place on the scales and get different measurements. I'm sure the scales I've used before had the different plates, I just never needed axle weights so I didn't know to ask.
If it was a CAT scale and you had positioned your rig correctly the print-out they give you should have had the axle weights.
If you are weighing on a single bed scale tell the operator you will need three individual weights.
Then pull on the scale with only front TV axle on scale. When the operator signals you usually with a light system similar to a traffic light pull forward until both TV axles are on the scale. Then last pull all axles onto the scale.
From those three weights you can calculate the individual axle weights.
Then with a 5th wheel I drop my trailer in a safe out of the way location and go back it do the same with the TV.
Now I have all the information I need to determine if I have enough pin weight percentage and if all of my axles are in limits. Do not forget the tire ratings.
If it is a pull trailer it will require (three trips across the scale) doing the first part first with WD engaged and then second with WD dis-engaged and then without the trailer.
