JRscooby wrote:
Reisender wrote:
rlw999 wrote:
To be honest, I'd be more concerned about balance than raw weight. I'd rather be 10% over tongue weight than to have weight balanced too far to the rear of the trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mW_gzdh6to
Yah for sure. We have towed lots in life and prefer a slightly heavy hitch. But the trailer has some storage on the front and I think it would be nice to see a dynamic weight as it is easy to get carried away. Previous poster had a point though. Figure it out and then stay with the formula. Either way though I’m willing to spend the money on a scale to get it right. I hate doing the bathroom scale cantilever thing. Works but it’s a pita.
I have not looked at the Cat for about a decade, maybe the price has gone up a lot. But the only time I spent near $100 on one was getting all 8 axles under a GCVW of about 130,000 legal. If you can't find a 3rd grader to do the arithmetic, I'm sure you have a calculator.
Load everybody and everything you plan to take camping, go to scale. Remember if you tell them "re-weigh" you get a discount on all but first pass)
Pass (A) TV and trailer both loaded and hooked up.
this will give 4 numbers Steering, Drive, Trailer, and Gross
If all are within ratings, carry on. If not, do you want to leave something home, or run over?
Pass (B) just TV with what you carry in it
this will only be 3 numbers, the trailer will be 0
Add S and D from pass (A) (Or subtract T from G on pass (A)) From that number, subtract G from pass (B) Now you have TW. Is that over for what TV can handle?
Subtract G pass (B) from G pass (A) you have loaded trailer weight. Is the percentage in the range you want?
Thanks for the info. We are in British Columbia so the weigh scales are open to the public after hours. I’m sure we’ll be using them to check out the various axle weights.
Cheers.
