weighing first trailer

yes weight it after you pick it up.. It will tell you a lot if the WD hitch is set up properly.. Make sure tank is full or close too it. And for the first pull inflate tires to max pressure cold on side wall..

Heres what you do...

Drive to the scale and weight the truck and trailer with WD engaged.. This is around 14 buck.

After she says your weighed stay there. Just unhook the bars and leave then there. Your just dis engaging the WD is all. No need to remove from the truck side . Hit the button and get a re weigh.. Its about 2 bucks.

Then pull off when they say your weighed.

Take the trailer to a safe location and unhook the trailer. Go back to the scale and weigh the truck only. 2 bucks.

Remember you need individual axle weights.

Input those #'s here and post back the results..

http://towingplanner.com/ActualWeights/TravelTrailerCatScales

This will tell you all your weights you need to know.. It will tell you if your WD hitch is set up properly

But after you post those #'s you need to post the axle ratings front and rear from the door tag.

With those #'s we can then tell if your overloaded or not.

Also post the tire ratings max psi and at what lbs..

We can guide you further with this info..


Oh and take a side pic of your set up truck and trailer so we can see how level you are...And a lic of the WD bars engauged.

Loading up should not be much of a concern is your set up right from ablove

Good luck..

X2 on weighing it loaded BUT there is no hurry. Load up the tires to their max cold rating and enjoy.

I weighed mine with the TV once I picked it up. I wanted to know what everything was as is. I weighed my TV separately as well, with me and the DW installed.

When I loaded up the trailer for the first time, I weighed each item I put in the front storage compartment separately. Just because I wanted to know. I brought the bathroom scale out. Weighed myself, then held each item, and wrote down the weight to get to a total. That was just for the front storage compartment.

Then, once everything was loaded, as we intended to camp, I weighed it again as a complete entity.. TV, Trailer, DW and myself.

Probably didn't need the dry weight with TV, but I just wanted to know... And I wanted to understand the tongue weight percentage.

Mike
Mike

If you're going to be on the edge of any of your ratings, an empty weight may help you decide on what you put into the trailer. It will also give you something to compare to your loaded weight.

Weigh it loaded. Anything else will be wasted effort

Congrats on the new rig. Why the concern about weight? Your dry trailer weight sould be posted on the rig. On your first trip out you may be curious about overall weight. The truck scales are great for that. Most dealers will have a tongue scale. Probley could return that. I did what you are wanting to do. SoIunderstand but maynot be thatcrucial. Have fun

IMHO, put the bars in the Jeep and leave the shank in the receiver. That weight is not part of the trailer's tongue weight, and will skew your calculations if you don't include it in all weighings.