Cat scale analysis. Question
Finally was able to get to a cat scale to weigh rig. Weighed our truck first. Ford F-250 super duty with wife and I ready to camp minus 4 small dogs they camp with us always. 40 lbs total for them....
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jim1521 wrote:
Sitting on a plane right now. Here's a quick look. Will follow up when landed. Your numbers look perfect. (This is from a spreadsheet I built using numerous CAT scale receipts to validate). Disregard numbers in parentheses as those are for my truck/trailer. That left-hand column are your numbers.
13,640 Gross Weight (Max 19450. from scales receipt)
6,640 Truck baseline weight (7580 unloaded/8000 loaded)
3,420 Steer Axle Weight (Max 4900. from scales receipt)
3,920 Drive Axle Weight (Max 4900.from scales receipt)
6,300 Trailer axle weight (Max 10200. from scales receipt)
700 Tongue Weight (Max 1260. Calculated. Do not change)
7,340 Truck actual weight (Max 8800. Calculated. Do not change)
7,000 Trailer Gross Weight (Max 10995.Calculated. Do not change)
10% % Tongue Weight (Calculated. Do not change)
This is correct. You don't really need to weigh the truck/trailer with the WD bars disconnected as long as you compare the total weight of the truck's front and rear axles with and without the trailer. With just 10% tongue weight, I would try to load as much of the cargo as possible forward of the trailer axles.
