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rfloyd99
Explorer
Mar 21, 2019

CAT Scale question

I did something stupid, and someone here can probably help me figure it out.

A year and a half ago I weighed my truck and TT separately. I know I wrote down which ticket was for which vehicle, but I can't find that note, and after all this time I can't remember which is which.

The only clue: one ticket is has a steer axle weight and a drive axle weight (3200 and 3180lbs). The other one has steer axle wt of 200lbs, drive axle 0 lbs, trailer axle 6820lbs, gross wt of 7020.

I also vaguely remember that I may have done a separate weigh to try to figure out the tongue weight. Would it make sense that the 200lb "steer axle" wt is the tongue weight?

If so I find that hard to believe since the trailer specs show a "dry hitch wt," of 460. I realize that the 200 number is possible if I had a lot of wt in the back of the TT, but that doesn't seem likely. the only things at the back that were out of the ordinary were one bicycle hanging on the ladder, and the spare tire. the fridge full of food is slightly behind the wheels. All liquid tanks were empty. I added two heavy golf cart batteries on the tongue, which added about 100lbs. Propane tanks were probably half full.

So, this is really two questions:

1. Which ticket is for the truck, and
2. is it possible the 200 lbs is the tongue wt.?

Thanks!

9 Replies

  • Old-Biscuit wrote:
    Need to weigh truck/trailer together then drip trailer in parking lot and reweigh truck only in order to figure the differences in truck weights with/without trailer ---that difference is trailer tongue weight


    Agreed.

    Here's an article on how to weight a TT:
    http://learntorv.com/how-to-weigh-a-travel-trailer/

    And here's a tool for calculating the weights from it based on the resulting weigh slips:
    http://www.towingplanner.com/ActualWeights/TravelTrailerCatScales

    And the Weigh My Truck app is awesome for making this all easier:
    https://weighmytruck.com/
  • wnjj's avatar
    wnjj
    Explorer II
    hbillsmith wrote:
    Were you standing on platform 1 with trailer on 2 then maybe the 200 is you ;-)

    That makes the most sense.
  • Were you standing on platform 1 with trailer on 2 then maybe the 200 is you ;-)
  • one ticket is has a steer axle weight and a drive axle weight (3200 and 3180lbs)..........Truck (150/1500)

    The other one has steer axle wt of 200lbs, drive axle 0 lbs, trailer axle 6820lbs, gross wt of 7020.......trailer

    No the 200# is NOT trailer tongue weight.
    It is a 'mis-weighing' due to improper positioning on the three scale platforms

    Need to weigh truck/trailer together then drip trailer in parking lot and reweigh truck only in order to figure the differences in truck weights with/without trailer ---that difference is trailer tongue weight
  • The one with 200, 0 and 6820 is your trailer.

    The steer axle in this weight is probably where your tongue jack was. The trailer stretched past the second platform to the third, which is your trailer axles.

    Although 200lbs if awful light for the tongue weight.

    Mike
  • The one that's pretty even was probably your truck. No truck has a 200 lb steer axel.
  • I would say the one with the two weights close together are the trailer. 3200 and 3180.

    The tandem axle mechinjsm will divide the load fairly evenly.