Cat scales ? lesson learned
DON'T GUESS YOUR WEIGHT.I guessed that my cargo trailer weight was 3200lbs. 1650# empty + 1200# rhino + 350# for extra fuel,genny & camp chairs, NOT. Cat scales says 3660# after blowing out tire and t...
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mkirsch wrote:
I just have a problem with the logic, "I was (a couple hundred pounds) overweight, that is why my tires popped."
Tires like anything else have a safety factor built in. You can rest assured that if a tire is rated for 3000lbs, it will not pop at 3001. They can't realistically expect every pickup truck owner to have constant access to a scale to ensure that they don't overload their tires.
The ratings are also STATIC, with the truck sitting on the scale. Acceleration, braking, and maneuvering put forces way in excess of the static weight on the tires, and they're not supposed to pop. A couple hundred pounds of extra static load on each tire should be nothing.
That said, it's one thing not knowing, but something entirely different if you know about the situation and don't correct it.
I never said that was the cause of the blow out. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THE BLOW OUT. I do know that both tires (truck & trailer) were both over loaded, & both tires blew after 2hrs. of highway driving at 65mph, the truck on the way up to camp & the trailer on the way home home 1 week before. You can deduce from that what ever you like.
