Could/would a dealer weigh the trailer
We need to keep below a specific tongue weight. We are about to purchase a trailer. Do you think a dealer would have a scale and that they'd let us weigh it? We'd have to put a bunch of people in t...
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Chuck_thehammer wrote:dodge guy wrote:
1 question. Why would you load people into the trailer to weigh it?
Use he dry weight on the sticker in the cabinet, that is the as delivered weight. Then add 1200-1500 lbs to the dry weight. Now figure on 12.5% of that number. That will be what you want your loaded tongue weight to be, regardless of the dry tongue weight. As you load the trailer tongue weight will change. So it needs to be loaded correctly each and every time so you always have that same tongue weight.
both the inside and outside stickers of my trailer say 7,500 pounds.. right after I purchased it, I scaled it Empty and No propane tanks.... it weights 8,300 pounds.
the tags can lie.
I can see being off by 100lbs, but not 800! I think you got a bum scale!
