How accurate are the truck scales.
I took my F-150 to the local Pilot CAT truck scales, centered it between front and rear axle scales and was surprised to learn front was 3480 lbs. the rear was 2820 lbs. The bed had 100 lbs. of pottin...
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I think 40 lbs. would be more than accurate enough. That is only about five gallons of water.
Just for the sake of information, I wanted to know the tongue weight with the WD hitch at 9 chain links.
Truck only with cap and 100 lb. payload; front 3480, rear 2820, TT none. Total 6300 lbs.
Truck with cap, 100 lb. payload, WD hitch and TT; front 3420, rear 3380 TT 5540. Total 12,340.
From this I found that the WD hitch shifted all but about 60 lbs. back to the front axle. The rear axle gained 560 lbs. So, the total truck weight increase was 500 lbs. and if I add the 5540 TT axel weight; the 6040 lb. TT only had about 8 % of its weight on the tongue. Which resulted in the TT being nose high.
On vacation with a canoe, fishing gear and additional camping gear, I adjusted the TT for level at 8 links and the tongue weight was at almost 11 percent.
That is why I was curious to see if the CAT scales were accurate enough for such calculations and they are.
Just for the sake of information, I wanted to know the tongue weight with the WD hitch at 9 chain links.
Truck only with cap and 100 lb. payload; front 3480, rear 2820, TT none. Total 6300 lbs.
Truck with cap, 100 lb. payload, WD hitch and TT; front 3420, rear 3380 TT 5540. Total 12,340.
From this I found that the WD hitch shifted all but about 60 lbs. back to the front axle. The rear axle gained 560 lbs. So, the total truck weight increase was 500 lbs. and if I add the 5540 TT axel weight; the 6040 lb. TT only had about 8 % of its weight on the tongue. Which resulted in the TT being nose high.
On vacation with a canoe, fishing gear and additional camping gear, I adjusted the TT for level at 8 links and the tongue weight was at almost 11 percent.
That is why I was curious to see if the CAT scales were accurate enough for such calculations and they are.
