Tongue Scale
Is it worth spending the money($135) on a Tongue scale or is it a one and done thing?
Forum Discussion
The question is what can you do about tongue weight?
I drive my rig to the scales, I weight all three axels. I come back and weigh the truck alone. I now know how much weight difference there is on each axle for that trip. I know the tongue weight my truck sees for that trip.
The true TT tongue weight is offset by the WD hitch, and how heavy the TT is loaded. That number varies buy a couple of hundred pounds during a trip or between a short trip and a month long journey.
My TT is designed so the food goes in the pantry, the pot and pans go in the kitchen cabinet, the fresh water tank is over the axels, and the camping stuff goes into the front storage. I have little control over how the weight is distributed. If I am under my max cargo I am good to go.
For reference my brochure says my TT's dry tongue weight is 406 lbs. the CAT scales show the loaded TT adds 750 lbs. to my truck.
If I was really interest in my TT tongue weight, I would use a pair of bathroom scales and a 4x4.
I drive my rig to the scales, I weight all three axels. I come back and weigh the truck alone. I now know how much weight difference there is on each axle for that trip. I know the tongue weight my truck sees for that trip.
The true TT tongue weight is offset by the WD hitch, and how heavy the TT is loaded. That number varies buy a couple of hundred pounds during a trip or between a short trip and a month long journey.
My TT is designed so the food goes in the pantry, the pot and pans go in the kitchen cabinet, the fresh water tank is over the axels, and the camping stuff goes into the front storage. I have little control over how the weight is distributed. If I am under my max cargo I am good to go.
For reference my brochure says my TT's dry tongue weight is 406 lbs. the CAT scales show the loaded TT adds 750 lbs. to my truck.
If I was really interest in my TT tongue weight, I would use a pair of bathroom scales and a 4x4.
