Tongue Scale

Well here's the thing, if you are not going to use a weight distributing hitch then the Sherline is fine because it gives you raw tongue weight. If you do use a weight distributing hitch then you have to go to the local CAT scale and do the three weights, truck 2 axles, drive and steer, alone then trailer on the WD hitch but not with the distribution bars applied then with the bars applied. That gives you the tongue weight the truck sees. That will give you an idea also of how much weight is transferred to your front axle and by changing the links on your chain to shift weight to the front or back to the rear axle you can change the tongue weight the rear axle sees.