Using the CAT scales
I am always a bit intimidated to use these scales so I have never been on one. Do they charge you? Do the truckers look at you and laugh? It is not important or required that I weigh my set up, just c...
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ktmrfs wrote:X2.....I use the state scales all the time.
In oregon when state weigh stations are "closed" the scales and overhead readout is always left on. very easy and they encourage scale use. I just drive over to one of the scales near our house and take my time weighing.
Usually I pull into the first "closed" station on a trip as a final check on my WD setup. I know my unloaded FA weight, and do a quick check to see if I'm near the unloaded weight.
When closed I take my time and have even disconnect the TT to get an accurate tongue weight. If they're open then I just wait until there are no trucks wanting to weigh and then roll across the scale stopping only long enough to write down the weights.
They are free and I don't think that the “weigh master” would say a word as long as you are not holding up the trucks that really need to use it.
I would not pull onto a scale that was busy.
Probably the only negative of using a state scale is that they only weigh to the nearest 50# but that is close enough for what I need.
I really don’t know how you could set up a WD hitch without a scale.
