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Cecilt
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Oct 06, 2013

Weighed at CAT scale - Need some clarification

I finally had a chance to weigh our new TT. I made 3 passes. Here are my numbers:

Truck and TT with WD hooked up;

Steer axle: 4080
Drive axle: 4840
Trailer axle: 8240
Gross Weight: 17160

Truck and TT with no WD hooked up:

Steer axle: 3780
Drive axle: 5260
Trailer axle: 8100
Gross Weight: 17140

Truck by itself:

Steer axle: 4260
Drive axle: 3640
Gross Weight: 7900( wife and some gear not in the truck so I am adding 150 lbs to this for a total gross weight of 8050

So, does my trailer weigh 9110(17,160 - 8050)
Is my tongue weight: 1010 (9110 - 8100)

Here are some questions. If my TT does weigh 9110 i have no idea how my stuff weighs a 1000lbs. We were pretty darn light as this was just a weekend trip. No water in tanks(fresh, black or gray).

UVW of TT according to yellow sticker is 7960.
GCWR of camper is 9000
Each axle is 4400 lbs

I assume I am okay on axle weight since my trailer axle weight when hooked up to WDH is 8240.


I am very perplexed at my supposed loaded trailer weight. Tks
  • Was your wife and gear in the truck on the first two passes, but not the third? If truck was loaded the same on all three passes, then it would look like this:

    Trailer weight is 17,150 (split the difference between the first two weighings :) ) minus truck weight which is 7900 = 9250#.

    tounge weight is (3780+5260) - 7900 = 1150#. That's just the truck weight with trailer, but no WD hooked up minus truck weight.

    It doesn't really matter what the sticker says, these weights are real. :)