Weighing truck and trailer
Where do I take my setup to get accurate weights?
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I take my rig to the CAT scales with a small ladder.
I center the TV between the front and drive axle scales. Usually the cab on the the front scale the bed on the back scale. I use the ladder to reach the call button.
I return with the rig hitched up and ready for the road. Again I center the TV between the front and drive axle scales, this puts the TT axles on the trailer scale.
From these numbers I know the TV weight without the TT, the TV weight change when I add the TT, the weight on the TT axles and the total rig weight.
Some folk like to know the weight of the TT alone. However, that changes from trip to trip depending on how heavy I am loaded.
I want to know the weight on each TV axel and the weight on the TT axels so I can tell how close I am to the max cargo limit and each axels weight limit.
Our CAT scale charges $10.00 for the first weigh and $2.00 for the second weigh if it is within 24 hrs.
I center the TV between the front and drive axle scales. Usually the cab on the the front scale the bed on the back scale. I use the ladder to reach the call button.
I return with the rig hitched up and ready for the road. Again I center the TV between the front and drive axle scales, this puts the TT axles on the trailer scale.
From these numbers I know the TV weight without the TT, the TV weight change when I add the TT, the weight on the TT axles and the total rig weight.
Some folk like to know the weight of the TT alone. However, that changes from trip to trip depending on how heavy I am loaded.
I want to know the weight on each TV axel and the weight on the TT axels so I can tell how close I am to the max cargo limit and each axels weight limit.
Our CAT scale charges $10.00 for the first weigh and $2.00 for the second weigh if it is within 24 hrs.
