Corner weights in Forest City

Retdep wrote:
We are going to be in Forest City for some repair work.

I understand that a grain elevator there that will do corner weights on the motorhome.

Where is the elevator?

Do you need to make an appointment or just show up?

Approximate cost?

Thanks

Since no one replied, I would look for a grain silo in the area! Those grain trucks have to weigh before going out on the road so there is weigh scales near. Good Luck in weighing! I've been RVing since 1976 and never weighed all four corners in any of the coaches that I owned.

I went on a weekend day. They leave the scales on and you can see the weight in the window. You have to drive with the wheels off the scale to get corner weights. I took a friend with me to guide me so that I was half on and half off. I thought that might be a little more accurate but it has been a lot of years since I took Statics at UT and I might be wrong.

Clay L wrote:
I went on a weekend day. They leave the scales on and you can see the weight in the window. You have to drive with the wheels off the scale to get corner weights. I took a friend with me to guide me so that I was half on and half off. I thought that might be a little more accurate but it has been a lot of years since I took Statics at UT and I might be wrong.

Most scales are not designed to be side stepped that way and it would have been interesting to see if you got a set of numbers, Then drove off and drove back on and see if you could repeat those numbers. If they changed, then how would you know if any of them were accurate? Having scales set up under each wheel set on an axle would give repeatable readings.

I did it twice mainly because the numbers on the rear were higher than I expected. They were not exactly the same but were not too different.

stripit wrote:

Clay L wrote:
I went on a weekend day. They leave the scales on and you can see the weight in the window. You have to drive with the wheels off the scale to get corner weights. I took a friend with me to guide me so that I was half on and half off. I thought that might be a little more accurate but it has been a lot of years since I took Statics at UT and I might be wrong.

Most scales are not designed to be side stepped that way and it would have been interesting to see if you got a set of numbers, Then drove off and drove back on and see if you could repeat those numbers. If they changed, then how would you know if any of them were accurate? Having scales set up under each wheel set on an axle would give repeatable readings.

I weighed my coach at a truck scale on I5 in Washington state. I weigh each corner, front, rear, and entire rig. My greatest discrepancy is when front and rear weights are added the result is 180 pounds less than the total rig weight reading. All other weight readings are within 80 pounds when added. For me the discrepancies were acceptable.

Safe travels. JD