checking tongue weight with Sherline Scale
I am planning to check tongue weight on a few trailers at the dealer. If I use a Sherline scale and measure at the tongue jack, about what percentage will it be off from actual tongue weight at the h...
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For ball park correction -- multiply tongue jack reading by 0.95.
The actual correction is the ratio of
distance from tongue jack to midpoint between axles
divided by
distance from coupler to midpoint between axles.
Ron
The actual correction is the ratio of
distance from tongue jack to midpoint between axles
divided by
distance from coupler to midpoint between axles.
On Edit: Had a bit of brain lapse on the first version of this post.
The load measured under the tongue jack will be greater than the load measured under the ball coupler.
Therefore the actual tongue weight will be about 5% less than the load measured under the tongue jack.
Ron
