Tongue Weight Scale

[hohenwald48]

I just bought a Sherline #5780 2,000lb tongue weight scale off jet.com for $116 with free shipping. Just in case anybody else is looking for one.

[hawkeye-08]

I have a Sherline, we used it most when we were shopping for first trailer. We looked at a bunch of trailers, some very nice, but were way over our limit. Most of the sellers were ok with me checking the tongue weight. I know that it kept us from getting a trailer that was too much for our tow vehicle at the time.

I carry it now to check when we have a different loading (such as when whole family is meeting and we are carrying a bunch of extra gear). I can then adjust WDH to compensate.

[SoundGuy]

~DJ~ wrote:
I also have the Sherline scale. Love it. Used it a lot more than I thought I would. Only problem is I got the 1000# and have graduated up to TT's that needs the 2000#. Wanna trade? :B

SoundGuy wrote:
I would, but with you in Idaho and me here in Ontario, Canada I doubt it would be worth the cost of shipping and any customs charges that might be involved.

mogman wrote:
In Canada.....

www.atlas-machinery.com/sherline/weight-scales/

DJ is in Idaho and I already have a Sherline so what's your point? :h

[fulltimedaniel]

For $116 you could have gone to your local scale and gotten the entire rig weighed with the tounge weight, including your truck about 10 times.

[mogman]

SoundGuy wrote:

~DJ~ wrote:
I also have the Sherline scale. Love it. Used it a lot more than I thought I would. Only problem is I got the 1000# and have graduated up to TT's that needs the 2000#. Wanna trade? :B

I would, but with you in Idaho and me here in Ontario, Canada I doubt it would be worth the cost of shipping and any customs charges that might be involved. Thanks for the suggestion though! :B

In Canada.....

www.atlas-machinery.com/sherline/weight-scales/

[Walaby]

timmac wrote:
How bout knowing your tonged weight all the time, Weigh Safe, cost $300.00

Nice gadget, but for those of us using WD hitches, I don't think you can use that all the time.

Mike

[SoundGuy]

Last Train wrote:
My Sherline instructions note to measure your tongue weight with the trailer "level" - as it would be hitched to your truck. Just looking at your picture, it looks like your scale is elevated above a level plane. Am I misinterpreting your pic?

Absolutely, you do want to measure gross tongue weight with the trailer leveled front to back on a relatively level surface. Don't read too much into that pic which was for illustration purposes only and is of a previous trailer we owned, not our current Coachmen, and is not included in my Freedom Express gallery ... I sure wasn't going to hitch up my trailer, drag it off the driveway to some lot somewhere simply for the purpose of leveling it so I could take a pic. :R

[timmac]

How bout knowing your tonged weight all the time, Weigh Safe, cost $300.00

[Last_Train]

SoundGuy wrote:

daystrom wrote:
A lot cheaper!

But not nearly as convenient to use as a purpose designed Sherline tongue weight scale. The only mistake I made was ordering mine with a 2000 lb scale when a 1000 lb version would have been much more useful to me since I've never owned nor will ever own any trailer with a gross tongue weight that would come anywhere near close to exceeding 1000 lbs. Great tool though for any trailer owner. :B

My Sherline instructions note to measure your tongue weight with the trailer "level" - as it would be hitched to your truck. Just looking at your picture, it looks like your scale is elevated above a level plane. Am I misinterpreting your pic? 😉 Want to know if I've got some latitude in weighing my 192RBS - spent a little time making sure my rig was sitting level when I weighed mine this afternoon. "Mrs. Train" always has something else for me to do, so time is important! 🙂

[SoundGuy]

myredracer wrote:
For those that have one or are thinking of getting one, many find that they are somewhat inaccurate.

Nah, not "inaccurate", but sometimes just a bit of stiction. The "trick" is to take multiple readings and you'll come up with a pretty good average ... when tongue weight is 900 lbs 30 lbs either way is meaningless.

[TomG2]

I wonder if there are any low cost 500 pound scales out there for those with lightweight trailers? A 3,000 pound trailer could easily have a tongue weight of under 400 pounds, for instance.

[myredracer]

I like gadgets and thought about getting one in the past but I've been to a CAT scale and have everything (TT, truck & WDH) all set up as good as it possibly can be and it tows and handles great. We always have it loaded up basically the same and never tow with anything in the holding tanks. How often would you actually use one?

For those that have one or are thinking of getting one, many find that they are somewhat inaccurate. From reading numerous threads on the Sherline, the trick to avoid this is to jump on the tongue to make the scale settle.

[lencyfan]

i love this ***Link Removed***

[daystrom]

True! But I weighed mine once, hardly worth buying a dedicated tongue scale.

[_DJ_1]

lbrjet wrote:

Just buy the 2000 lb gauge from Sherline and switch it out. That is what I did. There is one scale and three different gauges.

I did not know that. Thanks!!