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02-26-2020, 05:38 PM #11
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02-27-2020, 01:13 PM #12
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when staying near a CAT scale I'll weigh our truck the night before departure after filling the fuel tank. Then the next morning I'll weigh the truck and trailer together on the way out of town. That way, you get actually travelling weights and the second weigh is discounted because its within 24 hours. The CAT scale app is also very convenient for paying.
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06-15-2020, 11:39 AM #13
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So for a travel trailer, to get the tongue weight, I should weigh the truck and camper together, and then just the truck by itself? The truck weight subtracted from the weight of the trailer and trucked connected will give me my tongue weight?
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06-15-2020, 12:18 PM #14
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06-15-2020, 12:29 PM #15
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06-15-2020, 12:34 PM #16
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And that ^^^ is why you do three weighs when pulling a tow behind trailer. Truck and trailer on the scale with W.D. hitch set to whatever spring setting you think it needs to be. Then, while still on the scale, release all the tension on the spring bars and re-weigh. Then, drive off the scale and unhook the trailer from the truck and weigh the truck only. The result is all the numbers you need to get your weights...AND how effective or ineffective your W.D. hitch is set up.
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06-15-2020, 12:46 PM #17
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I'm guessing that takes into account releasing the tension of the spring bars as @xrated stated below?
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