i have access to a scale, but it is a single scale. how do you get the rear axle weight with the TT hooked up? do you weigh the TT alone hooked up and then back the rear axle on the scale and subtract the TT weight? just want to make sure b4 i head out there.
TV-2008 Ford F150 SCrew, 4X4, 5.4L, 3.73LS, Rear Camera
TT-2008 Surveyor SV-304LE
Just me, the wife, 3.5 year old, and 10 month old!!!
Hook trailer on truck, pull just the truck on the scale with the trailer hooked up but off the scale, then unhook trailer and weigh just the truck , subtract just the truck weight from the truck weight with the trailer hooked on, that gives you the pin or the hitch weight, Richard
Richard
1987 ford f250 6.9 diesel
1997 Innsbruck by Gulf Stream 28ft fifth wheel with slide
and the wife and co-pilot Trudy
With the weight distribution bars. You will get a different weight on the truck sitting on the scales attached to a trailer off the scales with them set and not set.
First, I pull over to the side and unhitch and weigh the TV without the TT:
I pull the front axle of the TV onto the scale and note the weight. Then the rear axle of the TV. If the scale is large enough, I get the entire TV on the scale at once.
Then, I hitch the TT back up and weight everything, TV & TT.
Front axle of the TV
Both axles of the TV (if it fits)
Rear axle of the TV
Front axle of the TT, just barely keeping the rear axle on the pavement
Both axles of the TT
Rear axle of the TT, just barely keeping the front axle on the pavement
Back up and set the tongue jack on the scale, just enough to clear the TVack up again & pull far to the left and weigh position the right side of the TV on the center of the scale
Back up again & pull far to the right and weigh position the left side of the TV on the center of the scale
Be VERY careful to look for obstructions when getting the side-to-side weight--don't hit the building or any poles! I get within an inch or two of the barricades to get the right side weight.
It's important to get the weight as close to the center of the scale as you can, and to avoid having the brakes on the TV or TT on because that can torque an axle which can change its load slightly.
Steve & C. J.
"Gracie" the Rough Collie & "Bo'sun" the Bichon Frise
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ack up again & pull far to the left and weigh position the right side of the TV on the center of the scale
