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JRscooby
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Me Again wrote:
My hitch weight scale:
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That could tell the story. Is it hooked right to coupler, or hanging by safety chains? Moving back on the tongue will make it read light. Is the coupler same height as when hooked to TV? Raising the tongue will make it read lighter.
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dodge guy
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tealboy wrote:JRscooby wrote:dodge guy wrote:To know for sure weigh the tongue with the bathroom scale method.
You would be hard pressed to convince me a bathroom scale/beam set up will read within the 20 lbs the cat rounds things. He is far enough from the hitch limit we know not over, so not too heavy. He has not mentioned any handling issues, so not too light.
For fun, I brought home a 400lb big game scale from the hunt ranch. I’m going to weigh it since I can but not bc I have any doubt about the actual weight of the tongue.
Edit: just weighted using game scale and came up with 285. Used bathroom scale which maxes at 300 and I got 295. Cat scale indicated 320.
More variances than I would prefer since I like to be precise but bottom line is, no matter what scale I use, I’m under tongue rating.
There is an old saying…… a guy with a tire pressure gauge knows what his pressures are, a guy with 2 gauges is never sure!
I would call the weight 300 and be done!
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dodge guy wrote:tealboy wrote:JRscooby wrote:dodge guy wrote:To know for sure weigh the tongue with the bathroom scale method.
You would be hard pressed to convince me a bathroom scale/beam set up will read within the 20 lbs the cat rounds things. He is far enough from the hitch limit we know not over, so not too heavy. He has not mentioned any handling issues, so not too light.
For fun, I brought home a 400lb big game scale from the hunt ranch. I’m going to weigh it since I can but not bc I have any doubt about the actual weight of the tongue.
Edit: just weighted using game scale and came up with 285. Used bathroom scale which maxes at 300 and I got 295. Cat scale indicated 320.
More variances than I would prefer since I like to be precise but bottom line is, no matter what scale I use, I’m under tongue rating.
There is an old saying…… a guy with a tire pressure gauge knows what his pressures are, a guy with 2 gauges is never sure!
I would call the weight 300 and be done!
Lol!
That should be the motto for this forum!
I can actually picture some of the members here, although I have no idea what they look like, getting out of the drivers seat, full on plaid short sleeve button down shirt, grampa slip on Skechers and a pocket protector with 3 different tire gauges and a pen and mechanical pencil. The pen and pencil are the primary and backup plan for making tick marks on the dash mounted notebook pad while counting RVs with no tow mirrors…..and recording tire pressures 3x/day to compare with the tpms!
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