Rockcrawlindude
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CAT Scale Weigh-in Heavier Than Curb Weight?
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All the time, but knowing your approx weight for me has nothing to do on whether or not the truck or trailer can handle it... I just like to know, and like to set my tire pressure where it should be for the best performance.
H3LZSN1P3R
You're doing it wrong
I Always do but when you are pushing the legal limits it is nice to know where you stand incase you get pulled over
I rarely weigh before I tow, its time consuming, but I have a baseline of information and my vehicles have big margins in terms of weight. I don't try to fit the last ounce on my truck or beyond. When I'm going to the middle of no-where, I measure to make sure I don't contribute to an unexpected break down, and weight in.
I'd say most people don't weigh at all, one of my customers is a trailer manufacturer. They say their customers attitudes are if it fits, it ships. Judging by the number of F-150's I've seen with trailers loaded with stone and the trailer wheels tilted in, or flat..... I'd say its true. Lol, I've seen people in toyota tundra's towing 40ft 5th wheels at 85mph on i-10 (recently). I guess a tundra can tow a space shuttle, it can tow any 5th wheel... with airbags of course.... Anyway, the chances when you're overloaded of something breaking go way up, and if the nearest ram dealer is 150miles one way, then you don't want a break down. Or a ticket, but again its not something really enforced, I've never seen any personal vehicle pulled over for unsecured loads or being overweight. Commercial vehicles occasionally, and how many dump trucks don't pull their cover over the bed when loaded with gravel. My windshield knows its rare...
What I'm saying is what you should do, and what people actually do aren't always the same thing. The only way to know you're towing with the correct weights and distribution of weights is to weigh everything. Its what any individual should do to ensure the best towing experience. Work with actual measured data instead of guesses. So you don't end up posting about how your shocks only lasted 20K miles, or those damn "china bomb" tires blew out. So much of these problems are preventable with not-overloading, towing level, proper tire inflation, verifying weights, and etc.
I'd say most people don't weigh at all, one of my customers is a trailer manufacturer. They say their customers attitudes are if it fits, it ships. Judging by the number of F-150's I've seen with trailers loaded with stone and the trailer wheels tilted in, or flat..... I'd say its true. Lol, I've seen people in toyota tundra's towing 40ft 5th wheels at 85mph on i-10 (recently). I guess a tundra can tow a space shuttle, it can tow any 5th wheel... with airbags of course.... Anyway, the chances when you're overloaded of something breaking go way up, and if the nearest ram dealer is 150miles one way, then you don't want a break down. Or a ticket, but again its not something really enforced, I've never seen any personal vehicle pulled over for unsecured loads or being overweight. Commercial vehicles occasionally, and how many dump trucks don't pull their cover over the bed when loaded with gravel. My windshield knows its rare...
What I'm saying is what you should do, and what people actually do aren't always the same thing. The only way to know you're towing with the correct weights and distribution of weights is to weigh everything. Its what any individual should do to ensure the best towing experience. Work with actual measured data instead of guesses. So you don't end up posting about how your shocks only lasted 20K miles, or those damn "china bomb" tires blew out. So much of these problems are preventable with not-overloading, towing level, proper tire inflation, verifying weights, and etc.
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Yup, almost every time.
If I have placards on the doors and I think I'm pushing the limits, I'll go find a scale. Better than the DOT scales finding me.
If I'm hauling personal, I rarely scale unless it's required, like hauling scrap iron to the scrap yard or hauling bulk items like gravel or something. But as much as I hate to admit it, I've been doing this for a LONG time.
Grateful Dad
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That ticket is after fueling up and includes my entire family of 5 in the truck with all the “stuff” my wife and 3 girls bring. Trucks GVWR is 10k and has the 6’4” bed, not sure where you’re getting box delete.
I have 700 lbs of payload remaining, not to mention a tick over 1,300lbs until maxing out the rear axle.
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Just had mine weighed. Shock tunning company asked for the weights.
Shes heavier than what my registration says. Truck empty, no one in it. Almost full tank of gas.
Front: 4280
Rear: 3080
Total: 7360
Shes heavier than what my registration says. Truck empty, no one in it. Almost full tank of gas.
Front: 4280
Rear: 3080
Total: 7360
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chas0218
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I'm the keep loading, keep loading, tires aren't quite squished, yup we're good, wait nope a little on the truck, there we're good.
Rockcrawlindude
a rock crawlin’ dude
Knew this crazy old pallet guy years ago who loaded his truck with pallets sky high til the mud flaps touched the ground. that’s how he knew it was full. The mud flaps were like half way worn down haha.
