How to Weigh a New Truck and 5er???

[JohnHaggerty]

Newbie here. I have less than 600 miles on the new truck and 40 miles on the new 5er. I've never weighed a truck and RV before. I'm curious to know all the weights. I know of no scale local to where I live. We will be going to Florida from Maryland this fall. I'm sure many scales are between here and theres. What's the easiest way to know all the weights of my set-up? Are scales understanding and helpfull when doing all that it takes to know all your weights?

 

[SSolderitch]

Our local recyclers, land fills, scrap yards, coal yards and quarrys and some truck stops have scales. try your phone book. You might find something...

 

[GCroyle]

Truck stops, look for a CAT (yellow) sign, not the Cat Diesel, it is a certified truck scale, lots of truck stops have them. I did it once, look for the intercom and talk to the office, they can walk you through it.



Good information to know, it will help you appreciate what your truck is doing.

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

If possible, weigh the truck by itself empty first, front and rear axles separately - then load the RV and truck as you would normally, then weigh each axle separately on both truck and trailer. From those weights, you can add all for total GCW, as well as the GVW for each. It's easy to be within the total GCW for the whole setup, and yet be WAY over the individual GVWR of one or the other, or a specific axle...

 

[GCroyle]

Off Topic

Gary posted some great stuff, details about loading axles and total weights, but what I just noticed is a bit of trivial pursuit.



When is Gary going to post #10,000?



After an exhaustive research and reading all of Gary's 9,000+ posts so far, he is scheduled to break 10K (and need an oil change and tire rotation) on 8/2/08 at 10:15AM PT and the topic will be related to adjusting the pedal sensor something or other that he built one from scratch using spare parts from a Gov't surplus site, 3 old assemblies and parts from the local Radio Shack, followed by a discussion of NV5600 towing temperatures.



Keep up the great posts Gary!!!!!!!!!!! Hope the summer ain't too hot out there and the fishing is good!

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

Gary posted some great stuff, details about loading axles and total weights, but what I just noticed is a bit of trivial pursuit.



When is Gary going to post #10,000?



After an exhaustive research and reading all of Gary's 9,000+ posts so far, he is scheduled to break 10K (and need an oil change and tire rotation) on 8/2/08 at 10:15AM PT and the topic will be related to adjusting the pedal sensor something or other that he built one from scratch using spare parts from a Gov't surplus site, 3 old assemblies and parts from the local Radio Shack, followed by a discussion of NV5600 towing temperatures.



Keep up the great posts Gary!!!!!!!!!!! Hope the summer ain't too hot out there and the fishing is good!

:-laf:-laf:-laf



I think the board rules state that when/if anyone hits the 10K mark, they're forced into mandatory retirement, and account locked!



NAHHhhhh - that would make my occasional critics too happy!



Things great here, far better than many parts of the country - fishing has been GREAT - probably a good thing, since with the continually rising cost of fuel, fish might be all we can afford to eat, and there's a great little Trout stream a block away at the foot of our hill!



Thanks for the comments - and hope all is well with you and yours - and that you eventually get back our way for another eyeball visit!



NOW, back to the originally scheduled programming! :-laf

 

[Mad Bomber]

Closed wiegh station is where I've gone to do it. Looks as by sig he got the right truck for a 5ver.

 

[Okie-Go]

I like the cat scales at the Flying J. If you lok closeley you can see lines across the scale. Each one of these will weigh the weight on it. One for the fron one for the duals and one for the trailer tires. They will print it out and give you a copy. I used one about two months ago pulling a big trailer. Cost me 7. 50 then on the way home I got a reweigh for free and just weighed the truck. This told me the w3eight of the trailer. I get picky sometimes and remember to have the same amount of fuel in the truck. I carry 100 gallons so it will make a difference as how much you have on board.

 

[Thunderbolt]

We weigh rv's free at my scalehouse in South Jersey. If your coming though my way PM me and I'll set it up.

 

[icman95]

If you're going from MD to FL, I'm assuming you're taking I-95. Almost any truck stop on 95 will have a scale, but you have to go in through the trucker's entrance, usually. Not the car entrance. You will see lines separating the different sections of the scale for the different axles. Make sure that each set of axles is on each section of scale, this way you will get an accurate reading. Push the call button on the sign and they will weigh you. The button is up way high so that it can be reached by a guy sitting in a tractor trailer. You may want to carry a stick/long flashlight to be able to reach it. Once weighed, park and go insided to get the scale slip. Usaully costs around $8. 50. Really easy to do. Good luck and welcome aboard.

 

[Mad Bomber]

We weigh rv's free at my scalehouse in South Jersey. If your coming though my way PM me and I'll set it up.

Are you also the state police that write tickets for over wieght too. LOL

 

[CKelley1]

okie-go is correct, pull up on the scales with the front axel on the forward pad , the rear truck axel on the next pad and the trailer axel's on the third or forth pad most cat tickets combine the third and fourth into one reading , go through a second time with the truck forward of the scales and one trailer axel on each of the two front pads , adjust to get equel on trailer axels and front to back ratio on the truck and re weigh . here is my weight after adjustment 5,180 front, 6210 rear , 3900 front trailer 4060 rear trailer