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Car Forum / Dodge / Dodge Trucks / February 2007Practical way to weigh a trailer
I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? i >I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but > my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? Two bathroom scales. > i >>I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but >>my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? > > Two bathroom scales. > >>i Actually, you would need three: each wheel and the tongue. When I weigh my car, I use a scale under each wheel, and add them all up for a total weight. You might also try a moving company. They often have large scales for weighing vehicles. ALthough they might be using the same scales as the truck stop. Drive on with truck and trailer and check weight. Remove trailer, weigh truck alone.  Signature.boB 2006 FXDI hot rod 2001 Dodge Dakota QC 5.9/4x4/3.92 1966 Mustang Coupe - Daily Driver 1965 FFR Cobra - 427W EFI, Damn Fast. >>>I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but >>>my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Drive on with truck and trailer and check weight. > Remove trailer, weigh truck alone. I do not know if the bathroom scale comment was meant to be humorous, but my trailer weighs, according to my projections and estimates, 1,500-1,700 lbs. i > I do not know if the bathroom scale comment was meant to be humorous, > but my trailer weighs, according to my projections and estimates, > 1,500-1,700 lbs. > > i Not at all. When I weigh my Cobra to set corner and cross weights, I use 4 bathroom scales and 4 fulcrums. Not as easy as fancy racing scales, but they sure are a whole lot cheaper. I was thinking it was a small lightweight trailer, since a truck scale couldn't do it. But 1,500# is a lot of weight (for an empty trailer). If you just want to know how much the trailer weighs, I would weigh truck and trailer together, then remove the trailer and weigh the truck alone. If you want to know how the trailer is balanced, where the center is, etc, you'll need individual scales. Signature.boB 2006 FXDI hot rod 2001 Dodge Dakota QC 5.9/4x4/3.92 1966 Mustang Coupe - Daily Driver 1965 FFR Cobra - 427W EFI, Damn Fast. >> I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but >> my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? > > Two bathroom scales. Even my small Hybrid trailer weighs about 5,000lbs loaded. I do not know very many bathroom scales rated to 1666lbs each. >>> I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but >>> my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Even my small Hybrid trailer weighs about 5,000lbs loaded. I do not know > very many bathroom scales rated to 1666lbs each. They are at Denny's house.<VBG> if he's got a small utility trailer 3 300lb bathroom scales could do the job. we don't know what size trailer he's trying to weigh. but since its so light that it wont show on a truck scale I would guess that its a small utility trailer or 4 wheeler trailer something of that sort. Signature---------------------------- -Chris 05 CTD 06 Liberty CRD Real Trucks don't NEED spark plugs. >>> I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but >>> my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Even my small Hybrid trailer weighs about 5,000lbs loaded. I do not know > very many bathroom scales rated to 1666lbs each. > if he's got a small utility trailer 3 300lb bathroom scales could do the > job. we don't know what size trailer he's trying to weigh. but since its so > light that it wont show on a truck scale I would guess that its a small > utility trailer or 4 wheeler trailer something of that sort. My guess is that it is about 1,700 lbs. I want to know for sure how much it weighs. i I've had people suggest I buy one for myself. SignatureChristopher A. Young You can't shout down a troll. You have to starve them. . : Even my small Hybrid trailer weighs about 5,000lbs loaded. I do not : know very many bathroom scales rated to 1666lbs each. >>I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but >> my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? > >Two bathroom scales. > >> i If you want a real answer to your problem ask me not this guy as he is just a troll. There is a simple solution. Go the any farmers grainer/mill that accepts grain. They will have scalles that can easily weight it. I have one near here that can weigh anything from a few hunderd pounds to 100,000 lbs and it is rated plus or minus 20 pounds around 4K. I use it to weigh vehicles and front and rear axle weights. Truck stop scales are generaly not as flexible. ----------------- TheSnoMan.com >>>I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but >>> my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > pounds around 4K. I use it to weigh vehicles and front and rear axle > weights. Truck stop scales are generaly not as flexible. It is okay Idiot, you have no credibility here at this group. > ----------------- > TheWrongAnswetMan.com >It is okay Idiot, you have no credibility here at this group. You are a riot! You can keep you head in the sand if you want as the choice is yours. ----------------- TheSnoMan.com > >It is okay Idiot, you have no credibility here at this group. > > You are a riot! You can keep you head in the sand if you want as the > choice is yours. > ----------------- > TheSnojobMan.com Oh look, the emperor has new clothes! >>It is okay Idiot, you have no credibility here at this group. > > You are a riot! At times I can be quite funny, thank you. >You can keep you head in the sand if you want as the And you may keep your's where it has been for some time. Totally stuck in your a.s. > choice is yours. Yours has been stuck there so long it is doubtful you know how to remove it. > ----------------- > TheBSAnswerMan.com > >>It is okay Idiot, you have no credibility here at this group. > > > > You are a riot! We laugh "with" Roy but we laugh "at" you Snoball. The sooner this sinks into that thick head of yours the better. > At times I can be quite funny, thank you. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Yours has been stuck there so long it is doubtful you know how to remove it. Man I seriously do not know why this guy keeps posting... To say he was dense would be an understatement. I think along with posting corrections to his dribble we should include links to his other "masterpieces". This may keep him from anymore vain attempts at distorting the facts as I think he forgets everything he says gets archived. Sno on brakes: http://tinyurl.com/2ya3wo > > >>It is okay Idiot, you have no credibility here at this group. > > > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Sno on brakes: > http://tinyurl.com/2ya3wo One of the best examples of when someone is stupid to the sub-atomic level and as such, doesn't and never will understand how stupid they are. >> >>It is okay Idiot, you have no credibility here at this group. >> > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > may keep him from anymore vain attempts at distorting the facts as I > think he forgets everything he says gets archived. That sounds like a real good idea. At least it would point out what we have been talking about. Roy > Sno on brakes: > http://tinyurl.com/2ya3wo >>I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but >> my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? > > Two bathroom scales. > >> i Ya know when I answered this in jest I figured anybody would weigh the combined and then reweigh the truck. Guess I was way wrong. >>>I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but >>> my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Ya know when I answered this in jest I figured anybody would weigh the > combined and then reweigh the truck. Guess I was way wrong. I doubt if I could get an accurate answer this way. . > I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but > my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? > > i Others have suggested using bathroom scales. However, weighing wheel weight directly with a bathroom scale may be problematic, depending on the capacity of the scale and the weight of the trailer. As an example, my all-steel tandem-axle car trailer weighs approximately 1500 pounds, with most of that weight on the axles. For the sake of discussion, we can discount the tongue weight as being nearly zero, relative to the axle weight. That puts 750# per side on each side of the trailer, divided between the front and rear axles... about 375# per wheel. Most bathroom scales don't go over about 300#. With the equalizers between the front and rear axles, I can't just weigh at one wheel -- I have to weigh both wheels (on one side) at the same time. How to do it? Archimedes (and his lever) to the rescue! Use your bathroom scale with strong piece(s) of lumber and a fulcrum. Place a fulcrum at one end of the lumber and your scale at the other end (see images here: http://tinyurl.com/38ukya and here: http://tinyurl.com/2vaffv). Note the scale reading (or zero the scale if it has that capability). Place the trailer tire on top of the lumber 1/3 of the distance between the center of the fulcrum and scale. Your scale reading is now one half of the true weight. If you have a tandem-axle trailer, you will have to use a second piece of lumber, in order to support both tires at the same time. Still too much weight for the scale? Place the tire(s) closer to the fulcrum -- the scaling factor is the ratio of the distances between the tire(s) and the two other points. The longer the board, the easier it is to adjust the ratio. Of course, you'll need to choose a wood beam that can handle the weight w/o breaking. Bryan >I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but > my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? > > i Weigh the truck and trailer as a combo and then weigh the truck only. Subtract one from the other and voila! Mike >Weigh the truck and trailer as a combo and then weigh the truck only. >Subtract one from the other and voila! This will work but if you want to measure axle load on trailer, you need to weigh trailer axle only with it hitched up or with tongue on a stand off of scale with axle still on it. (I do this A LOT) ----------------- TheSnoMan.com > >Weigh the truck and trailer as a combo and then weigh the truck only. > >Subtract one from the other and voila! > > This will work but if you want to measure axle load on trailer, He did not indicate that he did. > you > need to weigh trailer axle only with it hitched up or with tongue on a > stand off of scale with axle still on it. (I do this A LOT) Another answer to an unasked question. <rolls eyes> > ----------------- > TheSnojobMan.com text from first post I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? I his reply to my comment on not knowing the size of the trailer. My guess is that it is about 1,700 lbs. I want to know for sure how much it weighs. I now with these two pieces of information I have some honest info to suggest on....all kidding aside if your local truck stop's scale cant determine a diff of 1700 lbs in your rig (the truck and the trailer minus the trucks weight is the weight of the trailer) then there is something seriously wrong with the accuracy of their scale. I would try to find another scale, whether its at another truck stop, scrap yard, shipping center, land fill (oh yea no one's thought of this one have they?) or where ever. if a truck scale cant tell the diff in nearly 2,000 lbs then I question the scale and/or the operator of their accuracy. now also if I may ask. are you wanting to know the weight of the trailer for your own curiosity or because of loading considerations? what kind of trailer did you build? (to satisfy my own curiosity at this point) I hope that is of some actual help. Signature---------------------------- -Chris 05 CTD 06 Liberty CRD Real Trucks don't NEED spark plugs. > now with these two pieces of information I have some honest info to suggest > on....all kidding aside if your local truck stop's scale cant determine a [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > tell the diff in nearly 2,000 lbs then I question the scale and/or the > operator of their accuracy. I also wondered about it, but,. life is what it is and truck scales are not what will give me an accurate answer. > now also if I may ask. are you wanting to know the weight of the trailer for > your own curiosity or because of loading considerations? what kind of > trailer did you build? (to satisfy my own curiosity at this point) > > I hope that is of some actual help. I have a big page with a lot of pictures about how I built this trailer: http://igor.chudov.com/projects/Homemade-Trailer-With-M105A2-Bed/ It uses a bed from a military trailer M105A2. It is a super sturdy and strong, but relatively small trailer. I want to know its weight due to loading considerations. i >> >Weigh the truck and trailer as a combo and then weigh the truck only. >> >Subtract one from the other and voila! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> need to weigh trailer axle only with it hitched up or with tongue on a >> stand off of scale with axle still on it. (I do this A LOT) You also type a lot with constant spelling errors, gramatical errors, spout off a lot of B.S. and hardly ever, if ever answer a question that is posted. Questions such as "Where is the knock sensor on the Dodge V-1?" or like my question I posted in the Chevy group about replacing my cats. Instead of answering it, or ignoring it, you attempted to "educate me" on them. >I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but > my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? > > i Check with the guys that haul your scrap. The local yard has a very accurate truck scale. It accurately weighs my 195 pounds! Greg >>I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but >> my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Check with the guys that haul your scrap. The local yard has a very accurate > truck scale. It accurately weighs my 195 pounds! Good idea. Thanks. i On Feb 11, 9:46 am, Ignoramus18738 <ignoramus18...@NOSPAM. 18738.invalid> wrote: > I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but > my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? > > i The truck scales around here can weigh the difference between a full tank and half-full when I roll across on my bike. If you don't have any locally try an aggregate yard; their scales are precise to the pound or better. Wolfie >On Feb 11, 9:46 am, Ignoramus18738 <ignoramus18...@NOSPAM. >18738.invalid> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Wolfie Or any concrete batching plant. beekeep Scrap yard, or recycling center. The one near me has a scale which reads in 20 pound increments. Drive on. Detach trailer. Drive on again. Subtract. You went to a truck stop and couldn't get weighed? That's pathetic, man! (Anyone remember the "want to get weighed" joke? I'll tell it, if you ask.) SignatureChristopher A. Young You can't shout down a troll. You have to starve them. . : I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but : my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? : : i > Scrap yard, or recycling center. The one near me has a scale > which reads in 20 pound increments. Drive on. Detach trailer. > Drive on again. Subtract. > > You went to a truck stop and couldn't get weighed? That's > pathetic, man! Do you mean that I am pathetic, or the truck scale? i > (Anyone remember the "want to get weighed" joke? I'll tell it, if > you ask.) Any man who goes to a truck stop and can't get weighed is doing something wrong. You're pathetic. If you know the joke, the above statement is funny. Happy to tell the joke, if someone asks. SignatureChristopher A. Young You can't shout down a troll. You have to starve them. . : > Scrap yard, or recycling center. The one near me has a scale : > which reads in 20 pound increments. Drive on. Detach trailer. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] : > (Anyone remember the "want to get weighed" joke? I'll tell it, if : > you ask.) > Any man who goes to a truck stop and can't get weighed is doing > something wrong. You're pathetic. > > If you know the joke, the above statement is funny. Happy to tell > the joke, if someone asks. Speech impediment? <G> A wittle more information, and they'll have the whole joke. SignatureChristopher A. Young You can't shout down a troll. You have to starve them. . : > Any man who goes to a truck stop and can't get weighed is doing : > something wrong. You're pathetic. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] : : Speech impediment? <G> >I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but >my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? This thread is unbelievable as to how much conversation it has generated. To weigh a trailer you do what has been done for the last 50 years - you go to a truck stop, weigh the truck and trailer together, unhook the trailer and then weigh just the truck. With just the trailer on the scale and the truck off the scale gives you trailer axle weight. > In article <C9OdnXeg4LfCy1LYnZ2dnUVZ_tXin...@giganews.com>, > ignoramus18...@NOSPAM.18738.invalid says... [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > then weigh just the truck. With just the trailer on the scale and the > truck off the scale gives you trailer axle weight. "This thread is unbelievable as to how much conversation it has generated." And yet..." To weigh a trailer..." LOL! Wolfie >> In article <C9OdnXeg4LfCy1LYnZ2dnUVZ_tXin...@giganews.com>, >> ignoramus18...@NOSPAM.18738.invalid says... [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > "This thread is unbelievable as to how much conversation it has > generated." Stick around if you can handle it. Not only will it get better but it will get worse. > And yet..." To weigh a trailer..." > > LOL! > > Wolfie > Stick around if you can handle it. Not only will it get better but it will > get worse. It used to be that 20% of the time it would get worse. Now it's 30% of the time that things get worse. Thats a 50% increase. >> Stick around if you can handle it. Not only will it get better but it >> will get worse. > > It used to be that 20% of the time it would get worse. Now it's 30% of > the time that things get worse. Thats a 50% increase. Maybe so, but the amount of horsepower that has been gained is unreal! >> Stick around if you can handle it. Not only will it get better but >> it will get worse. > > It used to be that 20% of the time it would get worse. Now it's 30% > of the time that things get worse. Thats a 50% increase. It's only a 10% *increase*, but that 10% increase /is/ 50% *more*. SignatureKen > >> Stick around if you can handle it. Not only will it get better but > >> it will get worse. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > -- > Ken It is not, your math is convoluted! <BG> Besides, it's a K&N and they siad it was worth 15 more hp with it's use, so it has to be correct! >>>> Stick around if you can handle it. Not only will it get better but >>>> it will get worse. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Besides, it's a K&N and they siad it was worth 15 more hp with it's > use, so it has to be correct! Oh, yeah? My NAPA 2790 BHAF filters better and flows more than any K&N. Click torque wrenches are the best. Put your tailgate UP for best fuel mileage. Amsoil. 85,000 trouble free miles on the factory lift pump and 47RE. So THERE! SignatureKen >>>>> Stick around if you can handle it. Not only will it get better but >>>>> it will get worse. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > mileage. Amsoil. 85,000 trouble free miles on the factory lift pump and > 47RE. So THERE! Ken, ya can't win with Larry. I converted him to Buddism. So he's correct all the time, never wrong. <BFG> Roy > Ken >>>>>> Stick around if you can handle it. Not only will it get better >>>>>> but it will get worse. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > correct all the time, never wrong. > <BFG> Dear *G*reat *B*uddist *F*ounding *G*rand-master Roy, I have but one question about Buddism. If a Buddist /claims/ to be wrong, is he right? SignatureKen >>>>>>> Stick around if you can handle it. Not only will it get better >>>>>>> but it will get worse. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > question about Buddism. > If a Buddist /claims/ to be wrong, is he right? That will never happen. As you should know by now, one who practice's Buddism can never be wrong. Thus that claim would be impossible. <VBG> Roy > Ken > >>>>>>> Stick around if you can handle it. Not only will it get better > >>>>>>> but it will get worse. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Buddism can never be wrong. Thus that claim would be impossible. > <VBG> Good answer SignatureIf at first you don't succeed, you're not cut out for skydiving >>I made a trailer and want to get it weighed. Went to a truck stop, but >>my trailer was too light for their scales. Any other suggestions? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > then weigh just the truck. With just the trailer on the scale and the > truck off the scale gives you trailer axle weight. I think that was my suggestion early on. Sometimes in this group we generate more heat than light. :^) Mike |
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