Where to find scales

[The Woodieboys]

Folks, where do you find the scales that you get your MH weighed on?

We have two truck stops just down the road but both of them thought I was crazy when asking about weighing each tire to find out the true weights on each...

[The Woodieboys]

Folks, where do you find the scales that you get your MH weighed on?

We have two truck stops just down the road but both of them thought I was crazy when asking about weighing each tire to find out the true weights on each...

[laborinvainer]

I found a scale at the local Movers.

[DriVer]

The easiest scales to use and find are located all other the place on the major Interstate highways.

See the website to find a location near you.


Click on the CAT

[vicsryd]

I've never found a truck stop scale, CAT or otherwise, that allows weighing each wheel position one at a time (aka four corner weighing). Weighing in this manner is the only means to correctly determine tire inflation requirements per the manufacturer's tire tables.

I was lucky to find a local produce distributor who has their own scale which was wide open and allowed me to put down one wheel at a time. They charged me $12.

The most accurate weighing I know of is performed at rallies by the RV Safety Education Foundation (RVSEF). It cost like $50 though. You can look at their 2006 schedule and probably contact them for 2007 information to get an idea where you can intersect with them sometime.

[wa7hra]

Another option would be the State's weigh stations that are not being used. If they are unmanned you can do your own thing and weigh all four corners. It works here in Washington State.

Bob wa7hra

[FrontRangeRVer]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by vicsryd:
I've never found a truck stop scale, CAT or otherwise, that allows weighing each wheel position one at a time (aka four corner weighing). </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Me either...

[rebelsbeach]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by vicsryd:
The most accurate weighing I know of is performed at rallies by the RV Safety Education Foundation (RVSEF). It cost like $50 though. You can look at their 2006 schedule and probably contact them for 2007 information to get an idea where you can intersect with them sometime. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

We are working toward having these folks at the National Rally in Branson in July...

Just one more reason to make your plans to attend!!

[DriVer]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by FrontRangeRVer:
Me either... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Without a doubt what so ever you can get a 4 point reading on your coach which will help you make intelligent decisions about how to correct a number of issues if they present themselves.

In the meantime a CAT scale ticket will suffice to set your air pressures to a value that will be true to the measured axle weight and it should work well on a day-to-day basis except if you are grossly imbalanced.

If folks are that anal to the point where they chose to inflate their tires to 4 different pressures that's great but my method seems to work well enough for general everyday purposes.

I do weigh my coach approximately every year or so depending on whether or not I believe my profile has changed one way or another.

While you are waiting to have your coach weighed using the 4 point method, $7 bucks at a CAT scale would be money well spent until you can have RVSEF weigh your coach.

[rick_od]

Here in NJ I went to a local metal recycler. They weight trucks in and out and pay $x.x per pound for scrap metal. I pulled the front end on, then the back end, cost me $5. Yellow Pages - Metal Recycling.

[depchief]

I had a large landscape supplier in my area and used them to weight vehicles. They sold stone, mulch etc. Also check a ready mix concrete company they have scales for sales of sand etc. You might even check a land fill, asphalt supplier as the weigh vehicles in and out.

[vicsryd]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by DriVer:
In the meantime a CAT scale ticket will suffice to set your air pressures to a value that will be true to the measured axle weight and it should work well on a day-to-day basis except if you are grossly imbalanced.

If folks are that anal to the point where they chose to inflate their tires to 4 different pressures that's great but my method seems to work well enough for general everyday purposes.

</div></BLOCKQUOTE>
True a CAT scale will suffice if you have some idea of your weight distribution and add a safety margin.

The point of four corner weighing is to determine the tire pressure for all tires on a axle based on the heaviest side. The reason for this is the weight distribution changes as you go down road (i.e. side to side motion and curves).

On my rig's most recent weigh in while fully loaded (fuel, water, food, people, etc.) the right rear is 8400 pounds while the left rear is only 7800 pounds and I base the tire pressure on 8400 pounds X 2 using the dual reference. The right front is only 3600 pounds while the left front is 4500 and I base the the pressure on 4500 X 2 using the single reference.

Even though my line of heaviest weight is diagonally left front to right rear I would never put different tire pressures on different sides of the same axle (contradicts Michellin and Goodyear guidelines).

[vicsryd]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by wa7hra:
Another option would be the State's weigh stations that are not being used. If they are unmanned you can do your own thing and weigh all four corners. It works here in Washington State.

Bob wa7hra </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
When comparing I've found the Washington State scales are off varying from 10-15% o the high side.

[DriVer]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by vicsryd:
... I would never put different tire pressures on different sides of the same axle... </div></BLOCKQUOTE> ....