Need to know if the weight is right?

[lando51]

Am i reading the Cat scale weight the right way?

My truck is a Chevrolet Colorado Z71 Diesel,Payload 1410,towing capacity 7600

Weight without the Trailer

Steer Axle 2900
Drive Axle 2180
Trailer Axle 00
Gross Weight 5080

Weight with the Trailer

Steer Axle 2800
Driver Axle 2980
TrailerAxle 4140
Gross Weight 9920

The way iam reading
Trailer 4840 lb,Tongue weight 700 lb,do I need to adjust the WDH?

[Old-Biscuit]

Trailer total weight is 5540 (4840 axles+700 tongue)
700 tongue is almost 13% tongue ratio of the 5540# trailer weight

Good to go....

[lando51]

Originally Posted by Old-Biscuit

Trailer total weight is 5540 (4840 axles+700 tongue)
700 tongue is almost 13% tongue ratio of the 5540# trailer weight

Good to go....

Trailer Axle is 4140+700 tongue weight total 4840,that is the way iam reading

[xrated]

Truck total weight without trailer....5080 lbs

Truck total weight with trailer hooked up...5780 lbs

The difference between those two numbers equals hitch weight of...700 lbs

Trailer axle weight....4140 lbs

Trailer tongue weight...700 lbs

Trailer total weight....4840 lbs.

You did good as long as you don't go over your truck's payload numbers by adding a bunch more stuff in the bed of the truck....or the very front of the trailer.

[JaycoBm]

Originally Posted by lando51

Am i reading the Cat scale weight the right way?

My truck is a Chevrolet Colorado Z71 Diesel,Payload 1410,towing capacity 7600

Weight without the Trailer

Steer Axle 2900
Drive Axle 2180
Trailer Axle 00
Gross Weight 5080

Weight with the Trailer

Steer Axle 2800
Driver Axle 2980
TrailerAxle 4140
Gross Weight 9920

The way iam reading
Trailer 4840 lb,Tongue weight 700 lb,do I need to adjust the WDH?

Correct, total trailer weight is 4840. I would adjust the WDH a bit tighter to get the TV front axle back to the original weight. 100 lbs lighter isn’t bad though.

[lando51]

Thanks,i think iam good for now

[Tomahawk]

You are probably fine but...
You should hit the scale with and without the WDH connected. The WDH moves weight from the drive axle to both the front axle and trailer axle. To get a good reading of the tongue weight you have to remove the WDH. If you do that you will find the TW even higher. The 4840 Trailer weight is correct but when the WDH is removed the 4140 axle weight is going to go down which means the TW is going to go up since the trailer still weighs 4840.