CAT Scale

by Richard Mondavi on 2/13/2011, 2:29 pm

Just to satisfy my curiosity I took my F250 to the local truck scale. Full tank of fuel, slider hitch in the bed, and me in the cab, total was 8160 lbs. Has anyone else weighed their truck? BTW, it cost me $9.50 to weigh it.

by Mopar_Earl on 2/13/2011, 2:33 pm

Richard Mondavi wrote:Just to satisfy my curiosity I took my F250 to the local truck scale. Full tank of fuel, slider hitch in the bed, and me in the cab, total was 8160 lbs. Has anyone else weighed their truck? BTW, it cost me $9.50 to weigh it.

Yeah, mines 7500ish, dont recall the number and scale ticket is in the truck, full tank and hitch. Will check later.

Earl

by kcnielsen on 2/13/2011, 2:44 pm

There are a free weigh scales in pull-outs on the main roads in Alberta. I've weighed my truck many times. It is 7850 lbs with fuel tank full, slider hitch in the bed and me in the cab.

by Rich5117 on 2/13/2011, 4:20 pm

Richard mine was exactly the same as yours, only thing different was I had DW in the truck.

Steering axle 4940
drive axle 3220

Also weighed with cat hooked and loaded for long trip

steering axle 5020 lbs
drive axle 5660 lbs
trailer 8420 lbs
Total 19,100 lbs

If you do the math the hitch weight is 2520 Lbs. We do not load heavy on the front, but its a lot more then the 1770 lbs forest river indicates in the brochure. Glad I have air bags !!! I also have my truck registered as a combination and can be up to 23,000 lbs with truck and trailer.

by gkeager on 2/14/2011, 2:28 am

Weighed mine "free" at a grain elevator in Ramona, SD. Four people and a half tank fuel, just a smidge over 7000 lbs. Went to 18,000 with one passenger and the CAT. Cool

by oldelmer1 on 2/14/2011, 4:17 am

I weighed mine with a full tank(35Gal), full Aux tank(50Gal)and me, and the Pullrite 20.5K super hitch.

Front axle = 5040
Rear axle = 3940

when I weighed both axles on the same scale, the truck weighed 9000#. Somewhere I gained 20 pounds.

by Admin on 2/14/2011, 6:36 am

Oldelmer the scales probably go up in 20lb increments. The wind can blow and make it go up a notch. Or It could have been that king size chocolate bar telling on ya lol!

by Sean on 2/14/2011, 8:04 am

My chevy comes in around 7500 on a good day.
I am hoping to weigh the whole outfit when I go away in 2 weeks time. there is a weighbridge on my journey home that weighs each axle individually.
Sean

by oldelmer1 on 2/14/2011, 8:05 am

Admin wrote: Or It could have been that king size chocolate bar telling on ya

Those dirty little tattle tails.... At least it wasnt an ice cream cone though(Maxtor). Laughing

by Portagie1968 on 2/14/2011, 10:10 am

Rich5117 wrote:Richard mine was exactly the same as yours, only thing different was I had DW in the truck.

Steering axle 4940
drive axle 3220

Also weighed with cat hooked and loaded for long trip

steering axle 5020 lbs
drive axle 5660 lbs
trailer 8420 lbs
Total 19,100 lbs

If you do the math the hitch weight is 2520 Lbs. We do not load heavy on the front, but its a lot more then the 1770 lbs forest river indicates in the brochure. Glad I have air bags !!! I also have my truck registered as a combination and can be up to 23,000 lbs with truck and trailer.

Then you add a generator to the mix and the hitch weight climbs. Had to change my overloads on my 2 wd sw Ford.

by Duke on 3/22/2011, 6:40 am

Here is what I have! 29RLBS , 2500 GMC crew cab duramax (2002)
(trailer contents are normal camping gear,tools, food, and clothes)
26 gal. fuel tank full.

Total weight 16820

with trailer: front axle 3880
rear axle 5020
trailer axles 7920

truck solo: front axle 3800
rear axle 3160
total 6960

trailer hitch weight 1860
trailer axles 8000
trailer total 9860

by Carpe Diem on 3/22/2011, 7:16 am

gkeager wrote:Weighed mine "free" at a grain elevator in Ramona, SD. Four people and a half tank fuel, just a smidge over 7000 lbs. Went to 18,000 with one passenger and the CAT.

Small world, I hunt just north of the town. Last time I weighed my truck it was 8100 with a full tank of gas and me in it. No hitch at the time.

by mattebury on 3/22/2011, 12:29 pm

These are my weights with the Cat hooked up

Front - 5,220
Rear - 5,520
Cat - 8,060
Total - 18,800

Without Cat (just unhooked and reweighed)

Front - 5,180
Rear - 3,980
Total - 9,160

Therefore, pin weight - 1,580

by Mopar_Earl on 3/26/2011, 4:10 pm

Found my scale ticket, I was off. Truck was 6940, not 7500ish. No people in the truck and full tank.

Earl

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