Has anyone ever had a K5 or truck weighed by corners?
I need to make some sort of weighing device and do some weighing me thinks
I need to make some sort of weighing device and do some weighing me thinks
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black dawg
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you should be able to find someone with stock car scales in your area. I cant remember what the max weight for each scale is though.
fabjunkie
1/2 ton status
If you need all 4 weights, find someone that does corner balancing for race cars, but it may cost you. If you can suffice with just front and rear go to a truck stop.
I know guys with stock car scales they will not put a truck on their scales. At least not a full size truck
I had considered similar for my truck. To get the proper rate springs you really need to know what the load is on the axle, not guess.
My truck scaled at 5000lbs years back. Got a friend that races, and the club they are in has scales, I would like to put it on them. I don't know the brand, but I would certainly want to make sure I wasn't going to exceed their weight limit.
Just checking some scales online, looks like the "low end" scales have a limit of 1500lbs per pad, while the more expensive ones start at 2200 per pad and go up to 8000+.
I would think 1500lbs would be pushing the safety margin of the scales for most of us, especially factoring in unequal weight distribution for the front.
My truck scaled at 5000lbs years back. Got a friend that races, and the club they are in has scales, I would like to put it on them. I don't know the brand, but I would certainly want to make sure I wasn't going to exceed their weight limit.
Just checking some scales online, looks like the "low end" scales have a limit of 1500lbs per pad, while the more expensive ones start at 2200 per pad and go up to 8000+.
I would think 1500lbs would be pushing the safety margin of the scales for most of us, especially factoring in unequal weight distribution for the front.
In El Paso county Colorado, they have portable truck inspection stations. I stopped one day and asked if I could get each corner weight. They were not doing anything. So they thought the idea was cool.
Longacre and a few other companies make 4-corner scales that will typically go up to 6000lbs total.
I did my truck a LONG time ago, you'd have to check the archives from 2001 - 2002 timeframe. The overall weight was remarkably close to 50/50 balance.
The scales are getting cheaper. I think you can buy a nice set for around $1200 now.
-G
I did my truck a LONG time ago, you'd have to check the archives from 2001 - 2002 timeframe. The overall weight was remarkably close to 50/50 balance.
The scales are getting cheaper. I think you can buy a nice set for around $1200 now.
-G
I got front and rear axle weights last year at a local gravel yard. The guy wasn't busy and let me on the scale for free as long as I didn't need a print-out. Getting each tire on would have been possible with their setup, as there was lots of room around the scale and no barriers. I know they are typically measuring much larger loads - I don't know what their accuracy is when you get down to 1000-1600lbs for a single tire.
Well if you had free access and a bit of time, should be pretty easy to check...weigh complete truck, then all four corners, make sure they add up.
I've seen some very large scales that were amazingly accurate (to me) even weighing a 185lb human.
I've seen some very large scales that were amazingly accurate (to me) even weighing a 185lb human.
All of us who are nuts should go in together on a set of scales and we could just ship em back and forth
That really isn't a bad idea, but with my luck they would arrive damaged & Shipping companys can be hard to deal with on that.
All of us who are nuts should go in together on a set of scales and we could just ship em back and forth
No need for this.
All you need is a $10 visit to the closest truck scale and get your axle weight.
side to side you shouldn't have much difference and you are not going to put different spring rates anyway are you?
X2, why does having at weight at each corner really matter?
cause I outweigh you guys by a lot
If I go through the trouble for this I want to know corner weights. Why? just cause
cause I outweigh you guys by a lot
If I go through the trouble for this I want to know corner weights. Why? just cause
I like this.
I'd be totally down going in a a corner scale. That's a fantastic idea
I did it to make sure I was balanced side to side. In the air it makes a difference?? And I was 300 pounds heavy to the drivers side. With me in it. So that way I can move stuff around to balance it when I am alone. Not sure if it makes a difference, but it gave me piece of mind. Maybe spent too much time road racing.
Maybe thats why I am so stuck on getting corner weights, did alot of circle track racing back in high school. Well I didn't do much racing but helped alot of guys who did.
I want the new suspension to work stellar and I realize I will probably take 6 months really dialing it in
Local elevator?
Martin
Martin
Most of them right now don't even have scale operators working there, so its a hit or miss. Summer and during harvest heck ya but the elevators aren't really busy now. I don't know anyone who does it either.
Got a buddy who just started working for a trucking company as their head mechanic going to ask him if they have scales
