Tire pressure on the road

[dcasr]

Originally Posted by switz

... I used my two sets of four individual wheel weight scales to ascertain the actual weights by location on the trailer......

Switz, tell us a little more about the individual wheel weight scales. Where did you get them? How expensive are they? How exactly do you use them, do you jack up one wheel at a time and put the scale under the tires one side and then the other? If you have four of them you must have all four deployed at once.

I have a tongue weight scale that works great, but this is the first I have heard about individual wheel scales, so tell us everything about them. Thanks +dcasr

[switz]

As mentioned in the first sentence in my post, the trailer was not connected to the tow vehicle. Those numbers reflect it just parked on a level surface all by itself.

The scales are the 5,000 pound model per scale with one pound increments in the read out. One needs to contact those folks to see if they still make that version and acquire about current pricing. I have two sets of four scales and each set has it's own control head and printout capability.

http://www.scaleline.com/pww-13k.htm

[dcasr]

Originally Posted by switz

...The scales are the 5,000 pound model per scale with one pound increments in the read out. One needs to contact those folks to see if they still make that version and acquire about current pricing. I have two sets of four scales and each set has it's own control head and printout capability.http://www.scaleline.com/pww-13k.htm

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Thanks. You are most fortunate to have those, but they are going to be too pricey for me unless I stumble across a suitcase full of money. If I was working in an industry where I could write them off as a business expense, maybe, but at my age and in retirement, probably not.

Anyway, what you did in weighing each tire unhooked has to be the gold standard for getting an exact picture of what each tire has to deal with.

+dcasr

[Tireman9]

It is possible to get individual tire weights using standard truck platform scales Here is worksheet and instructions.
Possible locations

Note that many CAT scales do not allow one side weighing so you may find local feed mill or gravel pit a better option.

The example above is of a reasonably well balanced RV. Few are split 50/50 and some can be as bad as 45/55 between axles and even side to side. The closer you are to GAWR when you get just full axle scale reading the more important it is to get individual side weights.