Paul,
Your scale is probably as accurate as the Sherline, you have no real
need to replace it.
<<Jim>>
Paul Farley wrote:
>
> Jim,
> I guess it would be easy enough to put a dowel in the tongue socket and lower that
> down into the scale receiver to get the actual wt at the ball. Then from that
> measurement figure the fudge factor. This is an older scale calibrated in 50lb
> increments barely used and my guess is the newer scale suggested by you and Wayne
> would be more accurate. This one will do until I can get the other. Trailer
> seems to tow fine and these measurements were a double check of what I suspected was
> an "acceptable" ratio.
> Thanks Again, Paul
> Jim Dunmyer wrote:
>
> > Paul,
> > The instructions with the Sherline suggested weighing the tounge at the
> > ball, then at the jack and compare the 2. You'll then know what fudge
> > factor to use; it's not necessary to go to a whole bunch of trouble to
> > get EXACT measurements, just in the ballpark.
> >
> > Personal experience: I have a tandem axle flatbed trailer that I almost
> > never use. Last year, I dragged it out of the weeds and took it about 8
> > miles to the site of an auction where I had bought some metal racks. I
> > don't imagine that the total weight of the racks was much over 1000#,
> > and we just pushed 'em onto the rear of the trailer. The first set was
> > about centered over the axles, the others were behind. On the way home,
> > that trailer wanted to take off if I exceeded about 30MPH, so I took it
> > REAL easy.
> >
> > Last W/E, I used that same trailer to haul a load over 30 miles, but I
> > was reasonably careful to get some weight up front. Had it up to 50 a
> > couple of times and there was no evidence of sway.
> >
> > http://www.sherline.com/lm.htm takes you to Sherline's Web Site, right
> > to the Scale page. They have links on that page to "horror stories", and
> > a "towing guide". It's all good reading.
> >
> > <<Jim>>
> >
> > Paul Farley wrote:
> > >
> > > Jim,
> > > Thank you for your help, it's always appreciated. I recently weighed (public
> > > scale)a trailer I've been working on to get the actual weight. I then
> > > weighed the "tongue wt" at the crank jack as per the tongue scale
> > > instructions. I'm sure at the ball is a more accurate measurement but the
> > > instructions with the scale I own have you lowering the tongue jack into this
> > > spring backed cylinder with an incremental reading on the side of the cylinder
> > > being the "tongue wt". Hopefully it is close enough. The tongue ball is
> > > another foot away and I guess would read a slightly different wt.
> > > Paul #2580
> > > Jim Dunmyer wrote:
> > >
> >
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