4570Man
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- Joined
- Apr 7, 2015
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- Crossville, TN
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- Kubota M59, Kubota L3800, Grasshopper 428D, Topkick dump truck, 3500 dump truck, 10 ton trailer, more lighter trailers.
It’s not awkward with a tongue weight scale and they cost under $200. I have one and I can dial in my weight perfect. No screwing around with bathroom scales.
I’d like to see the average joe come up with an accurate weight doing that method. It’s stupid and a recipe for disaster IMO. It is possible to do right but go look at another thread on here if you think people are even remotely smart enough to do that. Heck I know adults that can’t figure the area of a rectangle. At least go to a real scale if you want to cut your loading that close. Even if you are capable of doing the bathroom scale method you are still assuming the scale is accurate which it probably isn’t and you’re using the jack weight which is more than the hitch weight.