how to center tractor on trailer

[Builder]

I would take the tractor and trailer to the scales and get an axle weight on every axle then post back with that so that we can crunch the numbers. Don't forget to get the tongue weight on the unladen trailer. Otherwise everything is just a WAG, not even a SWAG.

If you backed on and dragged your cutter on behind with the FEL bucket above it, you should be able to fit it and get the balance right. Or just put the FEL above the tongue like someone else said, it's wasted space anyways.

There is no substitute for 20 bucks of scale time and some simple high school physics to get it right though.

Absolutely correct. I've also found that info to be quite useful when you do get pulled over because if the scale is registered "scale of weights & measures" in your state, it can be used to prove your case to DOT. I keep mine in my glove compartment.

That's what I do for my trucks and the information is priceless. I found my GMC 3500 weighed 8,100lbs with utility body & tools and the rear axle weight was 4,200lbs.

With that info, I would be more likely to exceed my trucks' GVWR of 9,900lbs before I exceed my rear axle weight of 6,500lbs.

Information is power, proof is even more power. My local scale charges $10. I think that's a bargain. It will teach you more about your trucks' suspension and what you "have left" in capacity on each axle.

 

[archerm3]

Why would he need to scale it?

The OP has way more than enough truck to handle that tractor.

It isn't about the truck, it's about the balance of the trailer and getting an accurate, appropriate tongue weight with the loaded trailer. Or you can half *** it. either way.

Knowlegde is power. Guessing is....well, IDK what guessing is exactly but it probably leads to letting a good deal on a workable trailer slip by or buying a trailer that doesn't work.