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Colin,

Your choice of course, if you would rather not use this method, but how are you going to bugger up your good bathroom scales ?

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Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:26 pm
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allwise wrote:
thanks colin

I know that the weigh bridge will tell me my ball weight and I have had the van and ball weight done whilst empty. Once we load it up. I will get the van weight done again; it cost $27.50 each time I get the weights done. I think you all need to know that weights can change, as such so do ball weights, a simple mistake of forgetting were things should be can end up a costly experience. And I can assure you all as a past paramedic, and a long hall trucker, I have seen many roll overs in my years, and have come to understand how things can go wrong when you least expect it. So for a mere couple of hundred bucks, could save me thousands in the long run, not to mention our lives


We loaded ours up when we first got it and had the max amount in it.

Weighed it and it was all Ok so

Since then we have always loaded same stuff in same place ALWAYS
and it tows fine

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Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:32 pm
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Post Re Towing Load Indicator
Hi there,

Below is a statement on the Towing Load Indicator web site:-

Coloured indications on the gauge are a guide only and the Kg readings on the gauge may vary due to operating conditions and should only be used as a guide. Please refer to the towing vehicle owners manual for the correct tow bar load ratings. Photo's are for illustration purposes only, both 250Kg and 400Kg versions depicted

But by how much will the Kg readings vary?

May I suggest that you draw your own conclusions on this product from the above statement.

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Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:46 am
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Very good point Tar Trekka, that's why I wanted to see a demo. At the rally, there was a vanner, who had a hydralic jack with a pressure gauge attached. Unfortunately, the gauge was small and the calibrations hard to read.

Lance, our bathroom scales are the domain of SWMBO and some things like that are sacrosanct!!!!!

Cheers Colin.


Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:11 pm
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Post Re Hydraulic Jack With Gauge
Hi Bluecruiser,

The jack you mention is probably a Maytow.

I have used one & as an old Instrument Techo, all I can say is that in my opinion, it should also be used as a guide only.

Unless you have axcess to a proper set of portable scales as used by the RTA, there is probably no substitute for a weighbridge.

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