Weighbridge Operation

Hi Peter

I don't know how to work out tow ball weight, but I had to get the dualcab weighed and I went to a weighbridge in Bendigo it was at Barastoc, I just drove up, went into the office paid my money [$12] I think, and the woman gave me a ticket with the weight on it, and that was it couldn't be easier.

Not sure if there's one in Ballarat, but bound to be I'd reckon.

Lyn

Peter,
I just put wound the jockey wheel on to a set of b/room scales [ on concrete] unhitched it & that gave me my towball weight , close enough anyway,& DONT let the missus see. But when u take it to the weighbridge they can give u the weight anyway,just do the truck, hitch the van & put the truck [only] backon the scales,mine was only a few kgs. diff. than the bathroom jobby,remember the towball weight has got be no more than 10percent of the total van weight [I think] .Hope this helps...
Phil

Peter I am just north of Bendigo and have a weighbridge for our business and we do many weighs for freinds with vans ect. We normally put the car only on the bridge with the van on and loaded. say it weighs 2300 kgs. we then unhook the van and jack it up clear of the ball pull and make sure the jack is off the bridge and on the approach. the weight will say be 2150 kgs that will indicate that you have a down weight on the vehicle of 150 Kgs. you can do these weigh in various ways to see what each axle is weighing. feel free to use our w/bridge. we do not charge for these weighs for like minded people. Give me a hoy if you want to drive up to Huntly. Web have a fertiliser business.

Peter W
All i do is drive onto weighbridge and clear wheels of tow vehicle off bridge and onto apron, check weight then wind down jockey wheel to clear van off vehicle, the differance between to weights is ball weight. Needs to be about 10% of total weight.
Cheers
Charlie