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05-15-2007, 04:06 AM   #1 (permalink)
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How does everyone here weigh thier vehicle. What is the BEST way? Im thinking truck stop scales or junkyards. I dunno. I wanna way the Gal while it is still factory before I change anything.
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05-15-2007, 04:57 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Gravel pit, Cement plant.
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05-15-2007, 05:29 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Try a UPS/FEDEX depot, feedstores, shipping company. Or just start calling them and they'll tell you where they go. Also call some race shops and ask them for your area.
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05-15-2007, 06:41 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Scrap iron salvage yard, most have big digital readouts.
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05-15-2007, 07:35 AM   #5 (permalink)
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We use 4 corner scales. The initial cost is more, but the overall usage is nice. You'll find a million uses for them when setting up the car...and knowing your percentages will just make you that much more aware of how and why your vehicle does what it does =).

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05-15-2007, 08:57 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Local recycling place or land fill. I was there getting rid of some junk and they want you to wiegh the vehicle before and after so I asked after to find out.
Back home in Oregon there was a scale the log trucks used right along the highway. Nobody manned it very often but you could drive up on it and look in the window to see the weight.

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05-15-2007, 04:28 PM   #7 (permalink)
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V8shadow, if your in Indianapolis I can get your car weighed.
Let me know.
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05-15-2007, 05:06 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I use a bathroom scale with a 10ft 2x4, then park the wheel on the 1ft mark and multiply the scale reading by 10... do it once for each tire.









JOKING!!! I just drive to the nearby weight station on the highway, or last time I took my pickup to the dump they weigh you on the way in and out, so I just asked the operator. I'm sure they're within at least 100-200lbs (that would be 1-2% on a 10,000lb load) that's close enough for most anyone...
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05-15-2007, 05:40 PM   #9 (permalink)
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On 2007-05-15 16:06, Motorhead wrote:
I use a bathroom scale with a 10ft 2x4, then park the wheel on the 1ft mark and multiply the scale reading by 10... do it once for each tire.









JOKING!!! I just drive to the nearby weight station on the highway, or last time I took my pickup to the dump they weigh you on the way in and out, so I just asked the operator. I'm sure they're within at least 100-200lbs (that would be 1-2% on a 10,000lb load) that's close enough for most anyone...

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That margin of error will be on the plus side. So keep that in mind.
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05-15-2007, 06:37 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Rebco race weigh 4 corner scales
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