Tire Shopping

[John]

Jon,

Try to find a truck stop that has a split scale, similar to the Cat
Scale System, you can go to their web site and see if there is one
close to you;

http://www.catscale.com/

While you are at their site, you can see how to weigh your 'Bird, by
clicking on HOW TO WEIGH, or for FC and SP model 'Birds, just click
on;

http://www.catscale.com/personalmoves.shtml#STAMV

If some one is weighing a PT model go to;

http://www.catscale.com/howtoweigh.shtml#STA

Those weighing PT models will have to do this;

Drive onto the scale so that your Steer axle is positioned on
platform 1, your Drive axle on platform 2 and your Tag axle on
platform 3. The wheelbase of the PT models should be long enough, so
that the drive axle is at the end of platform 2 and the tag axle will
be at the front of platform 3.

It is easier if you have someone to help you get all of the axles on
the appropriate platform of the split scale.

After you have the total individual axle weights, pull off of the
scale and drive back around and get back up on the scale again, but
this time, pull to the right, or the left just enough to get one side
s tires completely off of the scale and the other side on the scale
in the same position that you were the first time you weighed, then
tell the scale operator that this is a re-weigh, it should cost less
for the re-weigh.

When you get the final scale ticket, the weights that are on the re-
weigh will be the weight for those tires on that axle that were on
the scale for the re-weigh, now subtract the re-weigh weights in each
position from the original weight of the full axle and that will be
your tire position weights, for the side that was not on the scale.

Some scales have a guard rail next to the platform scales and you
will not be able to pull off to one side.

If you are close to an Oregon State scale, in a Ste operated weigh
station and it is closed, you can still use the scale to weigh
your 'Bird, as their scales are active most of the time and they have
a weighed results readout, on an over head sign that you can plainly
see, at least that was the way they operated two years ago.


"REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 11, 2001"
John Finn
'82 35FCRB
BLUEBIRD WANDERLODGE
TO VISIT THE "FINN'S INN EXPRESS" REMODELING ADVENTURE
GO TO;
http://www.pbase.com/image/24977457
'66 SUPERIOR / IH 392 GAS V8 32' PUSHER "FOR SALE"
SEE THE OLD COACH AT:
http://www.pbase.com/image/26052733
HOPKINS, SOUTH CAROLINA

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--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, jon lechich
wrote:
> Ok this may sound stupid but do you weigh each axel one at a time
or do you do the frount two axils on a scale and them the back ones
together? Jon
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> DAY8293A@C... wrote:I GUESS I NEED TO FIND SOME SCALES AND WEIGH MY
COACH AXLES!!!!
> THANKS FOR THE INFO,,, DAY JAX FLA 83 PT-40
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