On board vehicle weighing systems

[rick k]

I have thought about putting a little wheel on the towbar to stop some of the sparks

 

Is that not what the jockey wheel on the chipper is for

[SamWhiting12]

Had a reply from one company and even the cheapest system will still cost an arm and a leg to buy.

 

Ive found a few weigh bridges around us so Ill just us them instead.

[Craig.]

Get your maximum legal weight on the van checked on weight bridge, with the load evenly distributed or where it needs to be to get the axle weights right, and measure down from mud flats, or tow bar, or any fixed point on body work, front and back and you`ll have a rough reference point to repeat a maximum load.

[Jay]

I havent had chance to try it yet but we are planning to put a pressure guage on the hydro tipper. Put 1 ton in the back tip it up a bit and read the pressure! the theory should work and I know of people who had done similar on agri trailers. In practice it will probably be inaccurate!

[gensetsteve]

I havent had chance to try it yet but we are planning to put a pressure guage on the hydro tipper. Put 1 ton in the back tip it up a bit and read the pressure! the theory should work and I know of people who had done similar on agri trailers. In practice it will probably be inaccurate!

 

Never even thought of doing that. You could try tilting when empty and when full to get some sort of calibration. The other thing to do would be measure the height of the body from the ground when legally loaded and not exceed that.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

My method is to listen to the hydraulic pump when tipping at the tip site.

 

If it sounds like a woman squeezing out a really massive poo, I know the truck is overloaded!

[Shane]

My method is to listen to the hydraulic pump when tipping at the tip site.

 

If it sounds like a woman squeezing out a really massive poo, I know the truck is overloaded!

 

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