I've had mine for about a month...it's awesome! I reloaded my trailer and now I'm dialed in perfectly!

This is a GREAT video!! I bought a different brand tongue scale for my trailer this spring because I just wanted peace of mind for my truck payload. Ok so Grand Design advertises my hitch weight on our Imagine 2600RB at 594#’s. Fully loaded and ready to roll, my hitch weight is only 740#’s. That’s maybe 150 less than I expected. I’m thrilled, and the tongue scale is one of the best tools I’ve ever purchased for my RV. 😁

Yes; I was shocked when I weighted my loaded hitch on a State scale. I also weighed each axel as well. I had done everything several times but had never disconnected the trailer and placed just the jack stand on the scale. I had weighed the back axle of the truck loaded & empty as well just to confirm. Factory indicated 650#, mine was 1100# with full propane and batteries and trailer loaded.

@Masterchief68

2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

Yup. For our trailer advertised hitch weight is 920#. Depending on how it’s loaded, I’ve seen it as heavy as 1280#. Big difference.

Great video! This looks super helpful!

I like that simple.

Seems like a great product that I'll seriously consider buying. Btw: We are digging the new intro.

@WanderingWeekends

2 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks!!

Doesn't look like we could use it with the Propride😔 But appreciate another short and to the point product review. We scaled ours and the hitch weight was an eye opener. This product can really be useful to folks in understanding the effect on the tow vehicle's payload. Now just need a reasonably priced set of scales for individual tires.

Love your videos, have learned a lot from you!

@WanderingWeekends

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you’re here!!

Ordered it, came in in a couple of days, 2800bh dry around 800lbs, thanks for the tip and the discount!

@WanderingWeekends

2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff!!

I just order one. Thanks

Also, a bumper hitch has a maximum weight limit, which is less than the payload.

Hi Cory I added a second battery my empty weight was 1020 probably closer to 1100 1150 with propane thanks 😊

I just came to the comments to see if anyone had mentioned the thumbnail looking like Ricky Gervais 🤣

@WanderingWeekends

2 жыл бұрын

lol... hmmm...

Wundered how much it was, apparently so did others:). I saw it in your comments, lol.

@WanderingWeekends

2 жыл бұрын

She’s heavy. Haha

Ive been shifting wt to back trying to reduce tw, and while tongue was on the scale my wife climbed in the back door and tw did not change at all!! Ive always treated the point between the axles as the fulcrum, but suspension is apparently much too stiff for load shifts to have a see saw effect. I can retract my tongue jack off the ground but the tongue will not touch the ground. The 2 axle suspension wont flex that much. Very surprising.

@tristanwwsd

Жыл бұрын

How much does your wife weigh?

This is an interesting topic. I have a heavy travel trailer (24k) with 2,700 pound tongue weight. As things change with what we carry I would like to have a tool like this but I’ve not found one with that high of capacity. The search continues……

@WanderingWeekends

2 жыл бұрын

Whoa! That is a heavy trailer! Custom I assume?

@22howards

2 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingWeekends , yes sir New Horizons majestic

With my trailer level it doesn’t fit under the tounge .. I have to raise it a bit to fit it..

Did the bathroom scale trick last week because my pressure gauge scale was giving readings that didnt make sense. Had to order new gauge, mine read 150 with no load. They are aparently fragile.

@rockymtnhighadventures

2 жыл бұрын

@Jim Collins what pressure gauge scale are you using?

@jimcollins8097

2 жыл бұрын

@@rockymtnhighadventures Sherline

I wonder if you could use this on a fifth wheel with some sort of adapter to get it high enough?

@WanderingWeekends

2 жыл бұрын

Probably wouldn't be useful for a 5th... only goes to 2100lbs

@Masterchief68

2 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingWeekends there are a lot of 5ths under 30 feet and pin weights under 2100 pounds. Would be nice to know if this or a derivative of this could be used for those?

How does it compare to the weigh safe hitch?

@WanderingWeekends

2 жыл бұрын

Weigh Safe has been accurate as well.

Just curious, now that it’s August, what was the tongue weight for the trailer? Was the trailer empty or loaded for camping? BTW I really enjoy your KZread channel.

@WanderingWeekends

2 жыл бұрын

TW is 1250 camping ready. She’s a heavy girl.

@Sandro.L66

2 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingWeekends Thanks! Wow, that’s a heavy one… I see a HD truck in my future.

@mikemiller8170

5 ай бұрын

@@WanderingWeekends Your point is very well taken considering GD's published dry tongue weight is 604 lbs. Yikes.

What’s the scale over all length? OAL my trailer is level at 22”

@WanderingWeekends

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I’m not sure of it length though. Regardless it’ll work with your coupler height.

@tristanwwsd

Жыл бұрын

Amazon poster said 20 inches.

Interesting to know but once a weight distribution hitch is used that hitch weight gets distributed a bit. Magic of physics 🤷‍♂️.

@WanderingWeekends

2 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind most WDHs are sold based on hitch weight.

@forester057

2 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingWeekends Got it thanks!

@albertselker9278

27 күн бұрын

@@WanderingWeekends Is there any "rule of thumb" as to how much weight comes off the tongue and on to the RV when using a WDH? I.E, in general 10% of the hitch weight comes off the ball and goes back to the RV? THANKS!

Quite the price increase since July.....

@WanderingWeekends

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow… 😣 Just like everything else I guess.

says it is spring operated in the add

@WanderingWeekends

2 жыл бұрын

Yep… exactly why I added the words to the vid…

Funny how often saying "it goes without saying" is necessary... just sayin'...

The actual review of the product was just you saying yeah, it's accurate. Is the tongue weight of your trailer some government secret that must be protected? Useless review for my purpose, which is to find a similar trailer to mine and see what the weight roughly is so I can buy the right scale.

@WanderingWeekends

Жыл бұрын

At the time I was under an NDA with this trailer. I don’t like being sued, do you? It’s an accurate scale. Pretty simple. What else is there to say? Well built and accurate. The end.