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Originally Posted by MarkoPolo
Sunbeam Bathroom Scale..$7.90 Walmart, 2"X6"X8' Board..$6.97 Lowe's..Knowing your true tongue weight..Priceless 
Thanks to a e-mailed diagram from Bill, I was able to find my tongue weight at home, without having to hitch up and go to a scale.
Mark |
Mark -
Glad to hear you did it, found it valuable, and relatively easy to do. For anyone else who wants to try it, I've put the diagram in my Tech Album at
http://www.trailmanorowners.com/foru...&pictureid=861
But your pictures really tell a better story. By the way, my diagram suggests using a length of 2x4. It looks like you used 2x6, and it is still a little bendy, so your choice was better than mine. Thanks for showing that.
The weight of the brick (maybe 5 pounds?) really ought to be subtracted, but accounting for 5 pounds out of 500 really doesn't change much. And yes, the setup in the diagram measures only tongue weight, not any of the other equally-important weights associated with a TM.
Bill