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Old 08-13-2010, 05:36 PM   #3
ZekenSpider
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If I weight the trailer on its one axle with the TM loaded and with the tow vehicle attached (and WDH adjusted), it will give me the gross trailer weight (GTW). Would this weight be the same weight at the weight on the axle?

Almost right. Yes it will give you the total weight on the TM axle (in other words, the axle weight) but it is not the GTW. Some of the GTW is carried by the TV hitch. GTW is the axle weight plus the tongue weight.

When the TV and TM are connected, there are three axles carrying the total load(unless you buy a model 3326 which has two axles of it's own).

Go to a truck scale and pull thru the scale until only the TM axle is on the scale. That weight will be the weight on the TM axle(or axle weight). It will be composed of the TM weight not born by the hitch and the added weight forced onto the axle by the WDH.

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