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    Tongue weight

    What is the easiest way to find out the tongue weight on a trailer?
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    2 bathroom scales with a 2x10 across both of them. Put the coupler on a 16 inch 2x4 resting on the middle of the 2x10... Add the weight of both scales.

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    You mean the current weight or how to figure what tongue weight should be?

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    Current weight. The bathroom scale idea sounds easy. Thanks.
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    My way was when I was weighing my whole operation at a truck scale. Weighing just the tires of the trailer while hooked up to the truck and off the scale compared to just unhooking the entire trailer while it was on the scale. 4480-4100=380 tongue weight
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