rb92673 wrote:TheEngineer wrote:rb92673 wrote:Where/how do you weigh your car?
There's a few ways.
1. find a friend with car scales and give them beer
2. some tracks have a scale, especially ones that host large events like nascar (but they don't always let you use them)
3. If your local town dump has a scale for measuring how much crap you're bringing in you can go through with the empty trailer, then with the car loaded, and do math (call them and ask first, try not to do it on the busy saturday morning).
Thanks.
Does anyone know of a track on the west coast that has a scale for use? Buttonwillow, Sonoma, Thunderhill?
Where I am, the local scrap yards charge $10 and will give you up to 3 weights. I commonly find the center point of the wheel base and mark it. So when i pull on the scale, Ill put the mark in the gap of the scale to get my front weight, then pull on fully and get over all weight, then when getting of the scale, put the mark in the gap again, and get the rear weight. I have done a few cars this way, and the most I have been off when adding the front and rear then looking at the over all is 40lbs
Also, check your local truck stops, they will weigh you for a fee