Thread: How much does your car weigh?

^^^rofl.

I don't think so. Weight scales are designed and calibrated to be accurate in their typical range of measurements. Your car compared to a semi truck is very, very light. It's like weighing a small light box on your bathroom scale. I would say give or take some weight from that (hard to guess how much), but I would definitely not trust it to be accurate for a car. This is on top of the fact that truck scales need only be accurate to within a few hundred pounds to begin with.

I work for a citrus processing plant in florida filling cattle feed (made from the orange peel) into rail cars and tractor trailers the 2 scales I use must be accurate within 50lbs throughout the weight range to be certified by the state, the truck scale I use goes from 500 to 200,000lbs max and the rail scale goes from 0lbs to 600,000lbs max, so as long as its a state certified scale it should be accurate
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I actually just weighed myself on the rail scale and it says I weigh 200lbs but that scale only goes up in 50lb increments, I actually weigh 170lbs

It's like the scale at the doctors office and the one in your bathroom,none tell the same,I'm a truck driver and the scales at truck stops are not as acuarate as you might think.

I am no truck driver and I really could care less to be honest...but you guys can argue about that if you want,but I asked before I paid to weigh my car,and the guy showed me the certification.IT DOES have to be accurate to within 50 lbs.In fact,it states that they guarantee the scales right on the receipt.

That being said,I trust thetruckstop scales much more than a junkyard or scrapyard,thats for sure.

If these scales are not right,So what is a accurate way to weigh the car without corner weight scales??

95 B14 DE w/ all boltons, nothing in the trunk and no rear seats with a 1/4 tank of gas 2440lbs

Make a giant beam scale.




You could strap some rope around the car and hang it from a 20 foot beam. Put the fulcrum at the 2 foot mark (closer to the car) and put a basket on the other end of the beam. Load up the basket with bags of sand or something. Once the beam levels out you can see how much weight it took. Multiply that by the mechanical advantage of the lever (18/2 = 9) and you're done. Should take about 280 lbs. of sand/whatever.

SE-L 2670 with my g/f in it. She's about 110. So add 70 to that for me in it.

Let us know how that works out for you,Ben

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