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A printable pack is in preparation: a pre-trip inspection checklist, a weighing worksheet you can fill in at the scale, and a hitch setup card for the glovebox. It is not finished, so there is nothing to buy here yet and we are not going to pretend otherwise.
Everything genuinely useful on this site is free and already published. If you came here looking for something to work through, start with these:
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Every calculator on this site asks for a weighed figure. These are the instruments that turn the guess into a measurement, and they are the highest value purchase most towing owners can make.
Two gauges on one scale body, so a 400 lb tongue weight can be read on the 2,000 lb gauge where the resolution is useful rather than squinted at on the 5,000 lb one.
Best for: Somebody weighing both a light trailer and a heavy one.
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Reads in both pounds and kilograms on one gauge, at 5,000 lb capacity.
Best for: Pin weight, with a metric reading for anybody who wants it.
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Sherline is the scale the towing community actually uses, and a 1,000 lb capacity covers most travel trailers. Hydraulic, with no batteries to be dead when you need it.
Best for: A trailer whose tongue weight is under 1,000 lb.
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Both ladders, conventional travel trailer and fifth wheel, at beginner, intermediate and expert budgets, every item priced and linked with a running total, plus the printable pack when it is ready.
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