George, we did all of those weighings and a couple more that we threw out. No one was ever at the scales when we were but we went off to remove the WDH for another
weighing.
The 19'
Escape was fully loaded for travel. 3060 lbs. I added the
axle weights for the TV without the WDH and subtracted the weight of the unhitched TV to get a tongue weight of 440 lbs. So 3500 total. The TV weight was just over 5000 and since we have a 6300 GVWR, that leaves us more capacity for additional items than the trailer does. I would like to get a couple of portable
solar panels and will probably just put them in the TV. No reason to have them in the trailer anyway.
Jim, we do use the Sherline by placing it up in the coupler but we were on such an unlevel site that our number was way off at 362. I had measured the height at which we were hooked up but then found that I came up with a different measurement later for it. Very inaccurate when on gravel or dirt and also a slope. We will have to do the Sherline
weighing again to see if we come close to the 440, which I assume is correct. I would like 11-12% on the tongue, don't know why except that I often see 10-12 or 10-11 and 440 is above that. We are taking some items out of the front box which has the batteries. Don't know what those batteries weigh but I know it is plenty, two 6Vs.
The weighing was very easy as we just lined up the axles on the first three scales, no moving of anything to get the three weights. Front and rear TV axles and trailer axles. Went to Love's, formerly Flying J.
We also had changed the chain links after measuring at the wheel wells with and without a WDH. The weights showed that the WDH was working with 280 lbs going from the TV rear axle to the trailer (100) and to the TV front axle (180).
Thank you for your suggestions, Daniel, Jane, Steve and all. It is good to get that checked out and see that everything is within the capacities and basically where expected.