Thank you all for great ideas. Not sure if we'll buy the one
for around $100, make a "H" or tripod, offset with weights
on the back end, or just rent some from a scale company.
But in any case, all great ideas. Thanks!

More detail: Boat + trailer will be about 5000 to 5500 lbs.
We're planning hard to get the boat as low as possible -
without anything hanging too low to the ground. Looks like
the transom will be 28" off the ground. That's because there
is a prop guard that hangs another 18" below that ... leaving
2" clearence to the "cow catcher" that protects everything,
we're 8" off the ground. Don't think I want to go any lower
than that.

Yep, it's a tandem.

We're thinking 400 lbs tongue, so a little less than 10%
tongue. Tires are 14" radials.

Gary

PS: Al Sharpton on Saturday Night Live tonight...that should
be funny no matter what your political bent.




"Gary Warner" wrote in message
...

We're building our trailer and are in the process of deciding
where to place the axels so that the tongue weight comes out
to 400 to 500 lbs. Our bathroom scale only goes to 200 lbs
or so. And we can't move the trailer & boat to go use the
truck scales at the local yards. Looking online, scales that
go to 500lbs are $600 or so.

So, any ideas on how we can do this measure and/or where to
find (buy or rent) scales without spending too much $$$?

Thanks,
Gary