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Mr B2


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Is there any where in Victoria that you can get corner weighing on a Coach,

Thats weighing the four corners of the Coach Individually, The four wheels,

I have taken out the 150 Gallon Propane Gas tank, and replaced it with a Carrrier Frame and five Swap and Go,  Gas bottles,

Sheeted the lot in 3 mm Steel Plate,

I have taken out the 6.5 KVA Generator,

Thats getting up towards the 2 ton mark, Thats been removed, It sits the Coach up in the air, And makes for bouncy steering,

Genny is being replaced with Solar Panels, And a Battery Bank, X 4 Batterys, That should go close to replacing the missing Gennys weight,

When its finished, All my alterations, Etc, I need to weigh it on the corners separately, So I can balance out the whole Coach, 

If its not Balanced out evenly, It will steer Badly, Wear tyres excessively, And be a real PITA to drive,

I have a weight problem, Lack of it in the right spots, At the front of the Coach,

I may even have to put a thick sheet of steel plate in,  to bring the front end down,

Solar Panels to the front of the Coach, On roof,  may be enough weight to level it all out,

I hate Guessing,

And I do want the wheels to be carrying the same weight on both sides of the Coach,

And sitting level from front to back, Like its supposed to be, Hahahahaha

 

 

 



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Hi Brian,

the only way I can see you getting that type of weighing will be with portable scales like the mobile scalies use.

they get you to drive up on to a scale under each wheel.

if you could find someone with a set you might get an opportunity to use them but I have no idea where to look.

some councils have rangers that do vehicle weights on local roads you might have some success there.

frank



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I like mud map's to look at an issue..

All the weight's removed came with in the foot print of the Bus..

the Question is HOW much weight is hanging behind the Rear wheel's..

in a lever/fulcrum situation the Gen-set balanced the weight at the rear of the Bus.. Is there any way that you can fix the in-balance of the weight sharing..

I personally don't know what you have to the rear of the bus.. if the front is bounce that is the issue..

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Maybe you need to Put some weight back in the front where the Gen-set was located..??

You would need a huge battery bank to replace the missing weight of the Gen-set..

 

I can't see it being a matter of stiffing[Air-bag] the rear suspension, I could actually see that as being an aggravation of the bounce issue if you have a fair bit of weight hanging behind the rear wheel's..

 

So the question is what is hanging of the rear of the bus..?

 

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SnowT wrote:

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I like mud map's to look at an issue..

All the weight's removed came with in the foot print of the Bus..

the Question is HOW much weight is hanging behind the Rear wheel's..

in a lever/fulcrum situation the Gen-set balanced the weight at the rear of the Bus.. Is there any way that you can fix the in-balance of the weight sharing..

I personally don't know what you have to the rear of the bus.. if the front is bounce that is the issue..

--> NUTTY Comment <<

Maybe you need to Put some weight back in the front where the Gen-set was located..??

You would need a huge battery bank to replace the missing weight of the Gen-set..

 

I can't see it being a matter of stiffing[Air-bag] the rear suspension, I could actually see that as being an aggravation of the bounce issue if you have a fair bit of weight hanging behind the rear wheel's..

 

So the question is what is hanging of the rear of the bus..?

 

Juergen

 

I like mud maps and touching the bits as well, No mistakes in the translation then, hahahaha

 

The centre of the Gas tank is about the middle of the axles, Further forward than on your map,

The Gen set is in the right position, In your map, 

Now, existing Batterys are in the Middle of the axles, Other side of Coach, Genny side,

They can go in the Genny Hole along with two more, They should fit, Just,

The Genny base and door came out with the Genny, So thats a bit of weight I dont have to find,

4 X Batterys, should just about be the same weight as the Genny, Approx, They are very big batterys, 400 Amp hours,

From the rear axle back, Approx, 6 ton, 11 ton gross O/A,  about 9 ton Gross at the moment, with all stuff the removed, and empty tanks,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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Weigh bridge at recyclers weigh one wheel at a time or public weigh bridge ?

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Public weigh bridges do the whole Coach at once, Thats how I got the 9 ton, Hahaha

Recyclers or the Council Rangers might be the go,

Thanks Peeps,



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I have seen scales in tool rental companies

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Aus-Kiwi wrote:

I have seen scales in tool rental companies

 That might be the go Thanks,

 



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