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locost scales to weigh your car and more
02GF74 - 19/1/07 at 01:45 PM

read all about it here:
http://forums.lr4x4.com/index.php?showtopic=9873


westcost1 - 19/1/07 at 02:05 PM

now thats a good idea!


BenB - 19/1/07 at 02:21 PM

For a Locost what's wrong with four of

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????

Max total 600kg should be alright for most Locosts shouldn't it unless you've got some horrendous front:rear split but then you should probably sort that out rather than doing corner weights!!!


Peteff - 19/1/07 at 03:00 PM

Digital scales are crap, cheap ones anyway. My mate bought some when he went on a diet and celebrated when he got down to 13 stone. I weighed myself on them and I was 8.5 stone, that made them just 2 stone out.


David Jenkins - 19/1/07 at 03:01 PM

Don't fancy rolling my car onto scales with a glass top, tempered or not!


procomp - 19/1/07 at 03:05 PM

Hi but to corner weight a locost weight car you are looking for 2kg here and 2kg there.

You won't get the acuracy with that method for this weight of car.

cheers matt


mark chandler - 19/1/07 at 05:13 PM

Surely you also need to know the car is level, jacking a wheel off the ground maybe okay on a LR. For us 1mm may make a differnce of 5kg.

Cheap scales should be okay though as its not weight you are interested in but balance. You just need to load each scale with 125kg and make a note, this then provides a datum when you poke under the wheels. Just calibrate when loaded.

But I do agree, its a good idea.

Regards Mark


froggy - 19/1/07 at 06:20 PM

find a test station that has an atl test lane , mine has load cells which give you each wheel weight and ive corner weighted my kitten using it