Measuring Nose Weight

don't put it in the hitch but on the front edge or put a piece of timber across the top first. as long as it's close to the hitch it will give a good reading.

Goes in the hitch, Milenco instructions.

The pads are on well out of the way for such a procedure.

what makes you think it's a milenco??. op says his is a square gauge so I was suggesting an alternative. if he's worried about his pads then a small piece of timber between the hitch and gauge will suffice.

Good point lornalou1

Thank you all for your advice. The weight gauge(Streetwize) I bought was obviously the very bottom of the market with fairly sharp corners. I used it with a large piece of wood on the ground and a smaller one under the hitchlock. This showed a weight of 75 Kg. Then I used the scales method picking up on exactly the same points of the hitchlock and got 105 Kg. This was with all four corner steadies up in each case. I have checked the scales against another set and they are accurate so now I do not know what to believe. For the scales method I cut a piece of 16mm chipboard virtually the size of the foot area of the scales to even out the load. The upright was 60mm square softwood with square 120mm x 16mm thick mounted on the top. This all stood on a large 16mm base to prevent digging into the grass. When in position, I calibrated the scales before raising the jockey wheel to eliminate the weight of the wooden bits on the scales. So any ideas?

if you know your own weight and if not go to pharmacy and get accurate reading then weigh yourself using the scales that you used for nose weight and see what the difference is, if very little then use the scales method.