Bill ,
knowing the loads at each wheel will help you dial in the suspension and fine tune the ride.
if one wheel is seeing much more weight, such as this van a converted Westy with a rack on the back, you can go with springs that have rates too match and or air ride systems to compensate.

it is done before every race in many different type cars.
the scales go under each individual wheel and weights are than moved around the car to neutralize any unbalancing that may be there.
This is done for different drivers and different tracks all the time.

dylan

----- Original Message ----
From: Bill Kasper <dragonlist@UBS.UCSC.EDU>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:39:27 PM
Subject: Re: Syncro bad handling problem

tom, hey.  a question.  how do you weigh the front and rear ends?
put the front wheels on, then the rears, then all four?

what does that tell you?
(other than that i am really slow today, and can't see the benefit of
doing what you're saying...:).

best,
bill
felton, ca

On Jun 26, 2008, at 10:21 AM, Tom Forhan wrote:

> I'd certainly go weight it, front and rear ends,  just out of
> curiousity. Quarries, moving companies, garbage transfer stations,
> its pretty easy to find a nearby truck scale.