As some may recall I recently acquired a vehicle weighing system. Scales for all 4 wheels going go the wireless display. Recently I did a suspension upgrade on an 88 Westy using Schwenk Springs and T3 front bushings and stuff. The owner was nice enough to pretty much have it emptied for me as I was doing a lot of interior electrical work. It does have a house battery under the driver's seat. To my surprise the van weighed in at 970 pounds all 4 corners. 3,880 pounds. Adding weight, My 190 pounds going in and walking around, it was amazing to see how the weight gets distributed to at least 3 wheels. Adding shim to the left rear to take out that sagging look also took weight off the left front and threw some 200 pounds on the right front. As I always thought one should not just shim one corner. Now I know. What really surprises me is the front-rear balance. On empty 2WD the front has actually been heavier than the rear. Explains the lack of snow performance.

Dennis