I weigh my van when I see a scale.

My travel weight is around 4800 lbs for the winter long trips
 I'd do alignment with your normal load.   I just do my own alignment after
considering the wear on my old tires.. I have a lot of experience after
racing though.

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018, 7:55 AM Gabriel Hourtouat <ghourtouat@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dennis's comment seems to line up well with my door placard specs (39 front
> 48 rear) so that's comforting.
>
> The shop is conveniently around the corner so I will do an empty-vehicle
> alignment and then ask them to check it loaded.
>
> Has anyone ever tried driving through the truck weigh stations on the
> highway to check axel weights?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 9:21 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The best alignments will be with the van loaded close to how it is
> > normally used. Some of the alignment systems have software that adjusts
> the
> > settings based on measured height as the alignment angels do change based
> > on that. As for tire inflation the door placard is a start but should be
> > confirmed with the tire load/pressure chart. On some years the placard
> > listed pressure is too low in my opinion. For that type of tire 35 psi is
> > lower limit listed on the load inflation charts. The load rating of 1,874
> > pounds, (not Kilos) is achieved at the max inflation of 65 psi. At 35 psi
> > you are probably down to 65% of that or 1,218 pounds or 2,436 for the
> axle.
> > Still not sufficient to meet the axle rating but it may be sufficient for
> > actual load. I tend to err on the side of caution and based on feel
> > (subjective) I usually recommend at least 40-42 psi up front 48+ for the
> > rear.
> >
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> on behalf of
> > Gabriel Hourtouat <ghourtouat@GMAIL.COM>
> > *Sent:* Monday, July 16, 2018 6:28 PM
> > *To:* vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > *Subject:* tire pressures and alignments
> >
> > Should wheel alignments be done with an unladen van?
> >
> > (Or should I load it up with some concrete blocks, etc, to simulate the
> > kind of load that the van will carry on road trips?)
> >
> > Any special considerations for an alignment?
> >
> >
> >
> > New tires: Continental Vanco Four Season 185R14C rated D (load range 102
> /
> > 100 Q) are rated for 1874 kg at 65psi.
> >
> > What pressure would you run them?
> >
> >
> > (I have gone to: 45 front, 49 rear, psi.)
> > (The shop inflated them to: 34, 36, 40 and 42.  Or, random, in other
> > words.)
> >
> > Any advice welcome.
> >
> > cheers,
> > gab
> > 86 Westy 2.1 WBX
> >
>