Mobile Weighing
Onsite Weighbridge To Professionally Weigh Your Vehicle and Caravan.

Don’t Be WEIGHEDOWN weighs all types of Vehicles, Trailers and Motorhomes. (Availability to weigh up to 8 Tonne, using Australian Made Mobile Weigh Scales.)

All Areas in  Adelaide South Australia

A Friendly Professional Thorough Experienced Onsite Weighbridge Service.

Let us create that confident peace of mind and have you travelling safely.

 Mobile & We Come To You

Don't Be Weighedown

Safety is our priority, to have you drive, feeling safe with brake efficiency, confident travelling with the correct weights and weight distribution in your vehicle and trailer.
Ensuring your vehicle and trailer meet all relevant legal requirements.
Correct weights and weight distribution is extremely important, did you know it relieves fuel usage, engine overworking, reduces wear on your vehicle and trailer extending lifespan.
Most importantly this prevents the voiding of insurance coverage.

We Come To You

Proudly South Australian Owned & Operated

About Us
Welcome to Don't  Be WEIGHEDOWN. Firstly thanks for visiting our website. Proudly South Australian Family owned, mobile vehicle and trailer onsite weighing service. We bring the weighing scales directly to you. Don't Be WEIGHEDOWN is an onsite weighbridge that  services Adelaide and South Australia. We work around you. We are here for you. The only request is a flat area to complete the weigh. It may be at your place, a road or area, sports ground nearby. We choose not to post all weighs on social media unless requested by you. We respect privacy.
We weigh your vehicle with caravan - trailer hooked up, caravan - trailer, tow-ball and finally vehicle unhooked. On the day you receive the weight receipts with hand written weight results,  followed up with five emailed detailed result spreadsheets, fully explained for future reference. Our team ensure accurate and reliable weight measurements to the kilogram, helping you comply with weight regulations to avoid potential fines and the possibility of insurance being refused. Authorities are increasingly cracking down on overloaded vehicles. Whether you need to weigh your vehicles or trailers for commercial or personal purposes, we provide convenient and efficient weighing solutions. Trust us to provide accurate weight measurements wherever you are. We created this business to sell peace of mind to our customers. Safety is our main priority. Contact us today for all your mobile weighing needs.

Don't Be WEIGHEDOWN 0413 992 795

Services

Personal Vehicle Weighing

Curious about the weight of your personal vehicle? Ever considered having your vehicle weighed? Don't be WEIGHEDOWN specialise in all types of vehicles including cars, 4x4, small trucks, motorhome, van or ute. Our mobile weighing service makes it convenient for you to get accurate weights to the kilogram. With the ability to weigh up to 8 tonne.

Trailer Weighing

We provide professional, accurate mobile on-site weighing for trailers of various sizes up to 8 tonne. Whether it's a caravan, camper trailer, food trailer, horse float, boat trailer etc. Don't Be Weighedown is here to calculate the weight of your trailer to ensure you and the family are safe and compliant for towing, recommending evenly distributing weights across axles and tow ball. Our aim is to make you and your family feel safe, have peace of mind and enjoy your travelling.

Commercial Vehicle Weighing

Our experienced team offers accurate and efficient weighing services for commercial vehicles. Ensure your small truck, van or ute is within the manufacturers legal weight requirements. Distributing weight equally over each axle, keeping the heavier items low. Avoiding substantial fines, demerit points and insurance being cancelled.

WEIGHTS
GVM - Gross Vehicle Mass: The maximum a vehicle can weigh when fully loaded as specified by the manufacturer. If towing the GVM also includes the TBM Tow Ball Mass.
ATM - Aggregate Trailer Mass: Total weight of the trailer fully loaded. Including the tow ball mass.
GTM - Gross Trailer Mass: Weight of the fully loaded trailer on the axles when it is coupled to the tow vehicle. The actual GTM is less than the ATM as some of the weight is on the tow vehicle.
TBM - Tow Ball Mass: Also known as tow ball weight, tow ball load or tow ball download. The proportion of towing weights applied to towing vehicles. Amount of weight the fully loaded trailer imposes on the tow bar of the tow vehicle. *Aim 8% to 12% of the ATM.
Tare Mass or Tare Weight: The manufacturer's weight when leaving the factory, before any modifications, fluids or add ons.
GCM - Gross Combination Mass: Maximum fully loaded weight of towing vehicle and trailer / caravanwhen hitched together. Including all passengers.
Payload: A vehicle's is the maximum amount off weight it can carry safely.
FGAWR - Front Gross Axle Weight Rating: The total weight on the front axle as specified by the manufacturer.
RGAWR - Rear Gross Axle Weight Rating: The total weight on the rear axle as specified by the Manufacturer.

Distribution
WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION: is one of the main essential things to take into consideration for towing safely. How the weight is allocated about the trailer or caravan and establishing how the weight is applied to the tow vehicle. Another factor is realistic loading in a caravan. Installing heavy items low over the axles, medium items at a medium to low level and light items above. It has huge impacts on traction, braking and steering. When towing, altering the vehicles weight is unavoidable. Nonetheless balancing the weight as best as possible is essential for safe towing. By placing too much weight to the front of the trailer, the weight over the rear axles of the tow vehicle increases causing the front end to become light, reducing the steering and braking effectiveness. Taking into consideration too much weight at the rear of the trailer introduces dangerous handling characteristics, examples being swaying and snaking which invite a new set of issues.
Distributing weight evenly in your tow vehicle, plus for the caravan or trailer, 60% to the front of the trailer axle and 40% to the rear of the axle, evenly placed restores braking performance, steering, traction, reduces tyre wear introducing a better safer towing experience for you and the family.
Reducing the risk of harsh fines, demerit points and the possibility of insurance being cancelled.
Perhaps decrease that stress and create that peace of mind by booking a visit with us?

Always Be Aware



Public Weighbridges will give you a total weight and be a great guide. Unfortunately not so perfect for the smaller vehicles and caravans etc. The public weighbridges are designed for trucks, truck and trailer combinations which usually weigh in twenty kilogram increments. Excellent rounding for a truck load of gravel, metals etc.

Our Nuweigh MDC 221 Wireless Mobile System is calibrated to two tonne per pad. Calibrated weight wise to the kilogram. Receiving the peace of mind accurate result and guide. We can weigh up to eight tonne.

An Overloaded, incorrectly weight distributed accident has the likelihood to result in the following: A destroyed car and caravan. Insurance voided. Regrettably a fatality. A possibility of being charged with dangerous driving and cause of death, resulting in a jail term. 



Product & Team
PRODUCT:
We here at Don't Be WEIGHEDOWN utilise the latest Nuweigh MDC 221 Caravan / Trailer Weighing System Equipment Wireless for concise and accurate weighing. 4 x 2 Tonne Weighing Pads and a Tow Ball Weighing Trolley. Nuweigh was established in Australia in 1976. We take the time to explain the results, providing you with peace of mind to stay safe and tow legally, backed by a comprehensive report.

TEAM:
Justin and Treena Pridham have created this family business. Both being passionate and proud to be in the beautiful country they live in. Enjoying and exploring the great outdoors of Australia in their caravan. Justin and Treena's caravan was actually overweight, you just dont realise adding water, gas, solar panels and loading it how quickly the legal weights are reached.
Travelling safely and safety in general has always been extremely important to Justin, he feels selling peace of mind to travellers is his top priority for creating the business.
Justin has a knowledge and has learn't about the importance of vehicle loading and safety after having worked in the Earthmoving and Construction Industry for fifteen years. Experience in driving trucks and machinery. Towing for well over 20 years.

Call anytime on 0413 992 795.
If by chance unavailable, please do leave a message or tex message and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Email directly to dontbeweighedown@gmail.com


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  • Adelaide SA, Australia