The Benefits of Weighing Your Tow Rig Twice
So often, RVers will pull up to a scale and get the weight of the tow vehicle's front and rear axles, and the trailer axles. They drive away, and later sit down with their calculator to come up with few safety weight numbers. It either looks good or they may discover a truck axle that's overloaded or maybe they exceed the gross combination weight rating (GCWR). They think that's it and that's all they need to know.
RV Safety and Education Foundation (RVSEF) data indicates that 60 percent of all tow vehicles on the road exceed one or more weight safety ratings. "Many of these trucks exceed all of their ratings," said Walter Cannon, executive director of RVSEF.
The following RV rig reports are based on a real towing combination with a fifth wheel that speaks more volumes than a bunch of words. (Conventional tow rigs may require up to three weigh-ins when using weight distribution systems.)
(The examples below are not my rig.)
Here is all one can know with one weigh-in.
Here is the report with two weigh-ins.
RV Safety and Education Foundation (RVSEF) data indicates that 60 percent of all tow vehicles on the road exceed one or more weight safety ratings. "Many of these trucks exceed all of their ratings," said Walter Cannon, executive director of RVSEF.
The following RV rig reports are based on a real towing combination with a fifth wheel that speaks more volumes than a bunch of words. (Conventional tow rigs may require up to three weigh-ins when using weight distribution systems.)
(The examples below are not my rig.)
Here is all one can know with one weigh-in.
Here is the report with two weigh-ins.
