Who has ever been weighed when RV towing?
There is lots of posts to do with weights and ratings etc. etc. Has anyone ever been stopped and weighed by enforcement authorities while towing an rv?
Forum Discussion
The chances of an rv'r getting pulled over at this time is none in slim!
LEO's enforce the designed max road bed limit that a vehicle can weigh. That is 20K per axel and 34K per tandem generally speaking. There are a few other limits here and there, but NONE of use as RV'rs are over those limits. The axel limits in some jurisdictions get reduced to 500 lbs per inch width of tire.
So, do some math. Most of us have single wheels all around. 4 typically 10" tires on the tow rig add up to 5000 per tire, 10K per axel, total of 20K lbs. How many of you are ANYWHERE near these wts? Our trailers have 8-9" tires times 4. 8" is 4000 lbs per total of 16K per tandem. How many of you are near this limit?
Do you really think an LEO that is out on the road looking for overweight rigs damaging the road beds are going to find a typical pickup rv trailer over weight per the road bed design?
NOW, some of the type A and larger type C motor homes have issues. BUT, they are not checked, so not an issue. One of the moderators has a rig with 10" tires on his front, or a total in wa st of 12K, duallies get 600 lbs per inch width of tire here. He has 15-16K last I checked on the FA! 4000 lbs over wt per the wt laws and what he can have on his tires in this state. He will never get pulled over. He could fix his problem by putting on 14" width tires with the appropriate extra rim width, then he would be legal.
Some larger MH's with 25K rear duals, run down the road at 23-24K lbs. If they get weighed, they will usually get 20K max, as most have at least 4 10" wide tires. But they are overwt per the LEO's if pulled over by 3-4K lbs!
Does it do any good from a $$$$ standpoint to have an officer weighing rv'rs? not really. As long as you have a paid for registration greater than what you are running down the road at, you are legal, and do not need to worry about the wt police/leo on the side of the road. Now the RV.Net wt police......that is another story issue.
marty
LEO's enforce the designed max road bed limit that a vehicle can weigh. That is 20K per axel and 34K per tandem generally speaking. There are a few other limits here and there, but NONE of use as RV'rs are over those limits. The axel limits in some jurisdictions get reduced to 500 lbs per inch width of tire.
So, do some math. Most of us have single wheels all around. 4 typically 10" tires on the tow rig add up to 5000 per tire, 10K per axel, total of 20K lbs. How many of you are ANYWHERE near these wts? Our trailers have 8-9" tires times 4. 8" is 4000 lbs per total of 16K per tandem. How many of you are near this limit?
Do you really think an LEO that is out on the road looking for overweight rigs damaging the road beds are going to find a typical pickup rv trailer over weight per the road bed design?
NOW, some of the type A and larger type C motor homes have issues. BUT, they are not checked, so not an issue. One of the moderators has a rig with 10" tires on his front, or a total in wa st of 12K, duallies get 600 lbs per inch width of tire here. He has 15-16K last I checked on the FA! 4000 lbs over wt per the wt laws and what he can have on his tires in this state. He will never get pulled over. He could fix his problem by putting on 14" width tires with the appropriate extra rim width, then he would be legal.
Some larger MH's with 25K rear duals, run down the road at 23-24K lbs. If they get weighed, they will usually get 20K max, as most have at least 4 10" wide tires. But they are overwt per the LEO's if pulled over by 3-4K lbs!
Does it do any good from a $$$$ standpoint to have an officer weighing rv'rs? not really. As long as you have a paid for registration greater than what you are running down the road at, you are legal, and do not need to worry about the wt police/leo on the side of the road. Now the RV.Net wt police......that is another story issue.
marty
