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?
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Wadcutter wrote:
I spent a career stopping overweight trucks, over 3 decades. I taught truck weight laws. The IL Supreme Court recognized me as an expert witness on truck laws and weights.
Think about what the OP asked. The usual weight limit is 20,000 lbs on a single axle and 34,000 on a tandem axle. Think about that. Do you really think your 5er weighs 34,000 lbs on the tandem axles? Do you really think you're hauling 20,000 lbs on your pickup axles? Really? If anyone thinks so then they really don't have any comprehension of weights. That empty truck and semi trailer you see running down the highway weighs more than most 5ers do fully loaded. If we don't care about empty semi truck weights do you really think your 5er is a concern? You aren't even close to max weight either on axle or gross.
As one says, one has the REAL answer from a REAL wt cop! As I described, there is no way in HE!! any of us as RV'rs are near the max load per the laws they have to enforce! which is HOW MUCH the road bed is designed to handle! It does not matter what the rig is designed to handle, but what the road bed is designed to handle. So yes, and "engineer" has decided the max wt you can be. BUT, it is not based on the engineers of your vehicle!
marty
