Who has ever been weighed when RV towing?

Never by any law folks. BUT - one time I had a breakdown with my truck while pulling a fifth wheel. repair folks called by insurer/warranty folks before he would start work on the TRUCK. The insurer insisted the trailer be weighed before they would OK the truck repair. Fortunately the trailer was under the listed weight so we were OK. If we had been overweight - insurer would have ???

On edit - moved the ramble to another post

Ans. to my own OP question: No.

We crossed the scales on our way into Virginia before the 301 bridge. Total combined weight was 27,800 lbs. Close to my gross weight, but not over it. The only time we spoke to LEO, I pulled off the highway to use the head in the rv to get rid of some coffee. Highway patrol stopped and walked up to the cab and told my wife we cannot park on the side of the on ramp. He did not ask if we needed help or needed any kind of assistance. The wife told him I was in the head. He said ok and left.

dodge guy wrote:
I tried to weigh my wifes setup once..........then i woke up in intensive care!

:B

I tried to weigh my wifes setup once..........then i woke up in intensive care!

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.

Here in Ky they go by the axle rating on the door of the truck. They don't bother RV's. Commercial Vehicles are checked by the rating on the door and you had better have it on there and readable. They don't care about the GVWR.

I get inspected road side and scale houses about once a year.

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.

In BC it is not uncommon to see safety check points set up for checking weights of RV's as well as checking that batteries are hooked up so that break away switches are working properly. Not uncommon to see truck campers sitting on side of road waiting for proper sized truck. One of the under passes where they set up is a couple miles from our place. They seem to set up 4 or 5 times per summer, mostly long weekends. They are also checking BCers for their house trailer endorsement.

NC Hauler wrote:

goducks10 wrote:
Got pulled over on this site by the weight police once. Does that count?

Nope, (bet it wasn't me:)). I've heard a lot of sarcasm and been called a lot of ugly names, far worse than "weight police" over the years on this forum, something I've tried not to resort to. Even gotten PM's from people who couldn't call me some of the names they have on here and do it in a PM.....and all I've talked about is towing weights...no religion, no politics, don't cut on others campers or really flame on brand names to any extent, but whenever these weight post comes up...I have to admit, there are some in here that have went MUCH further than just calling someone "weight police"...sort of sad when we have to resort to name calling, but, such is life as we know it:)

Ditto being called lots of nasty names on PM's.

Quit this site after one too many caviler comments on technical based topic...either not caring (worst) to ignorant (not a bad reference, but many take it as if...just means not educated on 'that' topic) that their advice was dangerous to both the OP and others following

There is no policing on these types of forum, and the derogatory 'Weight Police' are attempts to discredit that advice.

Am back just for this topic due to two personal emails (gads how did they find that). As this topic is important

NC has a rich background in engineering and knows (biggie is an understanding) what an OEM's 'RATING' embodies. Both legally and in the real world...and that anything designed/engineered is NOT for the good days out there, but for the bad or worst day out there when Mr Murphy does his work

Know am not going to change any old salt's mind on this, but maybe one newbie out there and that has always been my goal...teach someone how that system works and for them to make up their 'own' minds based on solid information and metrics on HOW2 figure. How else would one know where they are in reference to their 'RATINGs' without actually weighing ?

I am willing to listen & discuss to possibly changing my mind...if the discussion makes sense to me and my knowledge base (most and best via hard knock schooling)

The best I can do is to re-post an old image showing how the 'RATINGS' and whole system works. Notice that the teeter totter diagram does NOT have an 'R', as it represents what it looks like just weighing everything, axle by axle. Then how those weights are then rated with an 'R'

Also, the wheels won't instantly fall off when over loaded...they just will sooner... Plus the performance will not be as high when under those 'RATINGS'

Happy Holidays to everyone !!!

howmuchcanitow, howmuchshoulditow (these two comments are for me to find this image easily using the search function on this forum)

The point of paying attention to weights is not about avoiding tickets.

Lots of people will like to say it's about "safety" but more than that, it is about COMFORT, and DOLLARS.

Comfort, as in the rig doesn't beat you to pieces or leave you exhausted after 2 hours on the road.

Dollars, as in protecting your investment. You just spent a boatload of money on this rig. You don't want to find out that you HATE driving it on the trip home from the dealer. You don't want to have to turn around and buy again any time soon. You want it to last as long as possible.