Huntindog wrote:
On newer TTs, since 2009 or so, the yellow sticker is supposed to be accurate.. Not sure about it being a actual "law", but it is a RVIA requirement. This as I understand it is a industry association that sets standards... Membership is voluntary, and the factory has to pay a fee for each unit it builds sporting the RVIA sticker. I think that most if not all manufacturers are members nowadays. In the past that sticker really didn't mean all that much, but the industry has been trying to increase the standards across the board, and it has gotten a LOT better....Maybe someday they will get around to the ST tire issue.:B
What happened in 2009 is that DOT got involved and a DOT requirement, including methods of measuring weight and calculating CCC, replaced RVIA methods. Not much change in calculations for towables, but for motorhomes RVIA required a weight estimate for a specified number of passengers to be subtracted, so DOT calculated CCC is much higher than the old RVIA number for a few marginal small motorhomes.
