I deducted the trailer tongue weight, and it is still off by a thousand pounds. Not only that you must consider with a multi axle trailer there are times when one axle or the other is carrying more of the load, that is generally momentary.
As for the ticket, I asked the CHP to issue the ticket, I wanted proof that the tires weren't adequate to carry the GVW. Reality is they are suppose to carry GVW plus 5%.
The guy that gave me the walk through took about twenty minutes with me, hardly spoke English and after reading the owners manual he gave me some really bad advice.
When I purchased this thing, they told me they would make the repairs before I picked it up, when I picked it up they said the parts hadn't come in yet. We had a trip planned to we accepted it, our mistake.
Screws holding cabinet door on are too short.