MGVWR and problems titling trailer

Curious what the yellow sticker says for dry weight and what it CCC is?

Cwilson333 wrote:

StirCrazy wrote:
and have to worry about traveling to other states and provinces where they actually enforce GVW

I don't know anything about provinces, but please name a few states where one would have to worry about that BS.

You would have to tell me. I have seen a couple posts where people say they can increase their GVWR in the US by paying more money, but I have seen a couple who said they can't. not going to go back and search the last 8 years to find them right now haha. as for up here I think all of the provinces go by GVWR, but the enforcement of it is different. In BC the chances of getting stopped is slim, unless you look grossly overloaded but if you do and are over the GVWR you can get a fine and have your unit towed somewhere, throw stuff out to get under your GVWR or call a friend who can legally tow your unit. I am under my GVWR so I don't worry about it

StirCrazy wrote:
and have to worry about traveling to other states and provinces where they actually enforce GVW

I don't know anything about provinces, but please name a few states where one would have to worry about that BS.

Oreonut wrote:

StirCrazy wrote:
This is a case of obviously not thinking about your needs and buying a rv with enough payload to stay legal with the stuff you want to take.

Wow ... make assumptions much?

Not really, no assumptions made. The OP stated he added options and installed several extras and with no clothing or food was within 150lbs of the GVW. I would say even food for 2 people will be more than the 150lbs if you count canned goods and such depending on the length of time you're packing for then you have clothing. Mind you the dealership would have known how much the options would add to the weight and should have said something, so maybe the blame should go to the dealership if they specified those add-ons at the time of purchase.

when you think about it what good is a rv you can't pack anything in and have to worry about traveling to other states and provinces where they actually enforce GVW

Just an suggestion, since your right at the max load for the trailer to keep a close eye on your tire pressure, should be running the max cold tire pressure. Those tires will be working hard all the time.

StirCrazy wrote:
This is a case of obviously not thinking about your needs and buying a rv with enough payload to stay legal with the stuff you want to take.

Wow ... make assumptions much?

While the weight cops stuff is a little embellished, fact is, you are only about 1200lbs away from maxing out the axles (almost certainly has 5k axles). Go camping, have fun, realize that your trailer will be close to max weight and travel trailers like this aren’t really over built for the ratings.

Cwilson333 wrote:

rhagfo wrote:

Oreonut wrote:
UPDATE!!

Great news for us! The DMV scales were incorrect.

Went to CAT scale and the total truck and trailer weighed 17100.
Steer Axle 3920
Drive Axle 4480
Trailer Axle 8700

Truck weighed 7320 alone

Trailer weighs 9780 so we are under the 9905 max weight. Nothing left to put in it but clothing & food so we should be good once actually loaded.

Heading to DMV on Tuesday so hopefully our CAT certificates will be accepted. Not taking the trailer again so the which scale is correct debate can't begin.

Thanks for all the advice

I sure hope your trailer was loaded ready to camp, as you only have 125# of payload left.

Right, don't go over that number, not so much as a loaf of bread, ya might get jacked up by the weight police, lol.

Glad you seem to have it worked out.

it's not even that, if you're putting three tv's and all that extra stuff in the rv do you think it's just going to be a weekend set of cloths (that would eat up the rest alone) but how much food. I could easily see them being 500lbs or more overloaded as they drive down the road. This is a case of obviously not thinking about your needs and buying a rv with enough payload to stay legal with the stuff you want to take.

rhagfo wrote:

Oreonut wrote:
UPDATE!!

Great news for us! The DMV scales were incorrect.

Went to CAT scale and the total truck and trailer weighed 17100.
Steer Axle 3920
Drive Axle 4480
Trailer Axle 8700

Truck weighed 7320 alone

Trailer weighs 9780 so we are under the 9905 max weight. Nothing left to put in it but clothing & food so we should be good once actually loaded.

Heading to DMV on Tuesday so hopefully our CAT certificates will be accepted. Not taking the trailer again so the which scale is correct debate can't begin.

Thanks for all the advice

I sure hope your trailer was loaded ready to camp, as you only have 125# of payload left.

Right, don't go over that number, not so much as a loaf of bread, ya might get jacked up by the weight police, lol.

Glad you seem to have it worked out.

Oreonut wrote:
UPDATE!!

Great news for us! The DMV scales were incorrect.

Went to CAT scale and the total truck and trailer weighed 17100.
Steer Axle 3920
Drive Axle 4480
Trailer Axle 8700

Truck weighed 7320 alone

Trailer weighs 9780 so we are under the 9905 max weight. Nothing left to put in it but clothing & food so we should be good once actually loaded.

Heading to DMV on Tuesday so hopefully our CAT certificates will be accepted. Not taking the trailer again so the which scale is correct debate can't begin.

Thanks for all the advice

I sure hope your trailer was loaded ready to camp, as you only have 125# of payload left.