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Re: MGVWR and problems titling trailer
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.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: MGVWR and problems titling trailer
Oreonut wrote: Cwilson333 wrote: Let me get this straight? A brand new never titled travel trailer? The state you wish to register it in does not matter. This is the dealer and manufacturers problem to deal with IMO. I've never heard of a requirement to have a brand new, first time sold, commecially made trailer weighed to title it. I find it hard to believe that everyone in DE has to go to some state operated weigh station in order to title a new trailer. The COO has the weight and VIN as certified by the manufacturer which is registered federally by law when the label is printed and applied to the trailer, and should be a accepted at face value. There has to be more to the story. R title? Nope nothing more to the story. Brand new travel trailer purchased in PA with PA temp tags from a well known dealer. We live just over the line in DE and you have to take your trailer through inspection and get it passed (it did pass) then you can go in and register it, pay the taxes and get the title. They are refusing to title because of the weight. If we lived in PA, none of this would have been an issue. If the CAT scale on Saturday morning states the DMV scale was correct it will definately be a dealer and manufacturer problem. Although they already told us we had to call the dealer but we haven't actually made much stink about it yet. I don't actually think we have 900lbs of stuff in there that can be removed to get below the limit to pass even if we remove the propane tanks. Aren't these items included in the dry weight? One aircon, batteries. Propane, awning, stabilizers? We did have the dealer put in the extra air conditioner and they of course didn't mention anything about the added weight and we didn't even consider it. The same trailer from other dealers had the 2nd air in them already. FWIW good or bad, quite a few manufacturers have had a rash i Of recalls during the last 2-3 years for stating the weights incorrect where they had to provide new yellow stickers and update the reported info. I've personally never had to ever have a trailer weighed for a state required safety inspection, registration, or anything else. It just seems wrong. There are numerous legalities involved when a manufacturer records a VIN number and GVW for a trailer that all fall back to them. What you have loaded in the trailer should not matter one bit for anything. So you're saying that anyone who lives in DE and buys a new trailer from PA, MD, VA, or anywhere else has to have it "officially" weighed? WTF? Stolfus is, or maybe was, a fairly decent dealer.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: MGVWR and problems titling trailer
Let me get this straight? A brand new never titled travel trailer? The state you wish to register it in does not matter. This is the dealer and manufacturers problem to deal with IMO. I've never heard of a requirement to have a brand new, first time sold, commecially made trailer weighed to title it. I find it hard to believe that everyone in DE has to go to some state operated weigh station in order to title a new trailer. The COO has the weight and VIN as certified by the manufacturer which is registered federally by law when the label is printed and applied to the trailer, and should be a accepted at face value. There has to be more to the story. R title?802Views0likes0CommentsRe: Help me with current best manufacturers
Huntindog wrote: Cwilson333 wrote: Huntindog wrote: CWilson wrote: I looked at a 2021 Grand Design TT and it had OEM installed Lionshead Castlerock China Bombs. If the only thing I did not like about a TT was the tires, I would buy it. It is literally the easist thing to fix. One could take care of that on the way home from the dealer. Well that's obvious but when an RV manufacturer decides to install the cheapest borderline tires they can find, and tires are in a location that can easily be seen just by walking up to it, I find it hard to believe they don't also use the cheapest borderline other components and materials in places not easily seen. The Grand stops with the name. There is nothing Grand about them and no better than trailers made by others like Forest River or Thor. If it makes you feel better to believe they're that "Grand", and you somehow purchased a peach that is better than A or B, more power to you but it's only a fantasy. I seem to have overlooked your all knowing recomendations. Fact is you have not made any. All you have is trash other peoples opinions. As soon as I finish this post I will block you. I encourage others to do the same. With no audience you will soon go away from boredum. Block away. The fact is Grand Design is no better than lots of Thor, Forest River, or other Winnie brands. The same cheap materials and components, on the same LCI chassis, built by the same paid by the piece workforce at light speed then pushed out the factory door with no quality control whatsoever.944Views0likes0CommentsRe: May have towed too much weight
Bumpyroad wrote: Nv Guy wrote: It's not just weight, don't overlook wind resistance. If you have a 10 MPH headwind, the load on the TV is increased substantially. when I was comparing a pilot vs my highlander, the pilot was rated to tow 5,000 lbs. towing a boat, 3500 towing a trailer. bumpy Ratings are one thing, reality another. If you go to the Honda Ridgeline forums you'll see thousands of posts in a thread named Ridgelines can tow. I'm pretty sure the Ridgeline has the same basic power train / chassis as the Pilot. Those guys tow all sorts of ridiculous combinations and weights successfully, although most of them appear to be first class Duesenberg Knuckleheads lol. Doesn't change the fact that once fluid is burnt brown the number of miles/days until your sitting along the road is limited.641Views0likes0Comments
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