Weighing Your Trailer; Travel Trailers - Weighing - Gulf Stream Travel Trailer Owner's Manual

All items must be considered for their weight and stored according to how heavy they are. Heavy items should be
placed close to the floor and in the center of the vehicle.
PURCHASE ON YOUR TRIP.
Luggage and similar cargo carried inside the vehicle must be secured to prevent possible damage in the case of a
sudden stop or an accident.

WEIGHING YOUR TRAILER

In order to make sure the trailer is not overloaded you should periodically weigh it in a loaded condition. You will
want to check the weight on the axles on travel trailers with the trailer hitched to the vehicle as well as when not
hitched if you are using a weight distribution hitch.
the pin weight of the fifth wheel. Please review the following guidelines for weighing your trailer.
TRAVEL TRAILERS
Pull your fully loaded travel trailer onto the scale and leave
it hitched to the vehicle as shown in diagram A. This will give
you the actual Gross Axle Weight (GAW) as pulled down the
road. Check your Federal ID label (FIG. 1) to see what the
maximum rating for your axles is and make sure they are not
overloaded. If necessary, redistribute or remove weight within
the trailer.
Lower your front jack and unhitch the trailer as shown in
diagram B. Record this weight. This weight is necessary to
determine the hitch weight.
Next, move the trailer so that the front jack and the axles are
on the scale as shown in diagram C. This will give you the
Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW). This weight must not exceed
the trailer's GVWR. If it does you will need to remove some
cargo from your trailer.
To determine your hitch weight, take the final GVW and subtract the axle weight recorded per diagram B. Most hitch
weights should fall between 9-15% of the total trailer weight. You may have to shift some of your cargo to remain
within this parameter.
DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE THE ITEMS YOU
On fifth wheels you will need the weight of the truck to determine
Diagram A
Diagram B
Diagram C
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