Weighing Your Loaded Motor Home (Standard And Tag Axle Models) - Fleetwood Pace Arrow 1988 User Manual

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2.
3.
Drive the entire vehicle (both axles) onto the
scale and take a reading. This is the Gross Vehi-
cle Weight (Reading 2).
Drive forward until only the rear axle is on the
platform and take a reading. This reading is the
rear Gross Axle Weight (Reading 3).
4. Compare reading 2 with the GVWR Gross Vehi-
cle Weight Rating) of your vehicle. This rating
is located on the certification tag. If the reading
exceeds the GVWR rating, you will have to
reduce the total vehicle load.
5. If reading 2 is less than the GVWR of your vehi-
cle, check readings 1 and 3 to verify that each
is less than the GAWR on the certification tag.
If either exceeds the GAWR for the axle,
redistribute enough of the load to ensure that
loads on the front and rear axles are within the
required limit.
Periodically reweigh your motor home. Different
traveling configurations may change your loading and
weight pattern.
')' WARNING: DO NOT EXCEED THE RATED LOAD
OF THE MOTOR HOME, OR THE RATED LOAD
OF ANY AXLE. EXCEEDING THE GAWR OR
GVWR OF YOUR MOTOR HOME CAN CAUSE
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UNDERSIRABLE HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS
AND MAY CREATE A SAFETY HAZARD.
Weighing Your Loaded Motor Home
(Tag-Axle Models)
The following weighing procedure will help you
determine whether your loaded motor home (com-
plete with cargo, fludis, passengers, and driver) is
within GAWR and GVWR limits. When you arrive at
the weigh station, the attendant will guide you
through the correct positioning of the motor home
on the scales. Generally, the sequence is as follows:
1.
Drive the front wheels onto the scale platform
and take a reading. This is the front Gross Axle
Weight (Reading 1).
2. Drive the entire vehicle (front and both rear
axles) onto the scale and take a reading. This
is the Gross Vehicle Weight (Reading 2).
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