How To Weigh Your Loaded Motor Home Without A Trailer Or Other Towed Load; How To Weigh Your Loaded Motor Home With A Trailer Or Other Towed Load - Fleetwood Southwind 1995 Owner's Manual

How To Weigh Your Loaded Motor Home
Without A Trailer or Other Towed Load
Refer
to
your local telephone directory to find a public
weigh station. The following procedures will help you
determine whether your loaded motor home (complete
with cargo, fluids, passengers, and driver) is within
GAWR, GVWR, and GCWR limits. When you arrive at
a weigh station, the attendant will guide you through the
correct positioning of the motor home on the scales.
1 . Center the front wheels on the scale platform
and take a reading. This is the front Gross Axle
Weight (Reading 1).
2. Center the entire motor home (all axles) on the
scale and take a reading. This is the Gross
Vehicle Weight (Reading 2).
3. Center the rear axle (or both rear axles if your
motor home is equipped with tag axles) on the
platform and take a reading. This reading is
the rear Gross Axle Weight (Reading 3).
Compare the readings taken on the scales to the weight
ratings on the Federal certification tag and wardrobe
door tag. Fill in the chart atthe back ofthis manual to aid
in comparing weights.
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If any readings are higher than the rating, you will have
to adjust or remove the load.
How To Weigh Your Loaded Motor Home
With A Trailer or Other Towed Load
1 . Center the front wheels on the scale platform
and take a reading. This is the front Gross Axle
Weight (Reading 1).
2. Center the entire motor home so that only the
motor home is being weighed. Leave the
trailer hitched to the motor home, but resting
off of the scale (Reading 2):
3. Center both the motor home and the trailer
combination on the scale and take a reading.
This is the Gross Combined Weight (Reading 3).
4. Subtract Reading 1 from Reading 2. This is
the rear Gross Axle Weight.
Compare the readings taken on the scales to the weight
ratings on the Federal certification tag and wardrobe
doortag. Fill in the chart at the back of this manual to aid
in comparing weights.
If any readings are higher than the rating, you will have
to adjust or remove the load.
If you exceed weight ratings, you will:
• Cause damage to the motor home, drive train,
or chassis
• Cause unstable driving and handling charac-
teristics
• Cause unsafe braking
• Reduce your warranty protection.
Since you may load your motor home differently for
different trips, loading and weight patterns will change.
Periodically reweigh your motor home and log the
weights in the back ofthis manual. Refer to your log as
you prepare to load for future trips.