How To Weigh Your Loaded Motor Home - Fleetwood American Dream WIDE BODY 1998 Owner's Manual

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MOTOR HOMELOADING
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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. This is the Gross Vehicle
Weight (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. Snbtract Reading 1 from Reading 2. This is the rear Gross
Axle Weight.
Compare the readings taken on the scales to the appropriate weight ratings
on the Federal certification tag and wardrobe door tag. Example: The Gross
Combined Weight should not exceed the Gross Combined Weight Rating.
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 characteristics
• cause unsafe braking
• reduce your warranty protection.
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