SECTION 4
TRAVELING WITH YOUR MOTOR HOME
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Finding a Scale:
In urban areas, the most
common places to find a public access scale are
commercial truck stops. In rural areas, most
grain storage elevators have scales available. If
you don’t know of a truck scale in your area,
look in the Yellow Pages for entries such as
Grain Elevators, Scales-Public, Truck Stops,
Weigh Stations, etc. If you cannot locate a scale
in your area, call your state DOT and ask for
recommentations. Most scales charge a nominal
fee for weighing a vehicle.
Weighing:
There is typically a scale operator
to direct you but the basic routine is to take three
separate weights - front axle, whole vehicle, and
rear axle. You will first drive only your front
wheels onto the scale pad, then drive ahead so
that the whole vehicle is on the scale, then
finally pull off until just the rear wheels are on
the pad.
You will receive a weight ‘ticket’ that states
your current Front Gross Axle Weight, Rear
Gross Axle Weight and Gross Vehicle Weight.
You can compare these weights to the weight
ratings listed on your Vehicle Certification
Label to use as a guideline for future loading
limits and weight distribution.
To determine the weight on either the front or
rear axle, drive that axle only onto the scale.
Neither axle weight should exceed the corre-
sponding maximum axle weight rating specified
on the certification label.
Select a drawbar that mates properly with the
towing hitch receiver and provides proper align-
ment to the vehicle tow bar. The tongue of the
tow bar must be as close as possible to parallel
with the ground when attached to the hitch ball.
MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY
The following label is placed in a visible
location in the driver compartment.
The number of belted seating positions in
your motor home may exceed the number people
used to determine maximum coach occupancy,
called Cargo Carrying Capacity (CCC).
To calculate the CCC, Winnebago uses vehi-
cle sleeping capacity, however your coach may
be equipped with more belted seating positions
than sleeping positions to give passengers a
choice of seating arrangements. You may use all
of the belted seating positions providing you
stay within your vehicle’s GVWR listed on the
Vehicle Certification Label (see Introduction
Section). However you use or load your vehicle,
it is your responsibility to keep the weight within
its stated gross vehicle weight rating
.
ROOF LOADING
When the vehicle is stationary, the roof will
support a 225 pound (maximum) person for the
purpose of conducting roof inspection and roof
maintenance.
REAR BUMPER LOADS
The rear bumper is not intended to be used for
attaching load carrying brackets because cargo
items may cause overloading.
However, if it is necessary to attach load car-
rying devices to the vehicle, use the frame mem-
bers for added support.
Front GAWR
(Front Axle only)
GVWR
(Both Axles)
Rear GAWR
(Rear Axle only)
BELTED SEATING POSITIONS MAY
EXCEED SLEEPING CAPACITY OF
THIS VEHICLE. SEE OWNERS
MANUAL FOR OCCUPANCY AND
WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.