Airstream 2001 Bamby, Руководство пользователя

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AIRSTREAM SAFARI –BAMBI TRAILER OWNERS MANUAL 2001
B-5
The allowable personal cargo must be distributed in your trailer in such a manner that the Gross Axle Weight Rating
is not exceeded.
To determine this it is necessary to load all of your allowable personal cargo and variable weights. Then hitch the
trailer to the tow vehicle with load equalizing hitch properly adjusted as shown on the following pages.
Place the trailer on a scale with both axles only on the scale (see 2). If the weight on the axles exceeds the axle
system G.A.W.R. then some of the personal cargo must be redistributed forward in order to place some of this
weight on the tongue.
The tongue weight should be in between 10% - 15% of the trailer's total weight, but must not exceed 1,000 lbs.
Some tow vehicle manufacturers may restrict the amount of tongue load to a lower value. To determine tongue load,
unhitch tow vehicle and place the tongue hitch post on a scale. The trailer must be properly loaded as determined
above, with your allowable personal cargo and variable weights.
C,
A scale, which has a lower weight limit than your tongue load, such as a bathroom scale, may be used to check the
tongue weight by using the following method (see illustration).
Place a piece of wood of approximately the same thickness as the bathroom scales on the ground in line with the
trailer hitch jack as shown. It should be so spaced that a short piece of pipe or other round piece will lay exactly one
foot from the centerline of the jack extension. Place the scales so that another round piece can be exactly two feet
from the centerline of the jack extension in the other direction. Place a 4 x 4 on the two round pieces and screw the
jack extension down on the top of the 4 x 4 until the tongue of the trailer is supported by it. Multiply the scale
reading by three. This will be the tongue weight of your trailer. If you exceed the capacity of the bathroom scales,
increase the two foot dimension to three or four more feet, but always multiply the scale reading by the total number
of feet between the wood and scales.
CAUTION: Be sure trailer is level when you read scales.