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On The Road
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Occupant and Cargo Carrying
Capacity and Load Distribution
The occupants and cargo weight you can place
in your motor home is the motor home’s GVWR
minus its current UVW or in other words its
maximum capacity minus the current weight
of your motor home including fluids such as
fuel and propane. When the motor home is
being designed, the number and size of storage
compartments, the liquid tank capacities
and number of belted seating positions are
determined for value and convenience. If you
fill all liquid tanks to capacity, fill all storage
compartments and cupboards to maximum
volume and fill all available seating positions
with passengers, the motor home could be
overloaded. (See Loading Tips). Be aware of the
weight of the items you store, where you store
the items in your motor home, and weigh your
motor home after it is fully loaded.
In addition to knowing the overall weight that
can be safely loaded in or attached to the motor
home, you must know how to distribute the
weight so that correct amounts of weight are
distributed between the axles or front-to-rear
and also between the wheels or side-to-side. (It
is also important to place heavier items lower
in the motor home or in under the floor storage
areas.) If you make the motor home top heavy
or much too heavy on one side, the motor home
can be overturned and crash in a curve, turn or
in an emergency steering maneuver. When the
load is properly distributed, your motor home
will handle and respond safely, and you as the
driver can be more confident and will be more
comfortable.
If your motor home is improperly loaded, it may
be unsafe to drive, uncomfortable to drive, or both.
How to Weigh Your Loaded
Motor Home
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.
Your RV must be weighed fully loaded, that is,
with passengers, food, clothing, fuel, water, Pro-
pane, supplies, etc. Any towed vehicle (car/
pickup, boat or trailer) or item loaded on brackets
on the back of the RV, such as bikes or motor-
cycles, should also be included in the weighing.
The following steps are suggested and are
illustrated on the following pages:
1. Pull onto the scale so that only the front
axle is on the platform (with the end of the
scale midway between the front and rear
axles), and record the scaled weight.
2. Pull forward until the full unit is on the
scale, and record the scaled weight.
3. Pull forward so that only the rear axle is
on the scale (again with the edge of the
scale midway between the front and rear
axles), and record the scaled weight.
If the RV has a rear tag axle, pull forward
so that only the tag axle remains on the
scale, and record the scaled weight.
To determine individual wheel position weights,
it is necessary to repeat the first three steps,
but this time, use only one side of the scale, as
shown on the following pages.
NOTE
The Occupant and Cargo Carrying Capacity
(OCCC) printed on the two tags inside the motor
home is per the Factory Weight of the motor
home and includes all factory options. Dealer
added weight, LCCR, is listed on the same
tags in writing and must be subtracted from the
printed OCCC to attain the OCCC at the time of
first sale. If any other equipment is added after
first sale such as leveling jacks, awnings, roof
pods, etc., then these items must also reduce
the OCCC.
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