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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 com-
partments, 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 avail-
able 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 dis-
tributed 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 han-
dle 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 illus-
trated 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.