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Driving & Safety
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CAUTION: If actual weight carried by any tire is below the
tire chart weight specification a minimum tire pressure of
at least 75 psi. must be maintained. Tire pressure below 75
psi. can overheat and damage the tire casing leading to pre-
mature tire failure or blowout.
Slide-out Tire Pressure:
A motorhome equipped with slide-out room(s) will weigh slightly heavier
on the driver's side. The tire inflation pressure of the driver's side tires determines
the inflation pressure for all tire(s) on that axle. This is due to the weight transfer
that occurs when cornering. Approximately the same weight load will be
transferred to the passenger side around left-hand corners.
NOTE: When weighing a motorhome equipped with a slide-
out room, each tire on any axle must be inflated to the same
pressure. The wheel position carrying the most weight will
determine the tire inflation pressure for each tire of that
particular axle.
Scale:
Certified public scales are located in a variety of places such as moving and
storage lots, farm suppliers with grain elevators, gravel pits, recycling compa-
nies and large commercial truck stops.
If you are not aware of a nearby public scale, check the local area tele-
phone book yellow pages under "scales-public" section or "weighers." A nomi-
nal fee will be charged, but this is money wisely spent.
Weight scale types and weighing methods will affect the procedure used to
determine proper tire inflation pressure and axle loading.
There are several types of scale in use today. A Platform Scale will allow
the entire motorhome to fit on the scale, which will read the GVW with only
one scale recording required. A segmented Platform Scale is designed to weigh
only one axle at a time, which may require two or three scale readings to
determine the GAW or GVW total.
A Single Axle Scale enables one axle at a time. Some scales will read only
one wheel position at a time due their physical size. Several scale readings
may be required to determine the GAW or GVW total.
Slide-out equipped motorhomes will require each wheel position to be
weighed. This is referred to as a four corner weigh. This type of weighing pro-
cedure will accurately determine what the correct tire inflation pressure should
be. Depending on the type of scale being used, several different scale readings
may be required.