Avoid Costly Mistakes: Learn How to Weigh Your RV Properly | RV Texas Y'all
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- In this video, we share the most important RV tip we've ever shared with you: get your RV weighed! Whether you have a travel trailer, truck camper, fifth-wheel or motorhome, knowing the weight of your RV makes you safer on the road and gives you peace of mind. When you know your actual weight, fully loaded as you normally travel, you can adjust the air pressure in your tires to the manufacturer's specifications to lessen your chance of a blowout or other tire issues. If you find out you are overweight for your tires or chassis recommendations, you can downsize what you carry to make your RV safer. Or if you find you are okay with weight, but off balance (too heavy on one side for example), you can move things around.
We take you along as we get our RV and Jeep weighed using two different methods: the SmartWeigh system at Escapees and a truck stop CAT scale. We'll show you how each weighing method works and the pros and cons of each. However you choose to do it, please get your RV weighed!
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SmartWeigh by Escapees: www.escapees.c...
CAT Scale Network: catscale.com/
Tire Load and Inflation Charts and More Tire Info from Escapees: www.escapees.c...
TireMinder A1A Tire Pressure Monitoring System: amzn.to/2GzZ4yU
We bought our TireMinder TPMS several years ago. We have sensors installed on all 6 of our motorhome tires and all of our Jeep tires. While it does give us false signals every now and then (particularly when a sensor battery needs to be replaced), overall it has worked very well over the years we have owned it. It monitors both the air pressure and temperature of each tire at all times and alerts us to anything out of normal range so we can pull over and check it out. We highly recommend getting a tire pressure monitoring system. We feel a lot safer on the road since we installed ours.
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Hey y'all! We've been wanting to do this video for a very long time. We believe that knowing the accurate weight of your RV is super important to staying safe on the road. We've weighed each of our RVs shortly after we bought them and every time we make major changes to the amount of stuff we carry. Thanks for coming along with us. We'd love to hear your experiences and tips for RV weighing. Stay safe out there y'all!
Long long ago in the 80's, I was a truck driver. Many times before I would go into the states weigh station, I would get on the CB and state to anyone on the channel that I was heavily over loaded in sail boat fuel, realizing that the station monitored channel 19 on the CB. I would always get signaled to go to the inspection area. Well, sail boat fuel is obviously air. So I would be empty with nothing in the trailer but air. Many fond memories of opening my truck trailer to nothing in it and the inspectors being dumbfounded!
LOL! That is hilarious!
I met "y'all" at Escapees office and I took your lead and I got my coach weighed too. I agree Kris provided alot of great actionable information I didnt have before the weigh. Glad we met!
Hey Fay! It was great meeting you. Glad to hear you also got weighed while you were there. We were really impressed by how much we learned in the process. Hope to see you again. Safe travels!
I agree that proper tire preshure is absolutely important. One thing I might have missed you talking about. When you get individual corner weights, you use the heaviest weight on that axel to set tire preshure for that axel. Good job geting the information out.
Great point, William. Thank you. I think we forgot to mention that very important point.
@@rvamericayall Now you have material for anouther video.
Many thanks for the weighing video. Keep up the good work. My wife and I have been watching your videos for years, but seldom get to thumbs up as we watch on our TV. BTW, are you a Rice MBA?? Both?
Stacie is a Rice MBA! Great school, she also worker there back in the day!
Safety first when doubt you must find out .Like you said peace of mind has to make your journeys over the road. The Happiest of Trails...
We totally agree Drew! Happy Trails! 😁
Thanks Guys for the schooling, great job pointing out very important considerations going along with owning any RV's helps all of us have a better time with the lifestyle as well saving money on preventative mistakes. Great video.... Thank you don
Thank you Don! Safe travels!
It pays when your life is on the line. proper tire pressure. overweight. good idea to keep a check on it. Enjoy your journey. Most of all be safe. ☕️🍩
Thanks David! You can never be too safe! :)
Excellent video, so much information. Love your Jeep !!! Was the comparison of both weighing the same. Happy Easter 🐰🐣
Hi Rick! Happy Easter! Both weights were very close.
Really great informative video, so pleased with what y’all share...Done cat scale last year and found out we were 500lbs over, more down sizing took place:). I like the cat scales, very easy to get done.. we tow our jeep with nothing added to get toad as light as possible. Safe travels, Happy Easter and God Bless.
Thank you Randy! We agree, the CAT scales are so easy! So glad you found out that y’all were overweight. It’s so easy to do and not realize. Glad to know y’all are traveling safely! Happy Easter!
great video.....thank you for all you guys do.
Thank you Ed!
A good video things everyone should do and know. Happy Easter
Thank you Annamay! Happy Easter!
Fantastic information!!! Thank you so much for sharing!! We plan on getting our rig and toad weighed next weekend at our local Love's Truck Stop!!!
Awesome Dino!!! Hope y’all have some great adventures planned for this summer. 😁
@@rvamericayall Hopefully we will be able to catch up with you!!! :)
That would be awesome!
Great video y’all did good!
Thanks Jerry!
Great info to know. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks y'all! Happy Easter!
@@rvamericayall Happy Easter to y'all too. I am sitting at my computer editing our latest video that posts tonight. Your notification popped up on my screen so I stopped to go watch your video with Tiffany on our TV. Now back to back to editing. Thanks!
Great information. Thank you!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching.
Thanks as did learn some things that I didn't know. I have a truck and don't know the weight the tires on it can carry so will have to check that out. Hope that you have had a wonderful Happy Easter.
Hi Leann! Happy Easter! We are so happy that we could help you travel more safely. See you out there!
Good video but my wife and I wanted to know the weights of both weigh ins and the comparison or difference in weight of both weigh ins
Hi James. The weights were very close. The SmartWeigh is reported in increments of 50 pounds. The CAT scale reports in increments of 10 pounds. The difference in reports was just over 200 pounds total and we had driven for a while between the two and burned off fuel. We were under our required weight overall and on every axle in both weighs.
great vid enjoyed all our best safe travels
Thanks Allan!
Great information!
Thank you Shelley!
Thank you, would never have known to get unit weighed, newbie here, first trip this week
Congratulations Laura! Glad we could help. Have a great trip!!
How do I find out what my tire pressures should be? Is that included in the RV manual or....? (I am still researching. I don’t have my RV yet.)
Great question. We put a link in this video’s description to the Escapee’s website where they list tire inflation info for different brands of tires. You can also Google your tire manufacturer and model info to find load inflation charts.
RV Texas Y'all Thank you so much. I will save this for future reference.
NIRVC offer a free "4-Corner" weighing at any of their dealerships. The individual wheel weight is important to know. I know of people who discovered their tag axle was overloaded. A Cat Scale does not caught that. I don't rely on the Tire Pressure monitoring system. I bought a good truck tire gauge to check tires manually.
Good to know Roy. Thanks! Which tire gauge do you have?
@@rvamericayall I bought a Roadpro 12" Straight-on Dual foot tire gauge with a bleeder valve. They're about $30. It is great because, if you over inflate, you can easily let some air out.
Thanks Roy!
Really really sound advice, Thank you,
Thank you Tim.
Hi, thanks for another great Informational video. I just have a question, why is the dog's back turn to the camera? Safe travels , love u3!
Hi Ruth! Star has a mind of her own. Lol We never know what she’s going to do.
Great video
Thanks!
Another great reason to check: if you are involved in an accident & are overweight the accident could be your fault even if someone hit you. It's $11 at a regular truck stop. Happy Easter y'all!
Great point Gary! Happy Easter!
Great info. Have you made a video showing how to pump diesel at a truck stop?
Hi Jean! Happy Easter! We haven’t made a video about that yet. Thanks for the suggestion.
Great video, good information. Question , how did the two different weighting procedures compare?
Hey Larry! Thanks. They were very close (within 1%) and some of that difference is fuel that we burned driving between the 2.
Was there any difference between your weights?
Very little difference at all.
Good topic for a video! Only weighed my rig once and was well within the acceptable range. I'll look weighing like the first one you showed to look at the balance on my rig. More recently I've been focused on shedding unnecessary weight. Have you seen any data on increased MPG correlated with weight offloaded? Would make an interesting video. Did a quick search and didn't find anything with clear testing results for an RV. For instance, if one has an 80-gallon freshwater tank but only carries 40 gallons, the load would be reduced by 333 pounds. Most of the time, this would work for me so I'm left wondering how much this single action might improve my fuel efficiency.
That is a great question Rebecca.
Great video. Love your setup. what kind of rv’s have you had in the past, and why did you go with the diesel over gas now? I’m trying to justify a diesel. Thank you.
Thanks! We've owned a 23' travel trailer, a 28' Class A Gas motorhome, a 35' Class A Diesel motorhome, and now our 31.6' Class A Diesel motorhome. We prefer diesel because the engine is in the rear so all of the heat and noise associated with the engine is not up right in front with us. We also like the air suspension in the diesel motorhomes, gives a smoother ride and adjusts itself on turns.
Did I miss it? What was the correlation between the two weighing systems? Where they close in their findings?
Hi Rusty! Yes they were within 1% of each other.
Like the video. Man I have not weighed mine yet
Pencil that in to your next trip! :)
Great video! So, I also want to know: how did the weights compare and how tall is your rig?
Hey Bob! The weights came in very close to each other. Our height is 11'9".
Good video BUT please STOP the music!? 🎶
Thanks for watching and the constructive criticism!
So how much variance was between the two different weigh types? Which one do you feel gave the most accurate weight? And what height did y’all come in at? Height is one of my biggest fears. So before we leave out I need to figure out how to properly measure us till we can get professionally measured.
Hi Andrea! There was very little difference between the two weights. We feel like they were both very accurate. It's nice to know the extra specific weight for each wheel location to have a true sense of balance. We came in at 11'9".
What campground was this filmed at? Time of year? April?
Hi Vicki. This was filmed at Jamaica Beach RV Resort in spring.
I have always stated that weigh stations ask 'How fat are you''. Yet another way the government questions you on 'How much do you weigh fat boy?'. LOL
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Thanks Cheril! Hope you're having a great weekend!
Were you under the GAWR for each coach axle? With the Jeep attached were you under the GCWR of the coach? How much more weight could you add? What tire pressures for the coach did you end up with after the weigh?
Yes, we were under the suggested weights for every axle and overall. We could add 1,000 pounds to the motorhome and still be under the suggested weight. The Jeep came in at 600 pounds under our suggested tow weight. Tire pressures are specific for weight, but also for individual tire brand and model so you can’t go by what our pressures are. There is a link in the description of the video where you can find information on several of the major tire manufacturers.
$55. Is cheap insurance, plus the education.
We totally agree, Randy!