We had our setup weighed by
SmartWeigh an Escapees Rally this spring and learned we were comfortably within our weight limits. I was fairly sure I was ok weight wise but "knowing" is a much better feeling, especially when you're a full time traveler.
BTW...We traveled through a section of Maryland today and the weigh station sign read "
ALL vehicles over 5 tons are required to stop". I was going to pull through as directed but the station was closed. When I got to our campsite I checked the Maryland DOT website which states that:
"All vehicles with a gross vehicle weight or gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 10,000 pounds must stop at open weigh stations. Only vehicles that are operating in commerce will be subject to a safety inspection".
I wonder how strictly this is enforced and how soon before more states start requiring RVs to go through open weigh stations. Good to know I would have been alright weight wise.
It's my understanding that states are going to start going after RV's because of so many of them being over loaded or loaded wrong. In Illinois the DOT is already starting to crack down on duallys that aren't licensed heavy enough.
There was a serious accident that killed a few people involving a cargo trailer that didn't have enough weight on the tongue. Another accident that involved a motor-home that flipped over that they found was overloaded
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