After some time working to have the ATM raised on our Jayco Sterling pop top 17.55-7SH, we have now raised it to a reasonable ATM capacity and still under the axle/axle load capacity. Jayco was no help, so we had to go to a Vic Roads VASS engineer not easy to find one that will work on caravans. We didn't have to do anything to the caravan to have the ATM raised, the first question from the engineer was, what is Jayco hiding not to give the design load capacity of the chassis. If Jayco had only put it on their letterhead that our weights we wanted were alright, we wouldn't have had to go to an engineer at a cost . Tare weight should be with the caravan ready to go, with gas and water in the tanks. My thought is if the ATM is keep low so they can sell more caravan's to people with low towing capacity vehicles. The caravan industry and caravan manufactures should be more accountable, as this could be dangerous not so much with the caravan carrying capacity but the vehicle not being the right size to tow the caravan.
macka17 said
12:55 PM Jun 23, 2017
No Matter WHAT you buy.
New or second hand.
The day you buy it. still empty.
Over the nearest REGISTERED Scales.
BUY a ticket (legal)
Then you have come backs. for yourself.
and any disputed that may occur.
We lucky. Only road out of town goes past local dump. WITH public scales.
Freebie for a called out figure. $25 for printed.
I ALWAYS go over there with full rig, at start of all trips.
Know exactly where we stand. Tug and tow.
EVERYBODY should know their FULL weights at start.
All others are really "so what". Starting points.
That full one, is the trigger point where fines start.
Anybody that can't be bothered, Whatever.
has very little sense of responsibility's to the rest of us on the road.
Apart from maybe breaking the law.
It's SOOOOO easy.. to BE LEGAL.
Leave all that crap behind.
You DON'T really. NEED it.
After some time working to have the ATM raised on our Jayco Sterling pop top 17.55-7SH, we have now raised it to a reasonable ATM capacity and still under the axle/axle load capacity. Jayco was no
help, so we had to go to a Vic Roads VASS engineer not easy to find one that will work on caravans. We didn't have to do anything to the caravan to have the ATM raised, the first question from the engineer was, what is Jayco hiding not to give the design load capacity of the chassis. If Jayco had only put it on their letterhead that our weights we wanted were alright, we wouldn't have had to go to an engineer at a cost . Tare weight should be with the caravan ready to go, with gas and water in the tanks. My thought is if the ATM is keep low so they can sell more caravan's to people with low towing capacity vehicles. The caravan industry and caravan manufactures should be more accountable, as this could be dangerous not so much with the caravan carrying capacity but the vehicle not being the right size to tow the caravan.
New or second hand.
The day you buy it. still empty.
Over the nearest REGISTERED Scales.
BUY a ticket (legal)
Then you have come backs. for yourself.
and any disputed that may occur.
We lucky. Only road out of town goes past local dump. WITH public scales.
Freebie for a called out figure. $25 for printed.
I ALWAYS go over there with full rig, at start of all trips.
Know exactly where we stand. Tug and tow.
EVERYBODY should know their FULL weights at start.
All others are really "so what". Starting points.
That full one, is the trigger point where fines start.
Anybody that can't be bothered, Whatever.
has very little sense of responsibility's to the rest of us on the road.
Apart from maybe breaking the law.
It's SOOOOO easy.. to BE LEGAL.
Leave all that crap behind.
You DON'T really. NEED it.