Pre-Travel Information
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How Overloading Affects Your RV & Tires
•
OVERLOADING
your RV can have serious
consequences for passenger safety.
•
An
OVERLOADED
vehicle is hard to DRIVE
and
hard to STOP.
Too much weight on your vehicle’s suspension system can
cause spring, shock absorber, or brake failure. It can also
result in, handling or steering problems, irregular tire wear,
tire failure, or other damage.
• In cases of serious overloading,
brakes can
FAIL completely
, particularly on a steep grade.
Tire overloading caused by an excessive load and/or tire
UNDER
-inflation results in abnormal tire flexing.
This can
generate an excessive amount of heat within the tire.
•
EXCESSIVE HEAT MAY LEAD TO TIRE FAILURE
.
•
PROPER INFLATION IS CRITICAL.
It is the air pressure
that enables a tire to support the load.
The load a tire can safely carry is established by a combination
of the tire size, the load range, and corresponding inflation
pressure. The
required air pressure for your RV tires
must
be
determined from your actual load (
by weighing the RV
) and
taken from the
Load and Inflation Tables
provided on the tire
manufacturer’s website.
• These air pressures may differ from those found
on the certification label.
• RV weight or tire pressure should
never exceed
the
tire’s
Maximum Load Rating
or maximum air pressure.
•
If you discover that your tires cannot support
the actual weights,
REMOVE contents until the RV’s
weight is in compliance.
Steps for determining correct load limit
1. Locate the statement “The weight of cargo should
never exceed
XXX KG or XXX LBS” on your RV’s
Cargo Carrying Capacity label.
2. This figure equals the amount of
available load capacity
for cargo and luggage.
•
The combined weight of cargo and luggage loaded on
your RV
must not exceed
the
available load capacity
.
If the total weight of the
RV exceeds the GVWR,
the trailer is overloaded.
Operating your RV while
exceeding the specified
weight ratings increases
the risk of a crash,
personal injury and death.
It is necessary to remove
payload (equipment, water,
personal belongings, etc.)
until the total weight of the
RV no longer exceeds the
GVWR before operating
the RV.
If the weight on the trailer
axles exceeds the GAWR,
the axles are overloaded.
Operating your RV while
exceeding the specified
weight ratings increases
the risk of a crash, personal
injury and death.
It is necessary to remove
or rearrange payload
(equipment, personal
belongings, water, etc.)
until the axle weight no
longer exceeds the GAWR
before operating the unit.
Not operating your RV
within the designed weight
ratings can damage your
recreational vehicle which
is not covered under
warranty.
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