Auntie Violet is NOT a happy camper! She says her privacy has been violated!
This morning we had an appointment for her at 11 AM to be weighed. One of the precepts we have been taught over the years at Life On Wheels conferences is to make sure your RV is not over-loaded. The weight of the coach has a direct effect on its ability to stop in a timely manner and IF you were to be in an accident and it could be proven you were overweight, it could affect both your liability and your legal status!
We had been over a truck scale and knew that Auntie Violet was not over her gross vehicle weight. What we didn't know was how well her weight was distributed. This rally was the first place we had been where we had an opportunity to have each wheel or set of wheels weighed.
The folks from the Recreational Vehicle Safety Foundation have individual scales that they slip in front of each wheel and then have you drive slowly onto them. Each scale gives a weight of that wheel or set of duals. We got an initial weight report and will get a detailed analysis in the mail in the next couple of weeks.
Why is Auntie Violet acting so pissy about it, you ask? She doesn't think it was fair that both Forry and I were on board when she was weighed and that nobody mentions that it's not just her weight, but ours as well...
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