Tag: Weights
Full-time RVing – Will your rig haul the weight?
By Russ and Tiña De MarisMoving from a sticks-and-bricks home to an RV makes for plenty of challenges. Where will you put all your...
Do RV manufacturers “lie with statistics”?
By Russ and Tiña De Maris
Pssst! In the market for a new motorhome? Looking for a steal? Here's some news – the dealers are...
How to weigh your RV at the truck stop
By Chris Dougherty
Chris Dougherty is a certified RV technician. Here is a letter he received from a reader while he was serving as...
Wife’s rock collection overloading RV
Dear RV Shrink:
My wife has rocks in the head. No, I am not being derogatory. I mean she has rocks everywhere, including those...
Trim your RV weight and increase storage space, too
By Adrienne KristineThere is a direct connection between reducing the weight inside your RV and increasing the mileage for every gallon of expensive gas...
Couple disagree on what’s important to haul in RV
Dear RV Shrink:
I have a weight problem. My husband says my embroidery machine is too heavy to carry with us in the 5th...
Full-time RVing — the plague of cargo capacity
By Russ and Tiña De Maris
Here's the case of the couple that wants to break into full-time RVing. That's a serious step, since "all...
RV “chain” as strong as the weakest …
By Russ and Tiña De Maris
For years we've been talking to the bully pulpit to preach the importance of knowing your weight ratings and...
Wife is a pack rat; husband is at wit’s end
Dear RV Shrink:
My wife has a terrible weight problem. I am trying to change her lifestyle in an effort to reduce her weight....
RV weight terminology you should know
By Russ and Tiña De Maris
When shopping for an RV, everyone has their own ideas of what's "important." Be it the floor plan,...
Weigh your RV properly — axle by axle
By Chris DoughertyChris Dougherty is a certified RV technician. Here is a letter he received from a reader while he was serving as RVtravel.com's...
Decisions based on RV weight? Do you know what yours weighs?
By Steve Savage, Mobility RV ServiceI don't understand. Given how simple it is to weigh an RV, whether driven or towed, and how little it...