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Before you travel...WEIGHING INSTRUCTIONSAs your packing and loading routine becomes more familiar from experience, physicallyweighing your trailer may not be necessary before each trip. While you are developing aprocess, it is imperative that you verify compliance within the weight ratings. Overloadingyour RV voids the Jayco limited, express warranty and the warranties of many componentpart manufacturers. The following process will aid with weighing your trailer. Keep inmind that individual scales will operate differently. The surroundings of the scale need tobe adequate to accommodate weighing each side of your trailer. Please read through allweighing instructions before you begin. If you have further questions, consult with yourindependent, authorized dealer or the scale operator.Your recreation vehicle must be weighed fully loaded, that is, with food, clothing, fuel,water, propane, supplies, etc.TO PROPERLY WEIGH YOUR RECREATION VEHICLE1. First, weigh the recreation vehicle including the tongue weight, while detached fromthe tow vehicle. This actual overall weight must be less than or equal to the GVWRfor safe operation. If the overall weight is greater than the GVWR, some contentsmust be removed until the actual overall weight is less than or equal to GVWR.2. Next, hitch the recreation vehicle to your tow vehicle. Weigh the recreation vehicleand the tow vehicle to determine the GCW. Make sure that this rating is less than orequal to the GCWR as specified by the manufacturer of your tow vehicle. If thisoverall weight is greater than the GCWR, some contents must be removed to bringthe combination into compliance with the listed ratings.3. Next, weigh the recreation vehicle, while attached, but excluding the tow vehicle.This will result in the actual weight that is exerted on all of the recreation vehicletires. This weight may be subtracted from the overall recreation vehicle weightGVWR to determine the actual “tongue” weight.4. Next, with the recreation vehicle still attached to the tow vehicle, each wheel positionshould then be weighed separately to ensure each tire is not overloaded.To Determine the Wheel Position Weight• Pull the recreation vehicle onto the scale so only one tire is on the scale. Record theweight. Your trailer must remain as level as possible on the scale (even though anaxle or side is not physically on the scale). Obviously, to obtain the side-to-sideweights, there must be enough space on either side of the scale to accommodate therecreation vehicle being partially off the scale.• To calculate the opposite side of the vehicle wheel position weight, subtract the firstside’s weight from the weight determined in step #3.If there is a difference in the weights on one side of the vehicle as compared to weights onthe other side, components (tires, wheels, brakes, springs, etc.) on the heavier side could beoverloaded, even though the total axle load is within the GAWR. It is important toredistribute the load to avoid component failure, to improve the handling characteristics ofthe vehicle and to not void the warranty.With these actual weights, it is now possible to compare them against the GAWR, GVWRand tire capacities.Jay Flight Conventional Travel Trailer and Fifth-Wheel Travel Trailer 25