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Old 12-09-2017, 06:12 PM   #15
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BTW, you haven't changed your Tioga's weight capacity by adding spring packs. GVW ratings also include engine, transmission, cooling system, differential, shocks, etc. If you were to get in an accident and someone discovers you have altered the vehicle mechanically, you are open for a very large lawsuit. Good Luck with that.
I did not alter the spring packs, I replaced them entirely all the way around With the guidance of ATS springs Then installed by a pro shop. E550 Moog coils up front, and a 13 x 1/2 x 3 inch E550 pack in the rear. Handles better than new and brakes flat.

Tiffin weighing coaches right as they come in would also protect Tiffin. As the customer would be handed the scale sheet, and in some case, be advised of capacities. That can all be in the print out, not a word need to be said or time spent.
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Tiffin doesn’t need protection.
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Old 12-09-2017, 10:50 PM   #17
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Tiffin publishes the maximum carrying capacity of each axle. Each coach is weighed at the end the production finish line to make sure it is within tolerance, and provides the unloaded vehicle weight on the weight sheet. It is the responsibility of the OWNER to stay within the weight capacity of their motorhome, and not Tiffin's responsibility to baby sit people who overload their coach.
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Old 12-10-2017, 10:43 AM   #18
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CAT scales are accurate, they guarantee to pay a truckers fine if they gave him a bad weight and he gets busted. By very careful maneuvering (in violation of the warnings posted) you can get individual wheel weights on the CAT. Takes 2 trips thru the scale so you need a facility that is not too busy to do that.
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Old 12-10-2017, 11:27 AM   #19
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I know how you feel. It took me 3-4 trips to Red Bay before I found out about it.
Big Thank You Pigman1 for the map to the dog food scale. Will follow your map when I return to Red Bay for service.
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How does that work out for you? How do you carry it around? I have been looking for a reasonable way to get back and forth from the place where I park my rv to my house. Currently about six miles. PITA to have to bug people for a ride, and taxi's can get expensive.
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How does that work out for you? How do you carry it around? I have been looking for a reasonable way to get back and forth from the place where I park my rv to my house. Currently about six miles. PITA to have to bug people for a ride, and taxi's can get expensive.
Love that thing, going on about 863 miles 4th yr. 6 miles would be about 17 minutes. 27 max mph.
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That electric trike is the third most important item in mobile on my setup.

1 - The coach
2 - Abandon coach for toad
3 - Abandon toad for bike

Reverse, and return to coach.

Someone a couple days ago mentioned that the toad was a lifeboat, struck me as profound. That would mean that the electric bike on the back of the toad would be a lifeboat on the back of a life boat. But one that can do 25 miles out and back to the toad.

Has never been used for EMS in 800 miles, just 3rd string, at sidewalk level.
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