Caravan Weights!
Are they deliberately confusing? What is the purpose of a caravan compliance plate if its wrong?
This is a cautionary tale of how our brand new “top of the range” Mountain Trail LXV 6.7 caravan was handed over to us with a tare weight considerably heavier than stated on the compliance plate and a tow ball weight also considerably heavier than specified!

We checked, checked and checked again, weighing the caravan multiple times in the process, coming to the same conclusion every time…the caravan is overweight!

What can we do about this?
What can the caravan manufacturers do about this?
What should be done about this?

There are so many stories about there about how caravan buyers have been misled by the stated caravan weights…this seems to be a more common occurrence these days, with the “consumer affairs” stated remedy of repair, replace or refund seemingly not a viable option for many.

In our case, Mountain Trail RV were great and did help remedy once of our weight issues, helping to reduce the Tow Ball Weight, but the other issue, an overweight caravan (and therefore reduced payload) is still unresolved as of the end of March 2023…