RV Weighing Reduces Accidents and Saves Costly Repairs

May 27, 2011 - PRLog -- Full-time RVer David Gray announced the most user-friendly RV fifth wheel and gooseneck trailer safety website, http://www.FifthWheelSt.com, that simplifies the task of weighing your truck and trailer in four easy steps.

After experiencing a blowout on his fifth wheel trailer on a highway in New Mexico, Gray began to research online websites looking for an easy way to calculate weighing his truck and trailer. After becoming frustrated with the lack of a simple way to accomplish this and concerned for the safety of RVers and other travelers on the road, Gray launched his own website dedicated to simplifying the task of weighing the truck and fifth wheel or gooseneck trailer.

This undertaking, which Gray found on other websites to be cumbersome and somewhat daunting, is simplified here and is easily accomplished in four steps by utilizing an easy-to-use online calculator, printable worksheets and safety report, all with concise, easy to understand instructions.

The number one most reported insurance claim is the result of RV damage received from the sudden release of air from tires, otherwise known as a BLOWOUT.  An overload combined with under or over inflated tires can cause a sudden blowout or breakdown. When towing a fifth wheel or gooseneck trailer, it is very important to ensure that the load is distributed evenly and that all necessary safety precautions have been taken to prevent an RV accident. Even a slight overload or unequal weight distribution can seriously restrict the vehicle’s braking and steering capabilities. Higher fuel consumption and driver fatigue are also common side effects of traveling with an overloaded, heavy, poor-handling RV.

According to the RV Safety & Education Foundation, data indicates that 51% of RVs on the road exceed one or more weight safety ratings. Gray’s worksheet and calculator removes any excuse by RVers from not weighing their rig.

Gray wishes to see his website with its worksheet and calculator utilized by a majority, if not all, of drivers towing fifth wheel and gooseneck trailers. This user-friendly website is completely free to use. The satisfaction of knowing that other travelers are safer and that accidents are potentially prevented because of this service is all that Gray desires.

FifthWheelSt.com is the brainchild of full-time RVer David Gray and was founded in April 2011 to promote towing safety by providing a simplified weighing worksheet and web-based calculator to assist all who tow fifth wheel or gooseneck trailers.

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FifthWheelSt.com provides online calculators, printable worksheets and safety reports for RVers, farmers and ranchers who tow fifth wheel, gooseneck and conventional trailers. You can weigh your vehicle and trailer and print your weight safety report in 4 simple steps.