RV Weight

3 posts in Youtube Videos

Weight is the number that quietly decides what you can tow, where you can park, and whether your tires are living on borrowed time.

These videos cover our actual CAT scale results, the first attempt that went wrong before we had anything usable, and a Wisconsin campsite where the constraint turned out to be length rather than pounds.

Our pin weight came in at 3,600 pounds against a 3,884 limit. Closer than we were comfortable with.

Travel Days

When Your RV Campsite Goes Wrong | Rookie mistake?

Published on Jul 18, 2026

We reserved a pull-through site in Wisconsin and still couldn't get our 40-foot Brinkley into it. A campground regular named Joe showed us a trick we'd never considered, and then the week ended with our first Harvest Hosts stay at an actual Western saloon.

RV Life

Are We TOO Heavy? We Weighed Our RV at a CAT Scale, Here's the Results

Published on Jul 25, 2025

Our first Cracker Barrel overnight, the actual numbers from our CAT scale weigh-in, some math about water weight, and an insect invasion that hitched a ride from the last campground.

Travel Days

We Tried to Weigh Our RV and Everything Went Wrong!

Published on Jul 18, 2025

After two months parked, we hit the road to weigh the rig at a CAT scale. Stuck chocks, a hitching refresher, and a parking lot on a hill that lifted our wheels clean off the ground.