When we bought the hitch from the previous owner, it came with two brackets at about 100 pounds each that she had needed in her truck, but which we didn’t need. The good news is that we were just about 200 pounds overweight, but we already had an easy way to remove that weight. Getting Lizzy Too weighed at Escapees in Livingston, TX After the weighing was completed, the technician spent about twenty minutes going over all the numbers with us. We towed the rig back over to the weigh station and went through the process of getting the total weight on each axle, as well as the weights on each side of the rig. I was standing outside the truck and could hear every little pop and creak and groan coming from the rig, which they tell me is normal–but as a newbie to fifth-wheeling, it all sounds so ominous. When Andy pulled the rig out of the site for the first time, it was nerve-wracking, probably more so for me than it was for him. We had loaded up the truck and the rig with everything that we we normally carry, and per their instructions we had also filled the fresh water tank to present a “worst case scenario” for the weigh-in. So on Tuesday, we were able to hitch her up fairly quickly for our appointment. It took us awhile, and we had to call the seller, Pat, to get a little help with using the electronic leveling system to retract the jacks, but we finally got everything squared away. We had practiced hitching the rig to the truck the day before. After getting the weights recorded for the truck, we then had to drive back to our site to pick up the rig. That meant we also had to move the cats into the truck for the first time, so by then we were ALL stressed out. To start the weigh-in process, we first had to drive the truck over to the scales and have it weighed without the RV. So we proceeded to prepare ourselves and the rig for our very first towing experience to our 10:00 AM appointment. I kind of expected to get a phone call telling us to reschedule the weigh-in appointment, but the call didn’t come. When we got up that morning, it had been raining all night and there was still a slow drizzle. Well, somebody forgot to tell Mother Nature that it wasn’t supposed to rain on Tuesday. The following Tuesday looked good, so we made the appointment for the weigh-in. We jumped through all the hoops to get everything inspected and registered, and we spent a lot of money to get the truck set up to tow the RV.Īnd we also began the education process of learning all the ins and outs of how the new rig, both the RV and the truck, function and operate.Īfter we received the title from the seller on January 9 (Thursday), we checked the weather forecast to find a good sunny day to have the rig weighed and inspected. During those 46 days, we sold our 24′ Class C Thor Chateau motorhome, bought a 33′ Grand Design Reflection fifth wheel, and traded our Toyota Tacoma for a Ford F-250 XLT Crew Cab 4×4.

We are finally back out on the road after spending 46 days and nights in the Escapees Rainbow’s End RV Park in Livingston, Texas. Currently at Schulenburg RV Park in Schulenburg, Texas:

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