Weigh It Right

Nine out of twelve caravans weighed by Queensland Police at Longreach — and 41 of 71 checked at Orbost in Victoria — exceeded at least one legal weight limit, often while the driver thought a "3,500 kg towing capacity" meant plenty of margin.

As an US$9.90 (about A$15) add-on to your US$19.90 main guide pack, Ray Whitcombe takes you deeper across 47 A5 pages with the exact maths, weighbridge procedure and workshop fixes to make your combination legal and stable.

What you get inside (47 pages A5 + 2 printable worksheets + 4 weighbridge action cards):

- All 8 Legal Mass Numbers & Rear-Axle Leverage: Tare vs dry brochure weight, ATM, GTM, 9–11% tow ball download, Kerb Mass, GVM, GCM, BTC and the 1.42x rear-overhang lever that overloads dual-cab rear axles while unloading front steer tyres.

- One Public Weighbridge Visit Done Properly: How to find an NMI-certified bridge (A$24–A$50) or 24/7 multi-deck GoWeigh (A$65), run the 3-weigh single-deck protocol vs A$250–A$350 mobile weighers, apply the 5 hard WDH bans and fill in Printable Worksheet #1 (p. 18).

- 6 Real Australian Rigs Worked Out to the Kilogram: Exact kerb, payload, GVM and GCM maths for Ford Ranger Wildtrak V6, Isuzu D-MAX, LandCruiser 300 GXL/VX, LandCruiser 79 (stock vs SSM), Ford Everest / Prado 250 and RAM 1500 / Silverado 1500.

- Cutting 207 kg in One Afternoon: Draining highway water tanks (−170 kg) + AGM-to-LiFePO4 swap (−37 kg), 24-item gear weight table and Printable Payload Audit #2 (p. 35).

- Fines, Insurance & Upgrades: 8-state overload fine table, Insurance Contracts Act s 54 rollover refusals, Federal Pre-Rego SSM vs Post-Rego State GVM "GCM Boomerang" traps and 4 Weighbridge Problem-Solver Cards (pp. 44–45).