RTA weighin stations

Allan Marais · Member

RTA weighin stations

oldbobsbus · Guru

I have been Motorhoming around the countryside on and off for around 4yrs and have never been weighed but I have heard of many caravans and MH's that have been.. cry

I believe it is in the best interest of everyone on the road in any rig to goto the closest tip and weigh your outfit, in most cases they will do it for free.

That way you know you are right and if not you can make the necessary adjustments so you are.. smile

KFT · Guru

Roads inspectors in Victoria are regularly pulling up and weighing vans, trailers and boats this year and quite a few were "a bit over"

there is a thread on CF by an inspector and he relates some interesting info.

frank

Tim thetruckie · Senior Member

Allan Marais wrote:
Hi fellow travellers, we have been informed that we can expect to be treated to a formal weigh in at the either the 3 way crossing in QLD or at the start of the east to west journey across Nullabour .. Anyone had any experience of this an what's the go??

Allan Im not sure where the 3 way crossing into Qld is .

Transport SA have a weighbridge for heavy vehicles outside Port Augusta but do not as a norm pull caravans in to weigh them .

Tranpost inspectors as a norm do not worry about caravans unless they are obviously overloaded .

Roving-Dutchy · Guru

We never seem to have any first hand experience, it is always I have heard of a friend of a friend who has had their van weighed.
If it has happened to you let's hear from you.
Cheers
David

Plendo · Guru

Hi Frank,

any chance you could post a link to the thread on CF, been searching but just too much to go through.

sufil · Guru

We stopped at the one on the outskirts of Ceduna on one of our trips as we tow with a truck and got told they weren't interested in caravanners only heavy trucks. Never been pulled up and asked to go over the scales.
We tow with a T4000 Mazda truck with a SW base Rav on the back and towing a 24 ft van. We put the whole rig over a weighbridge in Vic 18 months ago (very patient operator who allowed us to un hook, and weighed separately and all together, he even did ball weight) and we were LEGAL according to the operator( which made himself very happy as he reckoned I carry to much crap and we were way over weight!!.)

Zoomtopz · Guru

at times , at Port Augusta . The Transport Dept Will do a "Road Block"

Where they Pull everybody up , both ways . Licence , log books for trucks , licence for cars .

Rego checks for every vehicle , RBT , as well as checking weights of trucks & rv's , the shaker as well .

I have been pulled up there for one , they put a drug dog in to sniff-out my cab , straight after me .

They checked out a coach , as well as th luggage bins .

At Stawell , another road-block , even sent an Ambo round to the weigh bridge , where the checks were taking place .

He was in front of me . I don't mind , & never have . As it keeps Everybody honest .

tezza · Senior Member

Been across nullabor 11 times and never been weighed yet.

KFT · Guru

For Plendo

this is the link to the thread by Brij who is a Vicroads enforcement officer.

www.caravanersforum.com/viewtopic.php

enjoy the read

frank

justcruisin01 · Guru

We got pulled into one in Nth Qld about 18mths back.

Patto44 · Senior Member

Tried to make it clickable - FAILED, sorry

www.caravanersforum.com/viewtopic.php

KFT · Guru

the link in my post is clickable.

it worked for me just now

topic 46535

title is:
Rumours of Enforcement officers checking at Bairnsdale

frank

Plendo · Guru

Thanks Frank, it is an interesting read.

KFT · Guru

I get the impression that the so called weighing exercises were more of an education for the enforcement officers than van owners.

Could be the "insight" they need to justify a concerted campaign to find overweight RV's

As you would be aware there are some 450,000 registered Rv's in Australia and that could represent a considerable income for a cash strapped state government.

so stand by

frank

The Roamer · Member

Have just done the Nullarbor trip both ways and no sign of weigh bridge .Have towed large vans for 10 years and never been pulled up. Still always the first time.

John

Tim thetruckie · Senior Member

KFT wrote:
Roads inspectors in Victoria are regularly pulling up and weighing vans, trailers and boats this year and quite a few were "a bit over"

there is a thread on CF by an inspector and he relates some interesting info.

frank

Frank it is not a regular thing at all . There have been a couple of voluntary weigh in's held at Yarragon Vic Roads weighbridge run by Brij .

Here is the link to the thread .

http://caravanersforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=46535

Herb · Veteran Member

we just crossed from victoria to NSW and then Queensland, no issues. We have passed many checkpoints and never been weighed. However we have had van and tug weighed and were shocked as to how over weight we were. Now never travel with water tanks full unless close to a camp site also fuel tanks on van kept empty unless long haul planned where we dont expect to find fuel ( night drives)

Pete49 · Senior Member

tezza wrote:
Been across nullabor 11 times and never been weighed yet.

But looking at your avatar you go via the coast. I don't think they weigh vessels biggrin biggrin

Pete

KFT · Guru

Tim thetruckie wrote:
KFT wrote:
Roads inspectors in Victoria are regularly pulling up and weighing vans, trailers and boats this year and quite a few were "a bit over"

there is a thread on CF by an inspector and he relates some interesting info.

frank
Frank it is not a regular thing at all . There have been a couple of voluntary weigh in's held at Yarragon Vic Roads weighbridge run by Brij .
Here is the link to the thread .
http://caravanersforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=46535

Yes Tim you are correct, my poor choice of words. there were a couple of voluntary weigh ins. The one at Bairsdale was NOT voluntary though and the officers discretion was used to not hand out infringements.

As I stated in a later post I wonder if this is not some form of intelligence gathering to see if they can make some money in the name of road safety?

appreciate you pointing out my mistake though

frank

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

We are under there weight in NSW so we don't have to...

http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/heavyvehicles/downloads/hvcs_faqs.pdf

-- Edited by Aus-Kiwi on Tuesday 11th of March 2014 12:16:59 AM

Zoomtopz · Guru

Ok , so Most of Us ARE experienced "towers" & know the logistics of , mass wt , ball wt etc .

It is th ones Who don't know Or don't Care . Geez , we have All seen oddly 'loaded' & "mismatched rigs".

I don't mind being checked . You may Not see a weighbridge , the "mermaids" have 'portable scales' ,

they place em in front of your wheels & ya drive up onto em ,

Richo

Tim thetruckie · Senior Member

KFT wrote:

Yes Tim you are correct, my poor choice of words. there were a couple of voluntary weigh ins. The one at Bairsdale was NOT voluntary though and the officers discretion was used to not hand out infringements.
As I stated in a later post I wonder if this is not some form of intelligence gathering to see if they can make some money in the name of road safety?
appreciate you pointing out my mistake though
frank

Frank having read a lot of Peter's (Brij) posts I dont reckon it is a revenue raising situation , certainly it is a intelligence gathering exercise and any thing that improves road safety is a good thing .

KFT · Guru

Hi Tim

I agree with improving road safety as we all benefit.

With the ever increasing numbers of RV's on the road and what appears to be lots of accidents involving them these last 12 months then maybe the authorities are planning to enforce the rules with respect to weights and loading. This I think is a good thing as richo said we have all seen very overloaded and poorly loaded combination's.

Brij appears to me as a fair dinkum bloke who is doing quite a bit to educate people about loadings which is much fairer than simply handing out infringements but I think in his job there are some things that just beggar belief and he would be at times in a situation where an infringement was the only suitable action.

I approached NSWRMS with a view to doing something similar in NSW but they were just not interested from any aspect of road safety.

We can only keep trying to improve things as we see them and hopefully save some from a horrific accident.

frank

Crashtac · Veteran Member

I reckon this should be done more often. I have seen to many vans being towed by vehicles that just shouldnt be doing it. People over loading their vans and tow vehicles don't just put themselves at risk but everone else on the road. I know I don't want to be responsable for taking out a car full of kids because I lost control of my rig or could not pull it up.