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Originally posted by pedwards2932 Yes trailer was at 3450 and I weighed the water and removed stuff so I should be at 3330.  I was including passengers in combined and I had about 100 and that won't change. I am very familiar with the bridges as I used to commute across the HRBT.  We are going to the Eastern shore next week so I will keep a check on conditions before leaving. I thiink on the Chesapeake Bay bridge you don't pull off you just tell the toll person the propane is shut off.  We are going to Cape Charles so it is only about an hour or so trip.

I’m not sure about the Chesapeake Bay bridge as I haven’t taken the rpod over that one. The 64 and the 664 bridges between Hampton and Norfolk both require you stop and show them it’s off. Not a big deal unless you want to run your fridge on propane, then you have to find somewhere to pull off after the bridge to turn it back on. It’s really the tunnels not the bridges sections. Propane settles so they are concerned it will stay in the tunnels if there is an accident and a leak occurs. The tunnels are there so that the Navy won’t get bottled up in the event an enemy attacks the bridges.

Yeah thanks, I forgot about the bridge up in MD.  HRBT and MMMBT (Monitor-Merrimack Memorial Bridge Tunnel, had to look up the official name) require stops for propane inspection. I guess the CBBT considers the toll booth to be the stop?

Contacted Hayes and the unit I have will work fine with my Escape.  The issue/recall is for vehicles with integrated brake control.  Hayes will do the upgrade for free.  I think I may wait until I am done with using my r-pod this year as it takes about a 2 week turnaround.  Thanks for the heads up.

I think we will probably use the camper up to December and I will send it back then.  There is no issue with using it.....just want the upgrade in case I sell the trailer.   I used my Sherwood scale and the tongue weight is 450.  That scale works good no issues, I would recommend it.  I know my trailer hitch is rated for 350 lbs so I will need to redistribute to get it closer to 350.  Shouldn't be too hard to do.