RV Tow Check Negative Reviews

RV Tow Check App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

RV Tow Check app received 13 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using RV Tow Check? Can you share your negative thoughts about rv tow check?

RV Tow Check for Negative User Reviews

✓ Report doesn't make sense to a newbieEntered in the required info for tow vehicle and trailer, the report generated talks about percentages of hitch load/tongue weight and provides numbers based on the range of acceptable percentages, but the calculated numbers presented in the report aren't explained...are these the max hitch load/tongue weights or what? Bottom line, I have no idea if the trailer I'm looking at is safe to tow with my vehicle, which is the whole point. App needs some work, or better explanation of what is being presented in the report..Idon'twantoneVersion: 1.1.1

✓ Danger: bugDoes not update the final screen if you change values. Do not trust this calculator. I wish I would have listened to 1st reviewer. Edit: it appears to work if you use the menu button (upper left) to change screens. But if you use a finger drag to go back a screen it appears to confuse the app. Still sticking with 1 star for now.FrugalaVersion: 1.1.1

✓ Results are vagueThe app provides very poor results. This should be a free app based on the non helpful information you get in the “RV Tow Check Report”. There is ver little info provided. I entered all the required information and have no idea what the report is telling me. Can’t believe they charge for this. Keep your money and find a calculator online. There is nothing special about what this app offers..Edwards79Version: 1.1.1

✓ Waste of $1.99Does what it says it does, but so does a simple calculator. Save you money. I lost mine. Yes - I read the directions and watched to video. Should be an area to enter your RV specifics..Puma FTDVersion: 1.1.1

✓ Don’t waste timeAs has been stated the App is a waste of time and money. If you Want info go to J2809 for a specific vehicle. May not be perfect But consistent between vehicles..RvdesignVersion: 1.1.1

✓ Red, yellow, greens misleadingThe developer is implying that only 22 to 25 percent 5th wheel hitch weight percentage is safe while 15 percent is complexly unsafe. SAE J2807 uses 15 percent for testing. The safe range is 15 to 25. Below or over that is where warnings should be. After reading the developer response I stand by my assertion. Most people take the colors of red, yellow, and green as safety indicators with green being safe and red being unsafe. The implication of the app is that towing at 15% pin weight an unsafe towing situation. If the tow vehicle’s GVWR is not exceeded by the pin weight and additional cargo and the GCWR and/or the mfg tow rating not exceeded 15% pin weight is safe..The DeegerVersion: 1.1.1

✓ Does not workDo not waste your money it does not work friend and I used it and no matter what u put it it says you are over your gvw even at 100 lbs don’t wast money like we did.Mad purchacerVersion: 1.1.1

✓ The app worksAs the title says, the app works. The developer says the results are based on math. I’ve been towing RV and boat trailers for over 15 years. The results the app gives seem to be accurate, and checks out with the math I’ve done on my own with a spreadsheet. As other reviewers have noted, the app asks for trailer gross weight - which is the safe way of going about the calculation - but not the best way. Many inexperienced RVers don’t know if they’ve overladen their trailer and/or their tow vehicle. My advice for those beginner RVers is to go to the local truck stop and weigh your tow vehicle by itself with a full tank of fuel and nothing else and no one in it. Then weigh the trailer - again with nothing in it except for a full tank of fresh water and propane. Then, load up the tow vehicle and trailer as if actually going on a trip with full fresh water, propane, food, clothes, toiletries, kitchen equipment, etc. Then use this app with the proper ratings found in your tow vehicle and trailer loading stickers and literature. Before I get blasted by the developer, I acknowledge the app allows for input of variable weights such as passengers and all the camping stuff someone might want to bring with them. However, these numbers can only really be estimated unless you know all of those items’ weights. I’m certainly not going to weight them all individually and add the weights together. I’m going to do what I suggested in the paragraph above and let the scale at the local truck stop do it all at once. That said, I’m not certain this app is useful for advanced users. Advanced users (people who tow trailers and care about their tow vehicle’s capabilities vs trailer weight), like me, have probably figured out how to calculate these results themselves - if they cared to know. Additionally, a user is likely going to actually use this app perhaps once per tow vehicle/trailer pair. I can see why beginners have a tough time with the app. It’s not because the app is faulty, because as the developer says: “it’s math.” It’s probably due to the app user’s unfamiliarity with the terms, and/or where to find the required weight data for tow vehicle and trailer, and/or mistakenly inputting the wrong data in the wrong field in the app. This is why the developer’s responses to negative reviews read something along the lines of “the primary reason for the negative review is because the user fails to <<insert either or all of the above reasons>>.” Unfortunately, this acetic response probably doesn’t endear the developer to new users trying to do the right thing by trying to understand how to tow within safe tow margins for their vehicle. Is this app a waste of money? I suppose it depends on if you’re an advanced user (experienced RVer) or not, or if you tow more than one combination of tow vehicle/trailer frequently to get more than one or two uses out of it. I personally will likely never use it again because it doesn’t tell me anything I didn’t already know about my truck and trailer and their weight relationships. Three stars for doing what the app says it does (math) and being mostly thorough. If it were useful beyond a handful of individual uses, I’d give it 5 stars..GruffidVersion: 1.1.1

✓ RVTCThis is a waste of time and money if there was a way to get a refund I would.Jerry8678765Version: 1.1.1

✓ Complete crapThis app calculates a 5000 pound 5th Wheel trailer as max for my Ram 2500 6.7 diesel. Unbelievable! Reading the FAQ it’s obvious the developer calculates for his liability potential!!!.@Camino77Version: 1.1.1

✓ UselessIf you reduce your vehicles weight to 3000 it tells you ok to tow 9000 pounds. Do not rely on this app. Wasted two dollars but this app is useless..HarleydieselVersion: 1.1.1

✓ Truly uselessThis “app” could be done with a simple spread sheet. Don’t waste your time or money trying to figure it out..Sgt SatchVersion: 1.1.2

✓ Doesnt workApp doesnt work. Calculations dont change. Simply displays trailer weight as the max weight answer..DeptaconVersion: 1.1.1

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