gotoloco wrote:
Can we really trust the manufacture and the weights, our Silverback has 9052 stamped on it as uvw, the options that we have are two recliner chairs and table and four chairs. Now the weight is it before they add the appliances, couch, bed and such?? This our fifth wheel and before have always had small ones so not as concerned with the actual weight of the trailer. How does one find out that information?? Also there are so many different ideas regarding weight that how does one really know??
That's a really good question. I am personally currently looking closely at the question of weight ratings because I just bought a new truck. In looking at TT and 5thW specs of various manufacturers I found that sometimes the "dry weight" is an almost empty shell, sometimes it includes all factory installed "features" as per the schematic they give you when you are a prospective buyer and sometimes it includes some but not all of the "options." Long story short, there seems to be no industry standard and as the old hands on this forum suggest the only way to know is to find a weight scale.
Just as a passing point of interest, I even had trouble nailing down how much my truck weights. Using the numbers on the sticker on the truck I calculated 6147 lbs; when I got my registration from the DMV it said 5900 lbs weight...the difference turned out to be a full gas tank vs an empty one..! I guess they just don't want us to be bored and have nothing to do, so they provide us with these mathematical puzzles...(g)
