Cargo Carrying Capacity

OP, you still have not said how much of the year you will use your 4018. We keep our rig stocked with non perishable food, four season cloths, lots of spare parts and tools and we do indeed use half of our 9000 CCC. When you do not have to worry about CCC it's easy to use more than you think.
Getting on the road takes less than half a day as it's clean out the home refer, get the Sat receivers, and close the house up.

We full-time and the Cat scales show us carrying about 3,000 lbs of cargo in the motorhome. That includes two adults and the tongue weight of a 3,000 lb cargo trailer. So, we have well over 4,000 pounds of stuff, but the cargo trailer includes a 300cc maxi-scooter (400lbs) and lots of tools as well as bicycles, Sea Eagle kayak, etc.

Bsinmich... Nope just curious. My CCC is 9200 lbs. As a new member to RVing, I was interested to see if anyone came close. From what I read, it looks like I will have trouble getting an extra 2,000 lbs.

I learned a long time ago, shortcuts are not always good.

I have about 1500# with passengers, full water, and all the other necessities. I weighed at the local feed mill to be sure. If you are using this post to avoid weighing you are making a big mistake. Spend the couple bucks and get wheel weights That way you can adjust the air pressure for the best ride also and do it safely.

When we were researching the purchase of our rig (11 years ago), I estimated we'd need between 2,000 - 2,500 lbs. for people, water, food & stuff. The rig we settled on had an unloaded weight of about 18,800 lbs. (including full fuels) on a 22,000 lb. GVWR chassis. Various trips across the scales have put our travelling weight from 20,600 to 21,500 pounds which implies anywhere from 1,800 to 2,700 lbs. of people & stuff. We do not full-time, but have travelled for a couple months at a time.

We have travelled with 5 - 8 people, depending upon the trip. The time we had 2,700 lbs. of cargo was the one time we travelled with 4 adults instead of the usual 2.

~Rick

Including the two of us and a 150 pound dog, we usually total about 1500 pounds of cargo for a 2-3 month trip. We take a freezer full of prepared meals but other than that we do not carry much food. We stock up on food as we need it on the road so it is always fresh. I carry an unmounted spare. Basic tools and spare parts are carried in the toad. Depending on the weather(freezing and below) we travel with a 1/2-full fresh water tank.

We full time. Not including water and towed, we run at about 2000 lbs. of stuff.

It depends on how much you use it. It's a good thing we had 9000 lbs of CCC as we are using half of it as half timers. If we were FT I'd have to add a 10,000 lb trailer.

We load about 1100-1200 pounds, but we carry an inflatable boat, out board motor. fuel for it, plus the rear seat for the Jeep. plus all our camping gear. this is over and above the normal water, propane.

I weighed mine before heading out for a two month trip. Increase was 982 pounds. This included food.