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ptbtx
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Sep 18, 2018

Class Cs with high rear axle capacity

I recently bought a 32' 2010 Winnebago Access (Ford E450 chassis). Prior to leaving for a 4 week trip and prior to loading it up for the trip I took it to a scale and the rear weighed in at about 9400 and the front at about 4000. So the MH itself is taking up so much of the rear GAWR (9500 max) that there isn't much left over for bedding, clothes, food, etc. I had to cut back on what I planned to bring and now have to store everything in the front. I also removed the rear TV and the rear queen mattress and replaced it with a smaller and lighter mattress. This particular MH has plenty of room for storage in the bedroom but it's very disappointing that it can't be used and it's also very inconvenient to have to move everything from front to back at the end of the day's drive and then from back to front at the start of the day's drive.

By the way, when the MH was weighed the fresh water tank light showed 1/3 full, the gas tank had about 45 gallons (out of 55 when full), the propane tank was full, the gray and black tanks were empty, and I was the only passenger. I had two hoses and a few extension cords in the back passenger side hatch. I had some tools, etc. in the left and right front hatches, but nothing out of the ordinary with respect to their weight.

So even though the OCCC at 1866 seemed reasonable prior to purchase I see that most of that CC is available in the front, not the back where it would have been much more convenient.

So am now looking for advice regarding which models to look at with better OCCC especially CC on the back axle.