How much does your C weigh?
What model do you have and how much does it weigh with your typical loading? I've been considering a used C for my family. We're currently in a pop-up and the thought of a motorhome is apealing. ...
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OK, and example of what was driving my question.
I crunched some numbers last night for a couple floor plans I liked.
Well, actually I liked the Winnebago 31R/31RP but they don't publish a CCC or Curb Weight (CW)
So a Coachman Leprechaun 317SA
GVWR 14,500#
subtract the published CW 12,560# (brochure number, not the real weight of a real unit)
subtract the weight of full liquids (gasoline, LP, water, grey, black) 1,262#
Subtract the weight of the 5 bodies in my family maybe 600#
I'm left with 78# available for the tongue weight of my towable, clothes, food, chairs, bikes, etc.....
Now 864# of that is water (fresh, gray, and black) & I know that I would never likely have all of that full, but is it unreasonable to expect that I might want to have it all 30% to 50%?
Doing the same for a Coachman Leprechaun 320BH with full liquids, it's a little better at around 465# for stuff after I add my family.
Forget using that 5,000# hitch where I would need to add a tongue weight of maybe 15% of 5,000# = 750#
So,
I'm wondering based on your real world weights, where do you class C drivers out there find yourself and how well does it work?
I crunched some numbers last night for a couple floor plans I liked.
Well, actually I liked the Winnebago 31R/31RP but they don't publish a CCC or Curb Weight (CW)
So a Coachman Leprechaun 317SA
GVWR 14,500#
subtract the published CW 12,560# (brochure number, not the real weight of a real unit)
subtract the weight of full liquids (gasoline, LP, water, grey, black) 1,262#
Subtract the weight of the 5 bodies in my family maybe 600#
I'm left with 78# available for the tongue weight of my towable, clothes, food, chairs, bikes, etc.....
Now 864# of that is water (fresh, gray, and black) & I know that I would never likely have all of that full, but is it unreasonable to expect that I might want to have it all 30% to 50%?
Doing the same for a Coachman Leprechaun 320BH with full liquids, it's a little better at around 465# for stuff after I add my family.
Forget using that 5,000# hitch where I would need to add a tongue weight of maybe 15% of 5,000# = 750#
So,
I'm wondering based on your real world weights, where do you class C drivers out there find yourself and how well does it work?
