Looking to upgrade to a larger Class C
I have a '02 Lazy Daze. It's always felt too small and no storage. We love the rear with lots of windows -- if it had 2 slides, it could work. IT's 27' and worked OK for p/t but that's changing...
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Mich F,
I think you need to reweigh your rig and this time make sure all the wheels are on the scale! :) LOL
Do you have the individual axle weights from the CAT scale reading? Were you loaded for travel? Full water, fuels, clothes, food & stuff? OCCC as you're quoting it really isn't a useful number. Your rig doesn't have as much overhang as many long E-450s (yours has a nice, long wheelbase), but there's still enough so it's possible your rear axle is near overloaded while your front axle is under it's maximum by 1,000 lbs. or more. It depends where they put the storage tanks. Between the axles, not too bad. Behind the rear axle, then potential problems. The OCCC total looks like you have a lot of capacity left, but all of the capacity is on the front axle. That's not too useful.
In any event, I don't see how a 32'+ motorhome weighs in about the same as a 25' motorhome considering they both are single slide units and from the same manufacturer. I guess it could be a steel/aluminum issue. :)
I'd like to believe your numbers, I've just never seen a weight that low on a 32' E-450 Class C with a slide. And I've looked. :)
And I agree about the Ford E-550. It would have been perfect for this size motorhome.
~Rick
I think you need to reweigh your rig and this time make sure all the wheels are on the scale! :) LOL
Do you have the individual axle weights from the CAT scale reading? Were you loaded for travel? Full water, fuels, clothes, food & stuff? OCCC as you're quoting it really isn't a useful number. Your rig doesn't have as much overhang as many long E-450s (yours has a nice, long wheelbase), but there's still enough so it's possible your rear axle is near overloaded while your front axle is under it's maximum by 1,000 lbs. or more. It depends where they put the storage tanks. Between the axles, not too bad. Behind the rear axle, then potential problems. The OCCC total looks like you have a lot of capacity left, but all of the capacity is on the front axle. That's not too useful.
In any event, I don't see how a 32'+ motorhome weighs in about the same as a 25' motorhome considering they both are single slide units and from the same manufacturer. I guess it could be a steel/aluminum issue. :)
I'd like to believe your numbers, I've just never seen a weight that low on a 32' E-450 Class C with a slide. And I've looked. :)
And I agree about the Ford E-550. It would have been perfect for this size motorhome.
~Rick
