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drwwicks
Explorer
Mar 30, 2015

Motorhome weights

Looking at either a Winnebago Vista 30T or 36Y and can't find what the empty weights are. The GVWR and GCWR is given but not empty. You can see what an axel rating is but not what's on it leaving the factory. Anyone know where to find those values. Without knowing empty weight there is no way to know what load can be put in.

45 years flying helicopters and weights and balances is important. I realize this ain't a helicopter but it does have limits for safe loading. Probably some people's comments about poor handling can be attributed to poor loading. Just my opinion. My toy hauler, Keystone Raptor 300MP lists empty weight and max loaded weights. Why not the Vistas?

For what it's worth, no sales people I have talked to have a clue. Not surprising since salesmen/women usually know little about the product they are selling.

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  • Winnebago has almost every brochure on line for anything they ever made

    http://winnebagoind.com/product-resources/product-information

    Use the link above
  • Ivylog's avatar
    Ivylog
    Explorer III
    There is a cargo carring capacity sticker behind a cabinet in the unit that a sales person could find. CCC is how much stuff you can put in the motorhome with it ready to go with full fuel, people, and full water. It will not include the weight of any options added after it left the factory. The weight of the people is 155 pounds times the number of sleeping positions.
    I would still weigh the unit before buying to make sure I can actually put the CCC in it. Some units are at their max rear axle weight so the CCC has to go on the front axle which is impossible. Good luck and you were asking the right questions.
  • It is not useful to put an empty weight in a brochure or on a website because the weight of a RV might vary several hundred pounds or more with options. Most motorhome manufacturers have quit trying because buyers would expect a brochure weight and find the delivered weight with options installed to be quite different. That's also why a salesman can't tell you.

    For any particular unit, a salesman can go out to the unit and read the weight from the tag. That will be weight as it left the factory with all factory installed equipment.

    Some TT manufacturers still put an empty weight in the brochure as a sales tool, but the figure is almost always misleading, because it is often a weight with no optional equipment, not even including the weight of mandatory "option" packages installed on every unit going out to dealers.