Possible CCC Upgrade
Wondering what I am missing? It seems like it would be pretty simple and inexpensive. We recently moved up from a 2003 Dolphin on a W22 chassis with 22K GVWR and 26K GCWR to a 2019 Newmar on a F53 c...
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"Might be smart to weigh your rig loaded the way you want to run it. If the front axle is over with that load, what do you gain dicking around with the back?"
My apologies JRscooby, I really need to learn how to do the "Quote function" on this board.
The reason for increasing the rear axle load is on an extended length gas coach, 37ft in my case, there is considerable rear overhang and I have a lot of behind the rear axle basement storage. If I load all of the tailgate stuff as far back as I can and put the 100 lb charcoal grill on the 2" receiver hitch it unloads the front axle due to the principle of lever and fulcrum. Does not change anything with regard to the maximum CCC I have to work with however. And based on the same physics it starts rapidly adding weight to the rear axle.
I am pretty conscious about weight, axle overloading, tire pressure and capacity, balance, etc. not only for safety, but handling as well. We use our coach a lot and in a wide variety of ways. Not really practical to weigh all the time so the goal is to know my best loading strategies and know I have plenty of left over capacity on each axle.
But, in doing some more research and analysis, I believe the best solution for me will be to add rear axle air bags and an on board compressor so I can adjust the pressure from the cockpit. I can use them to add the weight capacity if needed and also to jack up the rear end if I see a gas station or shopping mall driveway approach that looks iffy on dragging the tail. This would avoid the stiff spring when running unloaded and give me easy on demand flexibility. Since every other component is exactly the same I am pretty sure the chassis can handle the few times I need the other pounds of CCC.
My apologies JRscooby, I really need to learn how to do the "Quote function" on this board.
The reason for increasing the rear axle load is on an extended length gas coach, 37ft in my case, there is considerable rear overhang and I have a lot of behind the rear axle basement storage. If I load all of the tailgate stuff as far back as I can and put the 100 lb charcoal grill on the 2" receiver hitch it unloads the front axle due to the principle of lever and fulcrum. Does not change anything with regard to the maximum CCC I have to work with however. And based on the same physics it starts rapidly adding weight to the rear axle.
I am pretty conscious about weight, axle overloading, tire pressure and capacity, balance, etc. not only for safety, but handling as well. We use our coach a lot and in a wide variety of ways. Not really practical to weigh all the time so the goal is to know my best loading strategies and know I have plenty of left over capacity on each axle.
But, in doing some more research and analysis, I believe the best solution for me will be to add rear axle air bags and an on board compressor so I can adjust the pressure from the cockpit. I can use them to add the weight capacity if needed and also to jack up the rear end if I see a gas station or shopping mall driveway approach that looks iffy on dragging the tail. This would avoid the stiff spring when running unloaded and give me easy on demand flexibility. Since every other component is exactly the same I am pretty sure the chassis can handle the few times I need the other pounds of CCC.
