How Much Cargo Weight??

four22 wrote:
How much cargo weight should I figure for a family of 4? Loaded (minus water) but with tools and the like...

The reason I ask is I've seen trailers with cargo capacities right at 1000 pounds and that seems really low to me especially figuring 400 pounds in water if you're dry camping...

I know responses will vary tremendously and the scale is the only truth but just trying to get a rough guess of how much is added to a trailer when its "loaded"

Depends on the size type of the trailer, 1,000# payload on a popup is a good amount, 1,000# on a 32' 5er, isn't going to cut it.

it would help if you posted the trailer models you're considering.

realize that that cargo capacity number has the weights of the battery, water, propane and options in that number, along with actual cargo.

our CCC number was reduced by around 500lbs, as it sat on the dealer's lot, from the weights of those items above.

naturist wrote:
IMHO, impossible to guess. Only way I know of is to load up for a trip and go weigh the rig.

+1.

In our case we (wife and myself) have added 400# of gear to the TT (some specific tools, games, pots/pans, cleaning supplies, towels, some clothes, mods to the TT..etc.).

For a week trip we'll bring approximately 100# of personal gear, often that ends up split between back seat of truck and TT.

Food/drinks maybe 100# we usually stow beverages in a cooler in the truck so that's not in the TT.... probably mostly beer ;-)

As you can see.. it varies... greatly..

Anyone new to this I always say to add between 12-1500 lbs to the dry weight. I would never by a trailer with a small CCC except for a very small TT or a PuP. My current trailer has a 4100lb CCC. I have scaled it at 9200lbs loaded for a week long trip. It dry weight is 7100lbs. I do pack more than the average person only because I have the ability to do it.

I had mine weighed fully loaded with 1/3 tank of fresh water and holding tanks empty. We had been on the road for 2 weeks so very close to what we would normally carry. This is a 38' 5th wheel and weighed in with 1600 lbs of cargo.

IMHO, impossible to guess. Only way I know of is to load up for a trip and go weigh the rig.

I would say 800 to 1200 lbs which includes battery, propane tanks and all the other stuff you add. Seems like a lot though but for some reason when I weighed mine I thought that is what I figured out.

For a family of 4 for how long (time) and how long of a trip?

As full-timers, we run 650-850 lbs each. But I've got winter sweaters in the rig right now with the AC running full blast in temps over 100.

Because if I don't have them, in January - I won't have them.

Tools - I keep my tools secure in the truck. That saves a trailer cargo capacity.

But the cargo needs of everyone are different.

When our five grandchildren come with us and will be moving - they are each limited to one bag under 20 pounds.