Can this weight be right?
Hello all,
I went camping last week and finally got around to going over a scale at a truck stop with my Tahoe, 23 ft toy hauler TT, 2kids and 2 dogs.
Everything except people and dogs were in the trailer, the Tahoe had 1/2 fuel but the fresh water tank on the RV (40 gal) is all the way forward and most of the places we go don't have hookups so the water was full.
The results were
steer 2600
drive 6440
Trlr 4300
total 13340
Holy crap. That's with the WD hitch maxed out. I know the Tahoe weighs about 6300 W/O the trailer so the total sounds right. It sits pretty level and never bottoms the suspension or even feels mushy. As a matter of fact it handles like a dream considering the weight and TV. I can't help but thinking if there really was that much weight on the drives it would be squatting more or bottomed. The tires don't even bulge more with the trailer and they are cheap 6 ply. I am going to get 10 ply E rated soon but haven't yet.
I want to add a second fresh water tank at the rear of the trailer to help balance it out when the garage is more or less empty. Right now the toys are the kids bikes and a couple of kayaks. I don't even bring the generator which was in the back now that I've got the solar panel.
I know these scales are accurate but how can this be and has anyone installed a second tank and taken pics? The tanks are pretty inexpensive and I would just fill from inside the garage and have a small transfer pump to the front tank where all the regular plumbing would do it's thing.
I went camping last week and finally got around to going over a scale at a truck stop with my Tahoe, 23 ft toy hauler TT, 2kids and 2 dogs.
Everything except people and dogs were in the trailer, the Tahoe had 1/2 fuel but the fresh water tank on the RV (40 gal) is all the way forward and most of the places we go don't have hookups so the water was full.
The results were
steer 2600
drive 6440
Trlr 4300
total 13340
Holy crap. That's with the WD hitch maxed out. I know the Tahoe weighs about 6300 W/O the trailer so the total sounds right. It sits pretty level and never bottoms the suspension or even feels mushy. As a matter of fact it handles like a dream considering the weight and TV. I can't help but thinking if there really was that much weight on the drives it would be squatting more or bottomed. The tires don't even bulge more with the trailer and they are cheap 6 ply. I am going to get 10 ply E rated soon but haven't yet.
I want to add a second fresh water tank at the rear of the trailer to help balance it out when the garage is more or less empty. Right now the toys are the kids bikes and a couple of kayaks. I don't even bring the generator which was in the back now that I've got the solar panel.
I know these scales are accurate but how can this be and has anyone installed a second tank and taken pics? The tanks are pretty inexpensive and I would just fill from inside the garage and have a small transfer pump to the front tank where all the regular plumbing would do it's thing.
