Help with 5th wheel weight-figuring issues !!
We are fulltimers. The dealer brochure on the 5th wheel we live in states the following: Shipping Weight - 7090 Carrying Capacity - 2910 GVWR - 10,000 Hitch - 1240 To us this means: 7090 + ...
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Those numbers.......7782 and 9650 are 'dry' weights (one is dry axle and other is dry trailer total).
You will only tow that trailer dry once....on the way home from dealership.
After that the weight goes up.......trailer loaded up with your stuff, fresh water etc. etc. Trailer is no longer 'dry'
Trailer has a GVWR of 13,400# (max that trailer can weigh rating)
Once you load it up with stuff it will be in the 11,000--12,000# weight.
A little here, a little there....it all adds up quickly. Folks just don't realize how much stuff they actually put in their rigs and what it turns out weighing.
Especially FTng....
We weighed our truck/trailer every year just so that we knew and could avoid the 'weight creep' that can so easily occur.
1 bag in--------2 bags out :B
You will only tow that trailer dry once....on the way home from dealership.
After that the weight goes up.......trailer loaded up with your stuff, fresh water etc. etc. Trailer is no longer 'dry'
Trailer has a GVWR of 13,400# (max that trailer can weigh rating)
Once you load it up with stuff it will be in the 11,000--12,000# weight.
A little here, a little there....it all adds up quickly. Folks just don't realize how much stuff they actually put in their rigs and what it turns out weighing.
Especially FTng....
We weighed our truck/trailer every year just so that we knew and could avoid the 'weight creep' that can so easily occur.
1 bag in--------2 bags out :B
