How is RV dry weight calculated?

JJensen79 wrote:
The reason I ask this question is because one of my friends got an identical trailer, same model, only a couple of different options. His has the microwave in the outside kitchen and mine has a television.
I was helping him get it all set up and happened to look at the yellow tag in door of his TT and his reads 6832lbs. Mine reads 7623.
If everything else is identical why the 800lb difference?

I learned a long time ago not to trust the weight stickers on motorhomes and to have the unit weighed to get the correct empty weight. when my buddy...who owned a TT at the time...was preparing to buy a new-to-him truck I asked if the truck was rated at towing his TT. he said that it was and pointed to the weight sticker on the TT. I urged him to ignore the sticker and have it weighed. he did and found that the TT was too heavy for the truck.

the moral of the story is not to trust sales critters or weight stickers and to insist on having the unit weighed before buying and as a condition of the sale.