2000 Fleetwood Camper - Owner's Manual?

jimh425 wrote:


For the record, the little Harbor Freight trailer rating is 1090 lbs. By the time you add sides of almost any type and a spare and trailer jack, you are way below 1000. You can bet it has at most 1500 lb axles. Plus it has tiny wheels which will be spinning really fast at any reasonable interstate speed. That’s a recipe for bearing destruction especially in hot weather. That is, if you are lucky enough for the trailer to stay bolted together.

You like to make statements on subject you have no idea about.
So FYI, I used the 1000 lb trailer in my construction jobs. Even I had duallies most of the years, for smaller loads I prefer to drive Mercedes with trailer behind it. Not only more comfortable ride, but loading, unloading on trailer is much easier and I liked the option of leaving the trailer with load on it at jobsite.
So even on original wheels the trailer has seen 1500lb of lumber on it.
Something you fail to to understand is that it is trailer axle rated for 1000 lb, when you can put additional 300 lb on tongue and still not overload the axle.
Than with upgraded tires the trailer has seen it all. All the way to the point when axle slightly bend, but that did not bother me at all for next 20 years.
I used is mostly as frame trailer, so when I had to turn around in tight spot, I just put the car to P, went outside, lifted the end of the trailer and moved it on the other side.
Those are the things you can never do with a pickup.
Still the trailer situation has no bearing on TC on F150, where overloaded tire blow can have tragic consequences.