6'4' 385 Pound Brother N Law - Help Please

Doug33 wrote:


Years ago a very heavy couple we knew where fooling around in their PU, and actually flipped the camper up on end due to all the weight and movement on one of their beds!

Now that's hilarious!

I'm 6'-1" and 320 lbs. We are on our second trailer and have never had any issue. I don't imagine much would change if I was carrying my 65lb kid with me while I moved about in the trailer. Shower floor, toilet, and entry steps will be the concerns. And obviously he needs to stay out of the bunk beds.

On my last trip, I was sitting on the crapper when my wife or daughter started moving around in the TT. I could feel the bouncing movement quite a bit - felt like I was on a boat - LOL. They say the same thing when they are in the bathroom and I walk around in the TT. None of us even weigh 180 pounds. So I can't imagine how much a TT must move around with 300+ lb people in them, regardless of what wheel chocks or stabilizers supports are used.

Years ago a very heavy couple we knew where fooling around in their PU, and actually flipped the camper up on end due to all the weight and movement on one of their beds!

Could you not, with the help of your BIL, reinforce some areas?

I am fat. 5'7"-- 300#. I reinforced the shower pan, the toilet area and the bed. Everything else seems to be holding up well after 7 years.

I weigh 158lbs and can feel the floor sag on my trailer.. but it is a trail cruiser by R-Vision, so it sags when a fly lands on it.

I would have an honest discussion with your BIL. If you let him use it and it does break, the conversation will be much more difficult.

Steps, bed, floor, toilet, and shower would be my biggest concern, particularly on a ultra-light trailer.

I'm 6'3' and about 250 give or take a few pounds or so and I've noticed that when I was 240 or less That the floors didn't seem to sag or bounce like they do now, and this isn't just in my trailer but I've noticed it in other brands too. Seems to me if I can make the floor move that someone 100 or so pounds heavier might do some real damage to the luane flooring. I wouldn't hurt his feelings that could get the whole family taking sides (not good) you might be better to make other plans and just tell him that you got thinking and the Jay Flight is just too nice to use as a hunting trailer, I don't know where you hunt at but that might not be a fib. I've noticed that most hunting trailers I've seen are usually pretty worn out looking.

I'm 6'7" and 370 ish lbs. Had several travel trailers over the last 10 years and I have not broken anything due to my size. Lawn chairs are a different story.:D

I'm 6'3" and over 350 lbs. I have had no problems with my current trailer or the hybrid Roo that we traded in on it. I was not able to use the bathroom in the Roo very easily but have no problems with anything in the new TT. We plan to at least snowbird beginning in a couple of years. May even full-time in it. We did consider a Jayco when we were looking at new trailers but found the floorplan and quality of the Open Range to be much better considering my size.

A few years ago I had a 300+ lb co-worker stay in my TT. I actually had to reinforce the frame of the lower bunkbed, because I knew it was cheaply built and only designed to really hold a kid. I don't remember him causing any other damage to the TT.

I'm a big dude. 6'6" and 330 pounds. I have no problem using the toilet, the bed, or the shower. Now, it's not the most comfortable shower I have ever been in, but it's a trailer so I don't expect it to be.

We did have the plastic toilet replaced with a porcelain toilet when we bought it. We bought new so that was just worked into the deal.