Back from the scales
Went to the scales at the transfer station today. Pretty surprising numbers. I went with just Lena, me, full tank of gas first trip.
Front axle 3200
Rear axle 3000
Total of 6200
Lena's a big girl, little heavier than I expected truthfully. With a 7200 GVWR doesn't leave much payload.
Went back with the TT attached. When I pulled in there wasn't anyone in line. As soon as the front tires hit the scale there were four trucks behind me so I didn't have time to unhitch, disconnect the bars, anything. I could have gone back around but the weather was lousy and I just wanted to get some rough numbers.
Front axle 3000
Total of 7200
so the rear was at 4200
Pulled the trailer on and GCW is 12600. The trailer is 6400, that number I'm sure of. Also little heavier than expected. When we were registering it the book showed a weight of about 5200. I would expect that's a base weight without the roof AC, propane bottles, battery, spare tires, etc. And I know I have at least 200# of water on board.
My real question is the tongue weight. Lena went up by 1000#. Is that my true tongue weight? Or are the spring bars moving some tongue weight back to the rear trailer axle meaning it's actually higher? It's leaf suspension with an equalizer between axles. I might try the bathroom scales and lever trick this weekend to get a dead weight figure.
The camper has a front kitchen which we really like, but I knew TW would climb quickly. I tried to tell the DW, but you know how that goes.... Definitely need to move some stuff to the back. Twin 30# propane bottles are right on the nose. For reference, one is empty, the other only a third full or so. I might switch to two 20# tanks and move the tray back as far as possible. For the battery I have a couple options. First is to put an Optima in the bedroom closet. Behind the rear axle and right over the distribution box. Or much cheaper use a Lawn and Garden battery on the tongue. We don't intend to do any dry camping.
Front axle 3200
Rear axle 3000
Total of 6200
Lena's a big girl, little heavier than I expected truthfully. With a 7200 GVWR doesn't leave much payload.
Went back with the TT attached. When I pulled in there wasn't anyone in line. As soon as the front tires hit the scale there were four trucks behind me so I didn't have time to unhitch, disconnect the bars, anything. I could have gone back around but the weather was lousy and I just wanted to get some rough numbers.
Front axle 3000
Total of 7200
so the rear was at 4200
Pulled the trailer on and GCW is 12600. The trailer is 6400, that number I'm sure of. Also little heavier than expected. When we were registering it the book showed a weight of about 5200. I would expect that's a base weight without the roof AC, propane bottles, battery, spare tires, etc. And I know I have at least 200# of water on board.
My real question is the tongue weight. Lena went up by 1000#. Is that my true tongue weight? Or are the spring bars moving some tongue weight back to the rear trailer axle meaning it's actually higher? It's leaf suspension with an equalizer between axles. I might try the bathroom scales and lever trick this weekend to get a dead weight figure.
The camper has a front kitchen which we really like, but I knew TW would climb quickly. I tried to tell the DW, but you know how that goes.... Definitely need to move some stuff to the back. Twin 30# propane bottles are right on the nose. For reference, one is empty, the other only a third full or so. I might switch to two 20# tanks and move the tray back as far as possible. For the battery I have a couple options. First is to put an Optima in the bedroom closet. Behind the rear axle and right over the distribution box. Or much cheaper use a Lawn and Garden battery on the tongue. We don't intend to do any dry camping.
