Coachman Apex 288BH

SoundGuy wrote:

Knminton wrote:
Just looked at the label. Our payload is 1588. Family of 7 + dogs weigh in at about 700 (mostly youngsters). With 250 in gas, that leaves us with 638 for tongue weight. That may be getting to tight for this TT.

Most manufacturers spec the base weight of a vehicle including a full tank of gas. Forget that silly payload sticker, to really understand what you're dealing with go weigh your truck with a full tank of gas and preferably including any hitch equipment you use, especially the WD head, even the spring bars. If you don't yet have this equipment allow 100 lbs as an average and add that later to the weigh scale slip ... if you're in the truck at the time subtract your weight from the scale reading, then you'll have your particular truck's actual base weight as it sits there ready to be hitched to a trailer. Subtract that number from it's GVWR and the difference will be it's real world payload capacity - i.e. how much to have to work with to accommodate the additional weight of all people and all cargo you may add plus any tongue weight transferred to the truck from the trailer. Don't do this, just go by the stickers and your own rough calculations (as you're now doing) and you'll only be guessing.