Dry weight vs. ready to go weight.
For the newbies who are TT hunting this may be of some use. The dry weight on my 25 ft. Dutchman is listed at 5004 lbs. Tongue weight is said to be 462 lbs. (about 9%) Twice I weighed my rig wi...
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dodge guy wrote:
Yes, but adding to 1200-1500 lbs to a trailer with a 1500lb CCC would put it at it`s GVWR. and that`s the reason 1200-1500lbs is a good number to add to the dry weight!
I've seen 1500 lbs mentioned a lot as a number to add. Just curious where folks get this from?
We have a 29' TT with a GVWR of 6800 lbs. I weighed every single mod/upgrade I did like shock absorbers, Dexter equalizers, 2nd TV, water filtration, snap-up brackets & Reese DC arms, etc. and that came to 119 lbs.
Then I weighed our TT after it was fully loaded for camping for two with typical stuff like BBQ, sewer hose & fittings, chocks, water hoses, dishes & utensils, a few appliances, food, clothes, some basic tools, etc., etc.... That came to only 555 lbs.
So I'm not sure why 1500 lbs gets mentioned unless you also have a lot of heavy tools, maybe one or more full holding tanks, bike rack and longer TT? I would say it would be more like 800 - 1000 lbs on average.
My above numbers put us within about 200 lbs of the GVWR and is way off from what the factory NCC was listed at. I noticed for 2016, our manufacturer has reduced the NCC by almost 400 lbs for the same model we have and is down to 1200 lbs. There is a new model that supercedes ours and is essentially the same unit with a minor alteration in the floor plan and the NCC is reduced further to 1100 lbs. Maybe they were getting complaints and just fudge the numbers to fix it.
