Dry weight vs. ready to go weight.

myredracer wrote:

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.