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SlowBro
Explorer III
Mar 20, 2015

How many pounds are the tent ends rated for?

Edit: I now have my answer, thanks. End edit

Not looking for your experiences e.g. "I weigh 800lb and my trailer works just fine" but actual manufacturer ratings. My wife and I are, shall we say, a bit "ample" and my wife worried the tent end won't be able to support us. Knowing what it's actually rated at should soothe her some. We're both currently lying in our tent end on our first night out -- I have some insomnia from a thin mattress -- and no weird sounds or unnatural bowing. So I think we'll be fine.

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  • Brodie1234 wrote:
    Sold My Fleetwood Avalon last year -- was rated for 1200#


    Not a hybrid TT. Totally different bed platforms.
  • OK as long as the other end stays on the ground. Better than having the bedframe break as we did inside our rig.
  • My Jayco is 1100 lbs. I agree if you're worried about the support make up a tee support for it.
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer III
    I have seen this weight posted on the walls with a sticker on some Hybrids...

    We both weigh-in the 500LB range and have no problems using our OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer pull out beds... They have support poles however going down to the trailer bumper.

    You can always rig up a drop down set of supports if it makes the wife feel better...

    The outside fold down bed seem to look very strong to me. I have heard they are prone to warping however due to being overloaded I guess and resulting in bad weather tight seals. That is a very large door to pull down.

    I love the hybrid fold down concept as this does not take up any extra room inside the trailer when the beds remain up. Great for sleeping over night in the couch beds at the various rest stops or Walmart lots when in travel mode.

    There is NO WAY we can stick even our arms inside our POPUP trailer when in travel mode... Everything designed with the push-in beds in mind for the POPUP trailers.

    Roy Ken
  • Unless there have been changes, the Rockwood ROO/Flagstaff Shamrock are rated for 1000#. This is based on our 2007 and more recent posts. If you are looking at newer, I would think that number has increased. An older model may be less, so I would contact the manufacturer of that model if you cannot find it somewhere online. Happy Camping!
  • Fleetwood will be of no help, since they haven't had a Towables division for years.
    a search here on the subject or visiting some of the hybrid manufacturers sites, would have given you the answers.
    it doesn't vary model to model, since almost all hybrid bunk doors{not tent ends}, will support 1000-1200lbs. and yes, hybrid manufacturers gave exact amounts in their brochures/websites.

    so unless you have a bunch of football players sleeping on it, i doubt if you need to be concerned.

    but if you have the pole supported, instead of cable supported, it might be slightly less.
  • Ugh insomnia here too

    Probably varies model to model, if it's not in the manual, nobody's going to have an exact number for YOUR exact trailer.

    Contact Fleetwood and see if they'll volunteer a number, my guess they'll give you a "CYOA" type answer and not a specific number.

    I don't have a hybrid, but parts of my travel trailer are built out of the thinnest chip-board I've ever seen, like the entire bed platform, etc... and it's bolstered around the edges with nothing but 1" square pieces of what I'm guessing is fir. At least my floor appears to be 3/4" plywood and not chipboard.

    Good luck - hope you get some sleep soon.