Heavy Metal Doctor wrote:
I think the catalog listing can be way off, but my understanding is each unit is now weighed and a label made up with the weight "as equipped" from the factory. When shopping around through the dealers lot I noticed that identical units had slightly different numbers, so I do believe they are weighed individually.
The factory does not mount the battery or fill the propane cans, so depending on the specifics of those items, you can add 100 pounds or so right there on the a-frame (tongue weight).
The key to that dry weight, as far as I have learned, is in what options where assembled at the factory. If the dealer adds slide toppers or awnings or whatever else you could think of, then the dry weight sitting there on the dealers lot will be different.
Obviously that factory dry weight number means very little in terms of the reality of using the unit, either factoring in dealer add-on or your own gear.
I was told by a few RV friends and, even the salesmen we talked to, to count on adding 800-1000 pounds of stuff for just the 2 of us and be aware of how you load that stuff in the TT so as not to add too much in the front (excess tongue weight).
We got about 1700 CCC, so I think we will be fine.
Legally, the dealer must update the CCC and empty weight for a trailer with a revised sticker if they add options to the trailer before it is sold if it adds more than a certain amount of weight (small amount IIRC)
