The difference between dry an loaded weight.
When I bought my 25 ft. TT the literature said 5004 lbs. dry and 400 lbs. on the tongue. Common sense said it would weigh more when loaded but how much more? So before a couple of our trips I took ...
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Interesting and much discussed topic. Thanks for starting it.
My 19' Funfinder had a brochure weight of 3040 and a tongue of 400. The brochure states that does not include optional acc, like awning, air con, BBQ and television set.
Yellow sticker says 3327. Actual first weight was 3650 with just a few things in the trailer.
Actual on the road for short trips is just over 4000 with 580 or so on the tongue.
Actual on the road for long trips is about 100 to 150 more and a TW of around 600.
GVWR for this trailer is 6000. This is the problem I have with folks making a blanket statement that new users should simply go by trailer GVWR as a starting point. It could be very far off the mark indeed.
I prefer to suggest start with dry weight, and add 1000 to maybe 1200 as a good approximation.
My 19' Funfinder had a brochure weight of 3040 and a tongue of 400. The brochure states that does not include optional acc, like awning, air con, BBQ and television set.
Yellow sticker says 3327. Actual first weight was 3650 with just a few things in the trailer.
Actual on the road for short trips is just over 4000 with 580 or so on the tongue.
Actual on the road for long trips is about 100 to 150 more and a TW of around 600.
GVWR for this trailer is 6000. This is the problem I have with folks making a blanket statement that new users should simply go by trailer GVWR as a starting point. It could be very far off the mark indeed.
I prefer to suggest start with dry weight, and add 1000 to maybe 1200 as a good approximation.
