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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SoundGuy wrote:Lantley wrote:
The brochure weights are inaccurate and not to be trusted.
Brochure weights are in fact accurate for what they're intended to represent, which is the dry weight of a base model as manufactured without any options or accessories added to the unit. Why this should create such a fuss is a mystery as all trailers these days have a sticker that shows the actual weight of the trailer as it left the factory ... use that as the base from which to calculate how heavy any trailer will be once loaded & ready to camp and you'll be in the ball park. Reality is, GVW of any trailer ready to camp can vary considerably from one trip to another depending on what's loaded into it and what may be in the holding tanks at any given time, with a difference of several hundred pounds not being unusual at all.
A seasoned camper understands what brochure weight represents. A rookie camper does not. A rookie new buyer assumes dry weight is an accurate figure. They don't know the figure is off by a few hundred pounds.
The brochure weights are based on a stripped model RV that really does not exist, the manufactures would be better off publishing average shipping weight in order to provide a more accurate figure.
