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:BurbMan wrote:
As SoundGuy says, the sticker on the trailer showing the "as shipped" dry weight is pretty clear, you only need to add your 1500 lbs of stuff to that weight to get an idea of how you'll be going down the road.
The issue is when researching brands, you need to rely on brochure dry weight, since the "as shipped" dry weight is only shown in the trailer.
In this online world in which we live that's no longer really the case as many retailers now include pics of weight stickers for the units they're offering for sale. If all dealers would do this this problem of brochure dry weight vs actual dry weight would be solved entirely. In the interim there is an alternate solution - call the dealer and ask for the actual sticker weight for the particular unit in which you're interested.
Again a Savvy buyer will know all this mandatory options dry weight vs. brochure weight biz.
A novice first time buyer may not figure this out until it's too late.
A better figure to put in the brochure is average shipping weight. This figure would add a degree of accuracy to the issue and also forewarn a novice buyer that it is not an exact figure for their particular trailer. As it stands rookies assume the brochure dry weight figure is accurate, when all experienced RV'ers know it is not.
