The difference between dry an loaded weight.

Lantley wrote:

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.

I agree with this entirely. Weights make perfect sense to those of us tuned into it. Many first-time buyers are not, however, and it leads to problems. I know people 'should' do their homework, but many don't. And, frankly, some people don't want to know, because the dry weights allow them to justify buying a trailer too large for their tow vehicle and they would rather live in denial (I have multiple friends playing this game right now).

My contention is that the industry itself (both through the manufacturers and dealers) is perpetuating this problem by not being forthright about the numbers. Consumers are wittingly and unwittingly falling victim to the misleading numbers.