2012Coleman wrote:
The OP wrote:
The one site had us take the weight of our trailer (11,176) and find 13% of that. Which was 1,452.
Where did you get this weight? Off a sticker on the side of the TT? If so, that weight does not include things like all your stuff packed inside - food clothes, and gear, as well as propane tanks and battery. Not to mention water in the fresh water tank - if you plan on filling it. The payload of your TV includes hitch weight, weight of all occupants, full tank of gas, and anything else you load in there. You also need to subtract the tounge weight that is not calculated based on dry weight, because, your TT will weigh much more than that.
That's another thing. One website said add 1,000lbs to the GVWR of the TT to account for it being loaded. Another one said that the GVWR already has all that included( the weight with it loaded with full tanks). =(
And I looked up the specs for the model(albeit a 2004 not the 2002 that is for sale) in the Ducthmen website archives:
((http://dutchmen.com/image/data/documents/archives/2004/2004%20Dutchmen%20one%20color%20Literature.pdf)
and it is listed as 8,146 dry and 11,176 GVWR for the 38FB.
