Cargo Capacity Rating-Is it Enough

It seems pretty low to me. How big of a fifth wheel are we talking about?

We're a family of five and when you add in our water, propane, golf cart batteries, bikes and bike trailers, and just the stuff in general we have stored in there, I'm sure we're above 1650 lbs. My CCC is around 3000 lbs.

^^^^^^ agree
Unless the 5er is real small that is minimal. The smallest I would consider in a normal 30' to 34' 5er would be 2,500#.

It's not enough. The builder has used too small a chassis for too large an RV, apparently.

It sounds low, but it would help to know how the CCC was calculated.

If the coach was manufactured before 2008, the CCC is probably calculated using RVIA standards. In that case, CCC is in addition to the weight of fresh water. If it was manufactured after 2008, then the CCC should calculated using the (required by law) NHTSA standards. In that case, the weight of dress water is counted as part of the cargo.

Regardless of which of the two standards, the weight of propane is in addition to the CCC.

Tom

I ran into a low CCC issue when we purchased our current 5er. After talking with the manufacturer they agreed to swap axles to a heavier set to increase the CCC of the 5er.
If what you are looking at is new, and this is the camper you want, that might be an option for you.

We are looking at a preowned 2015 and a new 2016 Jayco 29.5BHDS. When I voiced my concerned with the dealer he tried to tell me that it was actually a high capacity. Yeah Right! I know better than that! I have seen quite a few with well over 2000lbs. Then I started questioning myself and that I was overestimating the weight of everything. Then the dealer told me even if I went over it wouldn't be that big of a deal. Which I don't believe that either.

Typical dealer BS to get you to buy. JMO but I wouldn't want anything less than 2500. I know you're not me, but we load about 14-1500lbs in our 5th wheel. Yeah, I may take some things I don't need but it's sure nice to have a big cushion. But it's just the 2 of us. With two more going I could easily see that 5th wheel overloaded. Have you ever weighed your current setup to see what you actually carry?

goducks10 wrote:
Typical dealer BS to get you to buy. JMO but I wouldn't want anything less than 2500. I know you're not me, but we load about 14-1500lbs in our 5th wheel. Yeah, I may take some things I don't need but it's sure nice to have a big cushion. But it's just the 2 of us. With two more going I could easily see that 5th wheel overloaded. Have you ever weighed your current setup to see what you actually carry?

Yes, right. I don't want to have to WORRY about it. I like that we have the space and I can overpack in I want :). We are planning to weigh our travel trailer this weekend on our last weekend out. We always had most of our heavy items and bikes in the truck bed so I wasn't worried about it as much plus we dont' have the storage like we will have in a fifth wheel.

We don't tow with full water tanks-sometimes we have some water but I definitely don't want to be forced not to be able to fill our tanks.

I doubt most have never weighed their stuff.OUR fiver is 13k dry,14650 GVWR,07 newmar cypress.I have scaled it ,just over 1500 lbs of stuff with a honda 3000 EU IN the bay.Thats fully loaded going south for 4 months.

We have a cargo capacity of 3,000. On ave, we have 2,000 all the time.