cargo weight
Has anyone ever weighed how much cargo they carry in a full time rig? What is the average?
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Snowbird67 wrote:
Has anyone ever weighed how much cargo they carry in a full time rig? What is the average?
I have.
My camper's advertised dry weight is: 11,840 lbs.
My camper's specific yellow sticker's dry weight is: 12,239 lbs.
After a season, my camper went back to the factory for repairs. After I emptied it, I weighed it. That weight was: 12,440 lbs.
Once we loaded it for fulltime travel, on day 2, I stopped at a CAT scale: 16,380 lbs.
After 3 weeks, I took the camper to an Escapees Smart Weigh to get individual wheel weights: 16,070 - 16,330 lbs. (depending on how you calculate pin weight since my truck's front axle seemingly had weight removed from it)
Assuming I had a "loaded for bear" weight of 16,330 lbs., that gives me a total of 3,890 lbs. for my family of 4 from my "dry" weight vs. my fully loaded weight.
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We have been on the road for 4 months and have gone on a weight loss diet. The problem is, for each thing we remove- we tend to find something to take its place. It takes a lot of books and cups to makeup for the new Weber Q2000 grill. :D (Though, that currently/usually rides in the bed of my truck.)
