How to increase payload?
I have a 2015 Coachmen 324 TSRK, it has a dismal 1284 lbs of payload. It has 5200 lb axles. It was one of only two models produced by Coachmen that year that 7000 lb axles were not an available optio...
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JIMNLIN wrote:time2roll wrote:
Load it up ready to go and put it on a scale. May need more or less than you think.
X2.
Get'r weighed.
This is the only way a vehicles actual payload can be found. Your trailer has 5200 lb axles = 10400 lbs on the axles at a max.
Don't assume the trailers frame can or cannot take higher rated axles. My first 5th wheel rv trailer mfg used the same higher rated axles on three different gvwr trailers.
Keep in mind, the GVWR includes the pin weight (typically 20-25% for a 5er), so the GVWR may be significantly more than the 10400lb axle ratings.
It's the weak link that determines the overall rating...unless there is an identical unit with the higher rated axles, you won't know if the frame can handle it and good luck getting the manufacturer to confirm if it can be. They have no interest in you mucking it up and coming back to blame them.
But yeah, go get her weighed ready for travel to see what you are really dealing with.
