A fun exercise in camper and contents weights
This was a fun exercise!
As a matter of information, the GVWR of my truck is 11,300lbs.
Front axle: 3,800
Back axle: 7,500
Tire ratings (LT225 75 R16, E rated)
Front: 5,360lbs
Back 9,880lbs for a total of 15,240lbs.
Some time ago I went to the scales in preparation for a trip, though I had not yet emptied the sewer tanks from the trip the week before. Here are those totals:
Loaded with me, 2 dogs, food, firewood, approx.30 gallons of fresh water, 10 gallons in the black tank, 5 gallons in the gray, 2 full 5gal propane tanks, 65lbs fresh food including 2 bottles wine and 2 gal drinking water, a 5th of gin and a bottle of garlic stuffed olives for my martinis. ;)
10,500lbs
6,640 rear axle (rated for 7,500lbs)
3,860 front axle ( rated for 3,800lbs)
Since I was 60 lbs over on the front axle rating I moved approx. 150-200lbs of firewood, BBQ, chairs, etc BEHIND the axle to reduce the front axle weight exponentially and still remain under my back axle weight rating.
On to the fun stuff! :)
Today I totally "moved out" of my Weekender model 910 in preparation of selling it and decided it would be fun to weigh all the stuff from each area as I unloaded it. I normally keep the camper fully loaded and ready to go, so today when I emptied it completely this is what I found. I weighed myself and then as I took boxes, etc. out I weighed myself again holding them and added it all up. I won’t tell you what I weighed.. ;) If I have time I’ll weigh the truck empty on the way to get the new camper next week (delayed from this weekend... :(
Bedroom Area: Clothes, shoes, dog supplies, DVDs, CDs, bed linens including 2 extra blankets and 2" memory foam topper for bed: 48 lbs
Kitchen: (I/We cook a LOT in the camper and do so fully from scratch) NOT including perishable food, wine, bottled water, gin and olives, etc. 191 lbs
Bathroom: 33 lbs
In the bed of the truck through the camper doors (tools, electrical supplies, sewer supplies, BBQ, leveling blocks, water hoses, portable big folding camp table with accessories, lanterns, fuel, etc.160 lbs
Total: 432 lbs supplies.
The dry weight of camper with the options is 2,725lbs. Wet weight with full water and propane is 3,050lbs (all according to the labels on the camper,) so adding all this took me up to atotal wet weight loaded of 3,482 lbs., which is less than I had anticipated and was a pleasant surprise! This makes the truck with the fuel (not quite a full tank) me, the dogs, etc. come in at 7,018 lbs. Which, allowing for my bad math and not knowing the full specs (weight wise) of my truck seems about right.
This was fun! I’ll post with the new camper at a later date when I have real “empty” weights on the truck and camper when I get it.
Cheers!
Dak
As a matter of information, the GVWR of my truck is 11,300lbs.
Front axle: 3,800
Back axle: 7,500
Tire ratings (LT225 75 R16, E rated)
Front: 5,360lbs
Back 9,880lbs for a total of 15,240lbs.
Some time ago I went to the scales in preparation for a trip, though I had not yet emptied the sewer tanks from the trip the week before. Here are those totals:
Loaded with me, 2 dogs, food, firewood, approx.30 gallons of fresh water, 10 gallons in the black tank, 5 gallons in the gray, 2 full 5gal propane tanks, 65lbs fresh food including 2 bottles wine and 2 gal drinking water, a 5th of gin and a bottle of garlic stuffed olives for my martinis. ;)
10,500lbs
6,640 rear axle (rated for 7,500lbs)
3,860 front axle ( rated for 3,800lbs)
Since I was 60 lbs over on the front axle rating I moved approx. 150-200lbs of firewood, BBQ, chairs, etc BEHIND the axle to reduce the front axle weight exponentially and still remain under my back axle weight rating.
On to the fun stuff! :)
Today I totally "moved out" of my Weekender model 910 in preparation of selling it and decided it would be fun to weigh all the stuff from each area as I unloaded it. I normally keep the camper fully loaded and ready to go, so today when I emptied it completely this is what I found. I weighed myself and then as I took boxes, etc. out I weighed myself again holding them and added it all up. I won’t tell you what I weighed.. ;) If I have time I’ll weigh the truck empty on the way to get the new camper next week (delayed from this weekend... :(
Bedroom Area: Clothes, shoes, dog supplies, DVDs, CDs, bed linens including 2 extra blankets and 2" memory foam topper for bed: 48 lbs
Kitchen: (I/We cook a LOT in the camper and do so fully from scratch) NOT including perishable food, wine, bottled water, gin and olives, etc. 191 lbs
Bathroom: 33 lbs
In the bed of the truck through the camper doors (tools, electrical supplies, sewer supplies, BBQ, leveling blocks, water hoses, portable big folding camp table with accessories, lanterns, fuel, etc.160 lbs
Total: 432 lbs supplies.
The dry weight of camper with the options is 2,725lbs. Wet weight with full water and propane is 3,050lbs (all according to the labels on the camper,) so adding all this took me up to atotal wet weight loaded of 3,482 lbs., which is less than I had anticipated and was a pleasant surprise! This makes the truck with the fuel (not quite a full tank) me, the dogs, etc. come in at 7,018 lbs. Which, allowing for my bad math and not knowing the full specs (weight wise) of my truck seems about right.
This was fun! I’ll post with the new camper at a later date when I have real “empty” weights on the truck and camper when I get it.
Cheers!
Dak
