Hit the scale, how can I be this heavy?

I had the same sort of shock a few weeks ago. After 7 years and 75K miles of use, I finally weighed my rig. It was 12,200 without me or my wife and I still have some clothing and food to pack. Worse than that I have a three quarter ton truck and tires rated for maximum load of 3200#. I am about 3600# on the rear tires. I immediately ordered 19.5 wheels and tires. Otherwise the truck will continue to handle the weight. I have airbags, Rancho shocks and Supersprings. The Cummins diesel handles the pulling with no issues. Brakes seem good with decent stopping distances. I have done quite a bit of mountain driving and my original brakes are still under half worn. I am going to feel a lot better when I get my 19.5 wheels and tires.

I thought I had a very accurate estimate of the weight I added plus the base weight when the camper was built. I was off by 1000 pounds.

Might want a do over. I had a rig weighed once and it was overweight, and I knew my rig pretty well. As soon as they gave me the weight ticket I questioned it; the attendant re-zeroed the scale and weighed me again. Instantly lost over 1,000 lbs.

If dry is supposed to be 2400 let's say it is off by the weight of a battery, propane, microwave, awning etc that's still only maybe 150 to 200 lbs. Something wrong in the figures?

I should really hit the scale also, my little Lance 825 sticker says 2094 pounds, but I think its more like 3000 pounds ready to camp.

yeah, I'm trying to find another scale as I'm quite suspect of the numbers... although I saw a number of big rigs using it.

The as sold weight sticker indicates the weight as 2800lbs, The TC magazine estimate of this model fully loaded is 3450... that's why I'm having a hard time trusting the scale numbers. The front also seems heavy.

You are not that bad.
I scaled my camper when I bought it.
Factory site says 3800 lb, real weight winterized scaled at 4200.
This season I took it to scales again, loaded (moderately) for travel).
Camper come to 6500 lb. Full fresh water but empty holding tanks.
NO BEER.

I'd redo and get the combo again then get the unloaded truck. Then you'll know where the problem is. Tell them you're checking for a problem and want an accurate reading to work with. I agree with the others that say the scales may have been off - not zeroed.

Good luck!

tires: 3750x2=7500 and Scale: Front 5,038, Rear 7,700

Is the 3750 the decal or on the tire sidewalls? If on the tire sidewalls, that puts overloaded by 100 lbs per tire in the rear. Personally, Would prefer a tire with a greater load capacity. That would be my only concern. I must confess I am a tire capacity Nazi. You have four years running your rig so you may get another four. My biggest concern would be hot weather, and making sure the tires were at their max psi.

that's the rating on the sidewall, I actually thought that was pretty high for E rated tires. I've seen many that are lower than that.

The tire capacity is worrisome, I also believe I'm over the rim capacity.... if the scale is correct, just seems really high for a 8.5' no slide camper.

I'm kicking myself that I didn't unload and weigh the truck by itself, I had the time too.

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I've been kicking tires on new trucks and was maybe considering a dually, I was really thinking it was optional but this is pushing me more in that direction, especially if I ever want to get a larger one.

I just have no experience with dually's, took a short test drive in one and it didn't seem all that different to handle, gotta watch those fenders but I spend a lot of time looking in the mirrors now. Looks like the tire changing procedure isn't all that different, looks like both wheels mount to the same studs. As you can see I'm pretty green as far as duallys go.

That camper should scale out around 3500 lbs when loaded. Unless you are carrying excess amounts of batteries, ammo, rocks or tools, I think the measurement is off.