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03-28-2011, 11:35 AM
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Cargo Weight
Hello all
Does the listed "Cargo Weight" of a trailer account for water in any of the tanks?
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03-28-2011, 11:47 AM
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Anything you add to the trailer including water is part of the cargo weight. So if you have a cargo carrying capacity of 2000 lbs and carry 50 gallons of water you have used up about 400 lbs of cargo capacity, and have 1600 lbs left. ( around 8lbs per gallon)
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03-28-2011, 09:02 PM
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There will be a yellow sticker on the camper that tells you the "shipped weight". It will include the propane, but not the tanks.....It will be close to the spec weight, but can vary by a few hundred pounds....
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03-28-2011, 10:52 PM
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It is probably hard to exceed the carrying capacity of your trailer but some people are real pack rats.
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03-29-2011, 08:18 AM
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Thanks Crabman that's kind of what I figured. Just curious, how many of you travel with water in your fresh water tank? At 8.35 lbs per gallon of water this can add up pretty fast!!
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03-29-2011, 09:41 AM
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It is probably hard to exceed the carrying capacity of your trailer but some people are real pack rats.
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I dont know..the last time I went out for a full week it really started to add up. You add all the water bottles, cokes, can goods -- then on top of that add a bunch of firewood to the truck bed and it is a lot more weight that you realize. We even went crystal digging and had 4 bags of rocks -- I felt like I was coming back from the moon wondering how much weight I added to the ship....
gregga - I carry just a couple of gallons that I am going to use on the road in case someone needs to use the facilities.
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03-29-2011, 10:26 AM
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That's a great idea tafische! Never thought of doing that
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03-29-2011, 10:27 AM
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I typically camp either in my home state of NH or Maine. Looks like I won't be travelling with any firewood to Maine as they do not allow NH wood in! They actually check your truck at the toll booth and swap out NH wood for Maine wood.
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03-29-2011, 10:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gregga
Thanks Crabman that's kind of what I figured. Just curious, how many of you travel with water in your fresh water tank? At 8.35 lbs per gallon of water this can add up pretty fast!!
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Actually, other factors come into play regarding weight of water. For instance, obviously, Crabman's water weighed 8# because it was boiling. On the other hand, up here at 9000', air is lighter, ergo our H1.5O only weighs 6.733#/gal.
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03-29-2011, 01:21 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gregga
Thanks Crabman that's kind of what I figured. Just curious, how many of you travel with water in your fresh water tank? At 8.35 lbs per gallon of water this can add up pretty fast!!
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Frequently we camp dry, so full tanks it is. Otherwise at least a third of a tank.
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03-29-2011, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by cekkk+
Actually, other factors come into play regarding weight of water. For instance, obviously, Crabman's water weighed 8# because it was boiling. On the other hand, up here at 9000', air is lighter, ergo our H1.5O only weighs 6.733#/gal.
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Jayco says a full tank of water on my trailer weighs 490 lbs. My trailer holds 59 gallons including the HW tank. 8.3 lbs per gallon. I`m sure it does change with elevation, etc. I think the main point is water is considered part of the Cargo carrying capacity. And some of the "lite weight" trailers actually don`t weigh that much less then the others, but have a much smaller CCC. One case in point is the Jayfeather 28R, weighs 5200 lbs, GVWR 6500. The 28bhs with the same floorplan weighs only around 200 lbs more but has a GVWR of 7500 lbs, so it can carry about 800 lbs more cargo.
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