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U300 EW

July 05, 2013, 12:05:10 pm

Last week I weighed the coach with full water and fuel, about 1/4 tank of propane (couldn't get it filled before we weighed), and little else in it. The weight came to just under 28,000 pounds. That seems heavy to me. Is that reasonable, or was something not right?

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Reply #1 – July 05, 2013, 12:43:54 pm

That's about right for a 40 footer.

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Reply #2 – July 05, 2013, 02:45:10 pm

Here's ours, David (40 footer). This is with full fuel, water and propane, all of our stuff and us (empty black and gray).
jor


Front: 9560
Back: 19350
Total: 28910

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Reply #3 – July 05, 2013, 03:05:52 pm

David,
I have a RV rating book with average curb weights (defined as loaded with fuel, water & propane).  Unfortunately they don't have anything for '93 but I can give it to you for '92 and '94.
For a '92 U300, 40 ft. it's 26,368 lbs.
For a '94 U300, 40 ft. it's 26,424 lbs.
Bear in mind that they have the same weight for all the floor plans and U280's are exactly 1000 lbs. lighter so it tells me these are estimated.
But 28,000 lbs. sounds a little heavy UNLESS that includes all your stuff inside?  If so than I would say it's right on.
Were you able to weight axel weights or even wheel position ?  (i.e. is the distribution good relative to GAWR and side to side?)

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Reply #4 – July 05, 2013, 03:24:47 pm

John, the weight includes me (~165 pounds) and maybe five pounds of stuff. I'd like to get individual wheel weights someday. What concerns me about the weights we got was that I think the front tires may have been hitting two scales. This was the first time I have used a truck scale and they are set up for the large trucks, not motor homes. When I was lined up to push the button I probably wasn't far enough forward.

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Reply #5 – July 05, 2013, 03:54:10 pm

David, Our 36' U295 weighs about 10,900# front and 17,900# rear. At three different truck scales we've not had any problems weighing the front axle on one pad, the rear axle on another pad, and the Jeep on a third pad. Cost was usually $9. You can usually get a "reweigh" on the same scale on the same day for a discount.

We have capacity for about 1000# more than we normally carry.

GAWR is 12,000# Front, 19,000# Rear, GVWR 30,000#

We weighed with fuel diesel, propane, and fresh water tanks. Waste water tanks were empty. Coach contained two people, one dog, food, clothing, and supplies for a trip.

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Reply #6 – July 05, 2013, 07:22:58 pm

97 u295 40 ft  full fuel, propane, water, four 8-d's, two people, two weeks worth of food and 300 lb
scooter on rear hitch.  steer 11380  18120 drive.

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Reply #7 – July 05, 2013, 10:15:58 pm

So for comparison our '91 40 ft. U300, full of diesel, propane, water; plus all of our stuff for full timing weighed in at 27,776 lbs. (No tile, all carpet).
Differences (that I know of) that would affect weight between '91 and '93: 96" vs. 102" wide, 600 vs. 700 series transmission, side radiator hydraulics, HWH level vs. manual.
I went back and looked at the RV Rating Book again and compare the weights between my coach ('91) and the next year ('92) where all the above changes took place; ironically the weight went DOWN 293 lbs. for the '93!!  It's well known that all of these things must have increased the weight (not decrease) so the rating book is not very accurate.  So my prior post indicating that the weight is a little high (based on the RV Rating Book) is equally inaccurate.

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