From RickFox:
Hitch weight: 1980#
Trailer axle weights: 9880#
Trailer total weight: 11860#
GVWR as per sticker on outside left: 14,190#
Available cargo capacity: 2330# actual
Note that the above trailer weight also included a battery, about 5 gallons of water, and 2 full propane tanks.
On our first trip, after we moved our goodies from our old 5ver, we reweighed:
Hitch pin weight: 2400#
Trailer Axle weight: 10500#
Total trailer weight: 12900#
Cargo on board: 1040#
We purchased a 2006 3400RL, but have not taken delivery yet as we are waiting on our 2006 3500 Diesel Duramax 1 ton TV.
We did purchase the high gloss option as well as the slide toppers, so using RickFox's numbers, I'm getting a little worried:
This is from Keystone's website:
Weight: 11,650
Carrying Capacity: 2,325
Hitch: 1,975
Length: 37' 9"
This is from their Digital Literature for 2006 3400RL (the brochure that we were given by Charles, the Keystone Rep):
Weight: 11,380
Carrying Capacity: 2,390
Hitch: 1,770
Length: 37' 1"
And, the Brochure has an asterisk stating that High Gloss option will add approximately 600 lbs. So, the numbers are more like:
Weight: 12,250
Carry Capacity: 1,940 if RickFox's GVWR sticker is the same as mine
Carry Capacity: 2,325 - 600 = 1,725 if we use the website numbers
Hitch: 2,215 (Using RickFox's 40% rule, if I got it right)
If the total GVW is 14,190, and we add 60 gallons of water at 8# per gallon (Actually, 1 Gallons [US] = 8.3452641 Pounds), we now have a carrying capacity of just 1,880? And when I put the extra A/C in (at 100#), I'm left with only 1,780??? Now, my wife only weighs 135, but I top in at 290! Does this mean I'll break the axles, camping, if I have more than 1,355# of stuff (including food, slide toppers, propane, and extra battery...)? Oh, not to mention my 80# dog!
I got to thinking when I was reading this post and so decided to look at Keystone's website. Notice that in the brochure they list the specifications as being VERY different from their website. In fact, they are the
2005 3400RL specifications number for number off their website.
FYI, I remember Charles Wade, the Keystone Rep, telling me I could carry 3,000# of stuff, but that this was like adding a cut-up car to the trailer - his words, not mine. I have to say 3000 versus 1,355 is quite a disparity! When he told me this, we were sitting in the 3400RL I purchased. So, I made the decision that all would be okay in the world of weight. Was I wrong?
The salesman told me I only needed a 15,000# hitch. I decided on a 16,000# anyway. Is this okay?
Charles, you told me you monitor this site...Want to WEIGH in here?
I think I am now totally confused
Michael