Real world weight for a full timing Big Sky owner.

[traveltunes]

David: I don't really know how much the generator weighs, I'm going to look on the Onan website to see if it says.

Dick: Good to hear your house sold quick. I think you might have set some kind of record, at least with the market like it is. I thought we sold our house fast. It took us just under 3 months for our to sell.

Sorry I didn't respond very fast. We spent a week driving up the Oregon and Washington Coast. I am buying a truck box for the bed of the truck by the cab, I know I have about 200+lbs of room to spare on the trucks front axle. If I move a lot from the basement to the box, this should help the pin weight some. I am also putting the 2 bikes on the rear of the trailer and taking them out of the truck bed. I also carry a very heavy jack and stands and tools, which can also go in the new box. When I'm in transit I just won't carry any fresh water and I should be a lot closer to where I need to be.

[traveltunes]

David:
I looked at Onan.com and it says the dry weight for the 5500LP Marquis Gold is 290 lbs, so with gen prep and all the fluids and exhaust pipe, probably 300+ lbs.

[PowellsMonty]

I wonder if I am over. Salesman checked my truck labels (weights) when I bought it and said I was fine.
How do I check it?
2002 F250Supecab, 4wdr, shortbed
2003 3295 rk?

[Bill and Lisa]

Mike and Debbie,
Sorry to chuckle at your expense. What would you expect the dealer to say? Knowing what the label says the truck limits are does nothing to tell him how much the truck already weighs before you hook up the trailer. Oh and he probably didn't even have a good weight on the trailer and I can say with a fair degree of certainty it weighs more today than when you drove it off the lot.

Only way to know for sure is to visit a scale.

Just MHO,
Bill

[stevemc]

Unfortunately many RV salesmen will tell you "you're fine" no matter what. The folks we bought our Mountaineer from were trying to pull it with a 1/2 ton pickup with stock suspension. The bumper would almost drag the ground. They bought it new and the dealer told them their truck would be "fine".
You should have a sticker somewhere to tell you the GVWR (gross vehicle weight rating) and GCWR (gross combined weight rating) of your truck. Then it's just a matter of getting weighed.

[David and Jo-Anna]

Traveltunes--thanks for the info on the Onan weight. Factoring that in, and the difference in the fresh water loads between our rigs when we each weighed ourselves, that indicates to me that you have about 800# more cargo in your Big Sky that I have in mine. Glad to hear that you were able to tow your Big Sky thru the mountains without a problem. Hope my wife doesn't read this or she'll think that she's free to go out and load up another 800# of cargo. LOL!!!!