Article on CCC

[Perry Butler]

Article on CCC Weight

A good article on the realities of CCC (Cargo Carrying Capacity) was on this Sundays RV Travel newsletter.

Having been to a few rally's over the years I've seen a few overloaded fiberglass campers.

For example, when we owned our 2003 25RQ we were both working and carried much less than today. Our 2003 25RQ weighed in at 6,200's fully loaded for weekend camping. That's total or gross weight, not subtracting tongue weight.

Now we're both retired, own a newer 2016 25RQ that's about 1-200 #'s heavier than the 2003 25RQ, and go camping for months at a time, carrying even more needless crap than when we were weekend campers.

So, using a CAT Scale last April with three weighs, our trailer weighed 7,360#'s total (about 800#'s more than we had estimated), with 820#'s on the tongue. However, according to our Sherline scale our tongue weighs 950#'s, so something is missing here, but I'll go with the least attractive numbers. That difference is 130#'s, a significant difference.

The totals for the three weighs are 13,660, 13,700, and 13,720. So 60#'s difference from the high to the low weight. All weights were taken within 20 minutes of each other.

The important thing is to weigh your camper on a legal, CAT scale. Before CAT scales I had to use the simple scale at a corn elevator, a tedious process for us and the elevator operator.

Our 2018 Escape 5.0 5th wheel was weighed twice at farm scales and came in at 4,900 and 5,100#'s, with the second weigh nine months before selling. And no, we don't carry the kitchen sink.

Food for thought,

Perry

 

[EscapingDan]

Great PSA Perry. Curious, could you post a list of what you bring along?

 

[Iowa Dave]

And here I thought there was new information on the Civilian Conservation Corps.

I always go to the local sand quarry and they weigh the tow and trailer for free. Accuracy is very good because they can’t afford to load a dump truck too heavy and cause the driver to get a ticket. My local landfill will weigh our rig within 10 lbs too.

That’s close enough for us as we are consistently right 4360 on the 21 so about 17 percent leeway. Good enough for me after towing the 19 and the 21 over 100,000 miles in 11 years.

As to the article, when I had the hitch installed as aftermarket at Toyota as part of my purchase, they added a supplementary sticker to my door frame stating that an add on had been made reducing my GVWR by 17.2 Kg. So at least one manufacturer cares about accuracy. YMMV
Iowa Dave

 

[Centex]

How many different "CCC" values can you scribe to your trailer?

A good article on the realities of CCC (Cargo Carrying Capacity) was on this Sundays RV Travel newsletter.

Interesting read, thanks for posting

As if this topic weren't confusing enough, our (or at least my) Escape trailers have two different "CCC" data on two separate 'mandated' stickers (see pic below). Good luck trying to make any correlation between those two data values, even considering 'adjustment' for water-weight as suggested by the article's author.

To add to the 'sporting nature' of the "CCC" discussion .... I happened to get a CAT Scale 'baseline weight' a few days after my trailer was delivered. That weight was with filled propane tanks, no water (all tanks including WH were confirmed empty), and before I placed anything in the trailer whatsoever (No Cargo). Subtracting that weight from the VIN sticker GVWR yields yet another different "CCC" value (see Table below).

All just FYI and for your humorous enjoyment, make of it what you will! ;D

Myself, I've subsequently hit the conveniently nearby CAT Scale several times with my (ahem, 'heavily modified') trailer 'loaded for travel', my main interest being to confirm I'm comfortably under the sticker GVWR of 5500#.

So far, no worries! (YMMV)