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1899 1/16/2006 7:10:44 PM 1/17/2006 Ken & Pat Molloy ken@molloys.org Carrying Capacity 1990-1994 You can obtain this for yourself by weighing your coach twice. First weigh the coach with empty tanks and no consumables on board ("Dry" weight). Second, weigh it again with all fuel, water and propane tanks full ("Wet" weight). Third, subtract the "wet" weight from the Maximum GVW on the VIN placard. The difference will be how much you can carry. Fully loaded, you might want to weigh it one more time, but this time weigh the front and rear axles separately to make sure the load is properly distributed. A real "fussbudget" might even weigh it left side and right side to be sure of proper distribution. I always preferred about 500 to 1,000 pounds more on the left than on the right because of the crown of the road.
We once looked at the literature for a micro-minimotorhome built on a Toyota chassis. Its "dry" weight was only 50 pounds less than the GVW! Just filling the gasoline tank would overload it -- not to mention the weight of the passengers and the consumables normally carried on board!