1998 45'8" 2 slide with 197 gallons diesel, 50 gals water, 50 gals tank waste, full timing load, just me in drivers seat:
Steer axle: 16900
Drive axle: 22460
Tag axle: 9400
total: 48760
VIN tag: steer: 16540
drive: 23000
tag: 10000
total: 49540
Removing 600# of batteries made a big difference, but I'm still close to max.
Forest, do you have the 365s on the front? It not, they will give you more margin.
More "Margin" for error ? I am 51k loaded all full of fluids
forest's 98 has 5k pound less than mine for vin axle weight. they must have changed suspension?
tom
Some where around 1997 they had replaced the 24.5" tires on the steer axle to 22.5" to increase the front axle gvw as slides were starting to be added. In 2000 they changed the tag axle and went to 22.5" tires from the 24.5" tires on both the tag & drive axles to increase gvw to accommodate multiple slide coaches that were becoming the norm.
Just got it weighed again today. Full fuel, propane & H2O, as well as full of everything else we have in coach when traveling.
Steer 14,440
Drive 20,040
Tag 8,080
Total 42,560
Weighed my 77 last year with about 1/4tank of fuel (25 gal) no water or sewer 27,000lbs
Keith, do your 76 and 77 have the same Weight Ratings as the 1979, ie steer 12,000, drive 18,500 for a total of 30,500 pound GVWR?
Michael, they should be the same, GVWR sounds about right
Below ‘re our wet weight ready for travel:
D/S P/S total axle GAWR
front 7.710 8.280 15.990 20.000
drive 11.490 10.360 21.850 26.400
tag 6.610 6.130 12.740 15.000
total 25.810 24.770 50.580 61.400(GVWR)