As an example, how does your CCC (cargo carrying capacity) figure into your vehicle's GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating)? You cannot assume that the designers of your coach fully considered all the ramifications of the potential aftermarket vehicle weight that accumulates over a period of time. Vehicle balance and overall aftermarket location of our valued accessories result in potential vehicle weight issues. This is why we need to understand the GVWRs and how it these numbers will relate to our Class C Motorhome. We have all seen a motorhome lugging itself up a hill doing about 20 to 25 mph. If may even be lower on one side or the other. This is probably due to an overloading condition. They have surpassed their cargo carrying capacity.  Custom Search This is easy to do, and I'm thinking that we have all done it at one time or another. We may not have abused our motorhome in such a way, but I'll bet in the past, when we were in our formative years, we probably overloaded a pickup truck or even an automobile when moving to a new house or an apartment. It is easy to do. We just don't think about it. Well, then was then, and now is now. If you have a motorhome, you probably have a significant amount of money tied up into it. That being the case, it makes sense to not abuse the it. And, if you overload your rig, you are abusing your rig. To keep matters under control, a simple understanding of a few definitions will go a long way to keeping you out of trouble. If we understand that the GVWR is the maximum weight we can put on our motorhome chassis, then how do we determine the maximum weight limit of our personal stuff... the CCC (cargo carrying capacity) of our motorhome before we exceed this gross weight number? You Will Need To Determine Your Combined Cargo Capacity: You Will Need To Determine Your Unloaded Vehicle Weight: In the above formula, the UVW is the definition that may not be simple to calculate: It is the dealer installed accessories that will add an unknown amount of weight that can hurt you. From now on, all you would have to do is keep track of the amount of weight you store on the unit and keep your cargo carrying capacity under the GVWR.
What are Weight Ratings Based On?: Here are some rating (limits) and definitions that are established by the manufacturer, which are not to be exceeded. A List Of Ratings Definitions: *We also have to take RV towing into consideration. The classic sense of this RV towing issue is a truck and trailer configuration. All of us understand the need to match a tow truck with the weight of the vehicle we plan to pull. If we want to pull a TOAD with our Class C Motorhome, we also need to understand the ramifications of RV towing in relation to a motorhome and its towed vehicle. The GCWR is the number we use to keep the total weight of our Class C Motorhome and the towed vehicle (TOAD) of our choice within specific weight safety parameters. |
