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Overloaded
Not a motorhome but a good reminder to pay attention to weight specs, and to verify actual weights of our LD’s at a scale (ideally one that can weigh each corner).

https://www.rvtravel.com/broken-frame-lesson-stuff-dont-salesperson-1087b/
Greg & Victoria
2017 Mid-Bath  “Nocona” towing a manual 2015 Forester
Previously a 1985 TK
SKP #61264
Re: Overloaded
Reply #1 –
How many times have I heard, “The man said it would be OK”?
The majority of auto salespeople have only one goal in life: to sell as many cars or trucks as possible, they do not care about how appropriate a vehicle is for a buyer’s actual needs.  The bottom line is to do your homework before buying.

Larry
Larry
2003 23.5' Front Lounge, since new.  Previously 1983 22' Front Lounge.
Tow vehicles  2020 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, 2001 Jeep Cherokee
Photo Collection: Lazy Daze
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Reply #2 –
Some lessons are best learned second- or third-hand
Joel & Terry Wiley
dog Zeke
2013  31 IB   Orwan   / 2011 CRV Tow'd LWEROVE
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Reply #3 –
Weighed ours this weekend. 1992 26.5 midbath. Full fuel, water and propane. Along with all our normal gear for a long weekend.
Steering axle 3860 lb
Drive axle 8020 lb
Total 11880 lb
Only item not with us was the ebikes and carrier which would add 200 pounds.
1992 Mid Bath
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Quote from: 92 new  - 
Weighed ours this weekend. 1992 26.5 midbath. Full fuel, water and propane. Along with all our normal gear for a long weekend.
Steering axle 3860 lb
Drive axle 8020 lb
Total 11880 lb
Only item not with us was the ebikes and carrier which would add 200 pounds.

You are close to 400 lbs over the GVW without the bikes, does this weight include passengers?
Older MBs were built on the lightweight E350 chassis, with only 11,500 lbs GVW
A big problem with MBs on the E350 chassis is the small brakes. Be careful on downgrades, it would be easy to have the brakes fade if not using the gears to keep the speed down.

Larry
Larry
2003 23.5' Front Lounge, since new.  Previously 1983 22' Front Lounge.
Tow vehicles  2020 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, 2001 Jeep Cherokee
Photo Collection: Lazy Daze
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Reply #5 –
I have to emphasize that Larry is serious.  The two times I measured my '99 E350 I was about 25 pounds over the 11,500# limit.  I travel with less than full water tank now, about 35 gallons of water (instead of 54), and removed some 'lead acid' weight recently.  I also lightened some storage spaces.  Unfortunately those weights didn't include me, but I lost some pounds too.  I do have the same tires as the 14,050 26.5 and 27' rigs.
   I have smoked the brakes coming down from Big Bear, the weather was hot!  (No vac assist, those squirrels!). Pulled over to let them cool off.   RonB
RonB (Bostick) living in San Diego
Original owner of "Bluebelle" a '99 TKB
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Reply #6 –
I would never, never, never, take the word of a salesperson for much of anything, particularly something so important.

Before we bought our 2004 Lazy Daze way back when, we were shopping for Class C's. Came across one that had a "garage" in the back where you could load an ATV into it. Looking at the CCC, I saw that it was something like 600 lb. Made the comment to my husband that once someone loaded an ATV into the garage, that would take up the majority of the CCC, if not all of it. The salesperson overheard me and tried to convince me that the weight of the ATV would come out of the towing capacity, not the CCC...she said the factory representative had told her that. I knew she was wrong and tried to convince her that the weight of anything loaded into the back would be subtracted from the CCC, but she was having none of it. I often wondered if some unsuspecting person bought that RV and ended up vastly overloading it.
Linda Hylton