Will pickup new Fleetwood Bayside in 4 days!

[TheViking]

Usually, it goes like this.
 
Your vehicle can tow 3500 lbs. However... in order to do it, there must be NO extra weight in the vehicle itself, and only a 150-lb driver.
 
 
To figure out what you can really deal with, you need to find out your vehicle's GCVWR (Gross Combined vehicle Weight Rating), or just GVWR. Then, subtract off your vehicle's "curb weight"... not the DRY weight, because that does not include about 100 lbs of oil, lubricants, etc. Or gas.
 
Suppose your vehicle's GVWR is 7,150 lbs. Then, suppose the vehicle weighs 3,500 lbs, and the driver weighs 150 lbs. THEN, you can tow 3500 lbs.
 
However, add in a 100-lb German Shepherd, a full tank of gas (15 gals * 7 lb/gallon), 300 lbs in passengers, a cooler and sodas weighing 50 lbs, and 50 lbs of "junk" (jumper cords, chains, etc)... and suddenly you have 600 less lbs you can tow! You can now only tow 2900 lbs.

Yeah, what he said.  That's where I was going with it.

[arizonavol]

We picked up the new Bayside and took it up the hill toward Flagstaff with no troubles.  Were able to go basically our usual speed.  We have the WDH, transmission cooler, and the Prodigy brake controller.

Also, we are pretty small people.  Our whole family of four weighs under 400 pounds.  150, 125, 55, and 40 lbs.  Obviously, the kids will put grow and weigh more, but like their parents, they will be probably always be on the small side.  Also, we took a seat of the Odyssey.  We had the Odyssey weighed.

Thanks for all the advice.  We love the Bayside and look forward to alot of PUP fun in the years ahead.  We had a great time camping in it up north this weekend!

Thanks again to all who responded.

arizonavol

[tlhdoc]

I hope you had a great trip.  You might want to consider taking the loaded camper/TV to a truck scale and get your rig weighed.