Packing Weights

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Packing Weights

Kebbin · Guru

Whatever you put in the motorhome your limiting factor will be the GVM, so if you load it with what you need and then have it weighed with driver and passenger fuel and water you will know if you can put more in or have to take a lot out. Motorhomes are notorious for having very little payload.

rockylizard · Guru

Gday...

This what the Australian Bureau of Statistics states -

In 2011-12, the average Australian man (18 years and over) was 175.6 cm tall and weighed 85.9 kg. The average Australian woman was 161.8 cm tall and weighed 71.1 kg. On average, Australians are growing taller and heavier over time.

http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4338.0main+features212011-13

Despite any 'statistical' weight - we are what we are. cry I am sure that given how so many in Straya are 'overweight' very few of us would be either the 68Kg you found ... let alone what the ABS says. hmm

All we can do is load up with our goodies and then sit in the vehicle and hope for the best. I can assure you, it is damned hard to lose any weight these days. cry

Cheers - John

Dougwe · Chief one feather

When I found my aluminium teepee was over weight this time last year I weighed everything I took out I didn't need or want then total all up and ended up with spare weight. I then did the same with the Collie even though it was ok. I ended up gettig rid of 60kg out a there in the end.

So I actually weighed things on portable scales. Including me. I wish it was as easy as the teepee and Collie to get some weight of me.

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Depends very much on the type of motorhome, what it is designed to do, where you intend to go, for how long and many other factors.
Our "load" is probably about 1.5T. That includes over half a tonn of fuel and water, plus a significant contribution from tools, spares, recovery gear and food for at least a month.
Most need to limit their load by the GVM. You should also be aware of the axle limits, because in some vehicles it is possible to overload an axle (or tyres) without exceeding GVM.

Cheers,
Peter

blaze · Guru

Dougwe wrote:
When I found my aluminium teepee was over weight this time last year I weighed everything I took out I didn't need or want then total all up and ended up with spare weight. I then did the same with the Collie even though it was ok. I ended up gettig rid of 60kg out a there in the end.
So I actually weighed things on portable scales. Including me. I wish it was as easy as the teepee and Collie to get some weight of me.

Hi dougwe

I reckon with a couple stroke with a sharp knife I could get ya weight down 2 stone biggrin

rockylizard · Guru

Gday...

I understand Blaze

I can quickly get rid of quite a few Kg of ugly fat jest by cutting orf me head.

Cheers - John

Ozzie_Traveller · Senior Member

Kebbin wrote:
Whatever you put in the motorhome your limiting factor will be the GVM, so if you load it with what you need and then have it weighed with driver and passenger fuel and water you will know if you can put more in or have to take a lot out. Motorhomes are notorious for having very little payload.

G'day mate

I think it's the other way around ... caravans are mostly limited to 200kg to 400kg carrying capacity whereas most motorhomes I know of have 500kg to 1500kg available. Our MH has 1000kg between Tare & GVM - and I wouldn't call that 'a very little payload'

Phil

Kebbin · Guru

Phil, I apologise for not being clear and concise but I was referring to the most common motorhome on our roads, that notorious class C licence motorhome GVM 4450kg, so if you have a class C motorhome you clearly have a roof top tent on the tray to get a 1000kg pay load, but my guess is a light/medium rigid.
With caravans it's quite easy usually to raise the ATM to the axle group rating via engineers certificate, with a motorhome it's at least a change of licence and engineers certificate or vehicle change.

By the by I'm not knocking motorhomes caravans have similar problems I'm merely pointing out some points for the OP, who does have a motorhome, but what size and weights who knows?

Thanks Maaate

-- Edited by Kebbin on Saturday 2nd of June 2018 10:42:42 AM