[basketcase]

I like that scangauge

Roger that. I plan to spend more time with the ScanGauge before we travel again in June. Stay tuned for a basketcase update on the gadget ... unless some other enterprising inmate beats me to it (which would be fine by me).

 

[basketcase]

Just curious on your weights, did you actually weigh in or is that a best guess?

I only ask cuz last year I towed to Yellowstone from western Oregon and estimated about 6000 lbs. I pulled into a weigh station and learned i pretty much suck at guesstimating and was actually coming in at about 7100 or 7200 lbs I think. I’d have to go find the thread I did on it, but it was over 7k.

Looks like a nice trip either way! Enjoy it

Interesting. Adding just 500 lbs to my total being transported (my term for payload in the truck + cargo in the camper) would put me at 7,055.7 lbs, which is right at your weighed figure. I booted up my spreadsheet btw and the 7,055 figure is 76.44% of the Titan towing capacity. That is getting close to the limit of my comfort zone (80%) for the load being towed by the truck.

About your question: the answer to the weights question is yes and no.

No, I've not weighed the rig on a truck scale, but yes, I've weighed the contents of the truck and the trailer.

When we bought the camper last year a weight distribution hitch was part of the package. After reading up on the hitch, I became curious about our actual load so I literally weighed everything going into the truck and camper using a digital household scale. Think detailed, as in I weighed each bicycle, each folding chair, the air-fryer, the pots and pans, the bed linens, the wife's purse and my shaving kit, and so on.

Those figures are recorded in an Excel workbook with a detailed worksheet for contents. Likewise, I used formulas to tally the contents by categories: truck bed, trailer front cargo, trailer inside cargo, trailer rear cargo etc. In terms of general packing, those categories are reflected in the payload entries seen in post #10.

Next, the highlighted weight figures in post #10 are based on door stickers, but the weights below those in the payload and content entries are actual weights from the detailed sheet in the workbook. Those summary figures are pulled from the detail entries using formulas.

Finally, at some point in the future I plan to make a trip to a truck scale while fully loaded. I can look at the truck and camper and do a load distribution guesstimate based on whether it is sitting level, but the only way to know for certain will be to literally weigh the truck and camper on a commercial scale. For various reasons - vehicle handling under panic braking being a big one, I would like to know the axle weights so as to fine tune the hitch.

LOL. That may be more answer than you wanted... 😎

 

[bluovalguy]

Interesting. Adding just 500 lbs to my total being transported (my term for payload in the truck + cargo in the camper) would put me at 7,055.7 lbs, which is right at your weighed figure. I booted up my spreadsheet btw and the 7,055 figure is 76.44% of the Titan towing capacity. That is getting close to the limit of my comfort zone (80%) for the load being towed by the truck.

About your question: the answer to the weights question is yes and no.

No, I've not weighed the rig on a truck scale, but yes, I've weighed the contents of the truck and the trailer.

When we bought the camper last year a weight distribution hitch was part of the package. After reading up on the hitch, I became curious about our actual load so I literally weighed everything going into the truck and camper using a digital household scale. Think detailed, as in I weighed each bicycle, each folding chair, the air-fryer, the pots and pans, the bed linens, the wife's purse and my shaving kit, and so on.

Those figures are recorded in an Excel workbook with a detailed worksheet for contents. Likewise, I used formulas to tally the contents by categories: truck bed, trailer front cargo, trailer inside cargo, trailer rear cargo etc. In terms of general packing, those categories are reflected in the payload entries seen in post #10.

Next, the highlighted weight figures in post #10 are based on door stickers, but the weights below those in the payload and content entries are actual weights from the detailed sheet in the workbook. Those summary figures are pulled from the detail entries using formulas.

Finally, at some point in the future I plan to make a trip to a truck scale while fully loaded. I can look at the truck and camper and do a load distribution guesstimate based on whether it is sitting level, but the only way to know for certain will be to literally weigh the truck and camper on a commercial scale. For various reasons - vehicle handling under panic braking being a big one, I would like to know the axle weights so as to fine tune the hitch.

LOL. That may be more answer than you wanted... 😎

Ha, yeah, that’s very detailed

You put more thought in it than I did, I loaded it up and guessed as things went in. Not a smart way to go about it and I ended up underestimating by over 1000lbs!

 

[basketcase]

Ha, yeah, that’s very detailed

You put more thought in it than I did, I loaded it up and guessed as things went in. Not a smart way to go about it and I ended up underestimating by over 1000lbs!

Yes, I do tend to overthink some things. Maybe most things?

At least, I try and overthink the substantive things, because one of the absolute worst, and potentially most dangerous experiences I ever got into was a scenario in which I failed to ask the right questions before getting involved. In hindsight it was a formative experience.

On a different tack, I just noticed today is my one year anniversary at TitanTalk. Happy anniversary to me! 😂

Looking back at my intro post, one of our motivations in buying a Titan was to tow a camper (the one I have now) that overloaded the Frontier I had before the Titan. We had a pop-up for a short time before we bought the bunkhouse. The Frontier didn't seem to know the pop-up was there, and said Frontier towed the camper fine when the camper was empty. However, it didn't take long to realize a different truck was in order. I'm not particularly worried that I'll overload the SV. (And in the interest of candor, I suspected we might have to shop larger trucks when we bought the bunkhouse, but I had hoped otherwise...).

My intro post: Just another noob saying howdy

 

[machell]

@machell it’s a 24’ bunkhouse. Ideal size for my wife and me and assuming we can “live outside” for the trip.


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Yes, I do tend to overthink some things. Maybe most things?

At least, I try and overthink the substantive things, because one of the absolute worst, and potentially most dangerous experiences I ever got into was a scenario in which I failed to ask the right questions before getting involved. In hindsight it was a formative experience.

On a different tack, I just noticed today is my one year anniversary at TitanTalk. Happy anniversary to me! 😂

Looking back at my intro post, one of our motivations in buying a Titan was to tow a camper (the one I have now) that overloaded the Frontier I had before the Titan. We had a pop-up for a short time before we bought the bunkhouse. The Frontier didn't seem to know the pop-up was there, and said Frontier towed the camper fine when the camper was empty. However, it didn't take long to realize a different truck was in order. I'm not particularly worried that I'll overload the SV. (And in the interest of candor, I suspected we might have to shop larger trucks when we bought the bunkhouse, but I had hoped otherwise...).

My intro post: Just another noob saying howdy

Thats some impressive info,sorry if I missed it but what are you running for tires? Plus your grandchildren will have some great memories! Thanks basketcase!

 

[basketcase]

The tires are Toyo Open Country in the oem size. They were brand new on the truck when we bought it just shy of a year ago. They are in my opinion “more streetly than dirtly”, as we say in the dual-sport motorcycling community, but so far they have served well.

When towing I bump the air pressure up to 40 psi. I’m already reading on what to put on as replacements.


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[youngk]

Won't you mind if you share locations that you guys traveled?

 

[basketcase]

Won't you mind if you share locations that you guys traveled?

We traveled from Northport, AL to Pigeon Forge, TN and back. Stayed at the Jellystone RV Park on Whaley Drive in Pigeon Forge. It was a day drive up, and another day back.

It's not an RV park that we would have just picked if planning for ourselves, but the grands were to be with us, and our friends (3 other families, actually) who also camped had another half-dozen kids with them. They suggested the park, and it turned out to be an excellent choice.

 

[youngk]

We traveled from Northport, AL to Pigeon Forge, TN and back. Stayed at the Jellystone RV Park on Whaley Drive in Pigeon Forge. It was a day drive up, and another day back.

It's not an RV park that we would have just picked if planning for ourselves, but the grands were to be with us, and our friends (3 other families, actually) who also camped had another half-dozen kids with them. They suggested the park, and it turned out to be an excellent choice.

Pigeon Forge is a nice area and I try to visit there whenever I have chance.