179 actual empty weights |
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Pod People
Senior Member Joined: 22 Sep 2011 Location: Chapel Hill,NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 1067 |
Topic: 179 actual empty weights Posted: 18 Apr 2018 at 6:31pm |
I am working hard on modifying our new(to us, actually it is lightly used) 179 R Pod. Before I load it up, I wanted a starting point regarding the weights. I went to our county landfill today and weighed the 179 in various configurations. I weighed our tow vehicle(2012 ford Expedition EL ) with my wife and I inside and 1/2 tank of gas(approx 16 gallons= approx 128#). I weighed the R Pod with empty holding tanks and a full tank of propane. Nothing was in the pod except stock items including AC and Microwave.
The combined weight of the truck and rpod and wdh hitch unit was 9348#. The truck as noted above weighed 6138#, the wdh unit weighed 82# and the rpod weighed 3128#. the tongue weight(without considering the hitch unit weight) was 388# which is 12.4% of the trailer weight. I think I have figured these correctly. I did not know how to deal with the 82 pound hitch unit, so left it as a separate item. Should the 82 pounds be added to the tongue weight or truck weight or what???? Please correct me if this is not right. Thaks Vann |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6289 |
Posted: 18 Apr 2018 at 8:05pm |
Were you charged at the county landfill? I had not thought of that as an option to get a weight on our RP179.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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Pod People
Senior Member Joined: 22 Sep 2011 Location: Chapel Hill,NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 1067 |
Posted: 18 Apr 2018 at 8:55pm |
No, it was free. I called them first to find out how/where/when, etc. I went late in the afternoon when they were least busy. I was able to cross the scales as many times as I wanted. there was also plenty of flat space to unhitch the trailer and leave it so we could weigh the truck. It is the orange county landfill in Chapel Hill. I know you are not here, but if passing through I'm sure you could stop by without a problem. the weight guy was chatty and had nothing else to do.
My weights might be a good starting point for you. I know you have done a lot of mods, so it might be interesting to see how much weight you have added. That was the main reason I wanted the empty weights. I plan to do a lot of mods on this unit similar to the ones we did on our prior 173. We had it for almost 6 years and really loved it. It was modded to our purpose very well. thanks for all of your mod ideas-I will be using some of them soon Vann |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6289 |
Posted: 19 Apr 2018 at 9:15am |
My pleasure. I could try the South Wake landfill first. I will see if the scales are still active at the North Wake Landfill (closed) which is now a Convenience Center and Household Hazardous Waste facility. That would be a lot closer.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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