Cargo Carrying Capacity is the CCC. The RV has a GVWR, Gross Vehicle Weight Rating, which is the maximum number of pounds it can carry and is a number you do not want to exceed. Once you weight the RV, full fuel tanks (just propane for trailers without generators), full water tank and 154lbs per sleeping position you get a loaded vehicle weight. The CCC is the difference. For example my motorhome has a 33,200 lbs GVWR, my loaded vehicle weight is 29,300 lbs (full diesel, propane, water and two 154 lb people) and my CCC is 3,900 lbs. (We have been on scales and weigh about 31,400 lbs so we are happy.)
-- Edited by bjoyce on Friday 19th of June 2009 09:21:55 AM
woodly1069 said
11:28 AM Jun 19, 2009
THANKS! Now I can do some math of my own!
Mallo said
12:55 PM Jun 19, 2009
woodly1069 wrote:
Could I ask a silly question? What is CCC?
Civilian Conservation Corps they built a lot of the campgrounds around the US.
Mallo
bjoyce said
10:12 AM Jun 20, 2009
"the CCC" is the Civilian Conservation Corps, but "CCC" is Cargo Carrying Capacity, especially since that makes more sense under the "RV Maintenance and Technical Tips" forum.
woodly1069: There should be a a plaque somewhere in the RV that tells you all the numbers, often on the inside of a kitchen cabinet door. Water is 8.3 lbs/gallon and propane is 4.2 lbs/gallon.
Edit: My smiley face disappeared, so I put it back.
-- Edited by bjoyce on Saturday 20th of June 2009 10:13:56 AM
Speedhitch said
01:28 PM Jun 22, 2009
Mallo wrote:
woodly1069 wrote:
Could I ask a silly question? What is CCC?
Civilian Conservation Corps they built a lot of the campgrounds around the US.
Mallo
You know maybe these are the same guys that came up with the Cargo Carring Capacity theory....Ya never know
For example my motorhome has a 33,200 lbs GVWR, my loaded vehicle weight is 29,300 lbs (full diesel, propane, water and two 154 lb people) and my CCC is 3,900 lbs. (We have been on scales and weigh about 31,400 lbs so we are happy.)
-- Edited by bjoyce on Friday 19th of June 2009 09:21:55 AM
Mallo
woodly1069: There should be a a plaque somewhere in the RV that tells you all the numbers, often on the inside of a kitchen cabinet door. Water is 8.3 lbs/gallon and propane is 4.2 lbs/gallon.
Edit: My smiley face disappeared, so I put it back.
-- Edited by bjoyce on Saturday 20th of June 2009 10:13:56 AM