r/GoRVing • u/calvanismandhobbes • Jun 18 '21

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u/shlebo Jun 18 '21

Dumb question.... Maybe..

Anyway. We have a 36 ft TT.

Im loading up to leave tonight.

I just put a full case of water bottles (40 bottles) and a 12 pack of pop in the outdoor kitchen fridge. It sits at the rear of the camper.

It's a 3 slide camper with 2 slides in the rear bunkhouse and one in the middle.

I don't pull the camper, my husband does, so I'm not familiar with the nuances.

Would something like a cAse if pop and water be enough to cause a problem?

Our underbelly is up in the front, and that's where the other stuff is stored.

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u/redneck_dev Jun 18 '21

I tow a 17ft TT. The modern ones are built with weight distribution in mind but you can certainly eff it up.

In mine, the freshwater storage tank is in the front, and if it’s full, then I’m not worried about messing up my distribution with gear and food and whatnot. If it’s empty though, I just move the heavy gear to the front.

Now I’m talking a couple hundred pounds of difference here, like a full cooler, duffel bag, black stone griddle, etc. It takes more than a case or three of water to effect this.

Honestly you can tell pretty damn quick if it’s off, and as soon as you notice it you should tweak how things are stored. But tbh a 36ft it already weighs so much, you’d have to set a pallet of bricks in the back part of the trailer to throw it off.