Subaru Legacy 2015 Owner's Manual page 561

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is indicated on the vehicle placard
with the statement The combined
weight of occupants and cargo
should never exceed 363 kg or
800 lbs .
For example, the vehicle has one
occupant weighing 165 lbs (75 kg)
plus cargo weighing 265 lbs (120
kg). In addition, the vehicle is fitted
with a trailer hitch weighing 22 lbs
(10 kg), to which is attached a
trailer weighing 1,764 lbs (800 kg).
10% of the trailer weight is applied
to the trailer tongue (i.e. Tongue
load = 176 lbs (80 kg)).
Calculate the total weight.
1.
Calculate the available load ca-
2.
pacity.
The result of step 2 shows that a
3.
further 172 lbs (78 kg) of cargo can
be carried.
Example 2B
For example, if a person weighing
143 lbs (65 kg) and a child weighing
40 lbs (18 kg) now enter the same
vehicle (bringing the number of
occupants to three), and a child
restraint system weighing 11 lbs (5
kg) is installed in the vehicle for the
child to use, the calculations are as
follows:
Calculate the total weight.
1.
Calculate the available load ca-
2.
pacity.