Cargo Carrying Capacity And Load Distribution - Fleetwood Flair 2001 Owner's Manual

The amount of cargo weight you can place in your motor
home is the motor home's GVWR minus its UVW, or
maximum capacity minus the weight of your motor home as
assembled by Fleetwood, i. e., without dealer installed
accessories, water, LP gas, cargo or occupants. When the
motor home is being designed, the number and size of
storage compartments, the liquid tank capacities and number
of belted seating positions are determined for value and
convenience. If you fill all liquid tanks to capacity, fill all
storage compartments and cupboards to maximum volume
and fill all available seating positions with passengers, the
motor home could be overloaded. (See Loading Tips). Be
aware of the weight of the items you store and where you
store the items in your motor home, and weigh your motor
home after it is fully loaded.
In addition to knowing the overall weight that can be safely
loaded in or attached to the motor home, you must know
how to distribute the weight so that correct amounts of
weight are distributed between the axles or front-to-rear and
also between the wheels or side-to-side. It is also important
to place heavier items in under-the-floor storage or low in the
motor home. If you make the motor home top heavy or much
too heavy on one side, the motor home can be overturned
and crash in a curve, turn or in an emergency steering
maneuver. When the load is properly distributed, your motor
home will handle and respond safely, and you as the driver
can be more confident and will be more comfortable.
If your motor home is improperly loaded, it may be unsafe to
drive, uncomfortable to drive, or both. Axle load is important
and it is recommended that you should load your motor
home so that the front axle is loaded to at least 80% of the
frontGAWR.
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CARGO CARRYING
CAPACITY AND
LOAD DISTRIBUTION
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NOTE
Cargo Carrying Capacities
(CCC) of your motor home
are specified on a label
affixed to the inside of
the motor home. The
label includes ail factory
instailed options. If other
equipment such as level-
ing jacks, awnings, roof
pods, etc., are instailed
after the motor home
leaves the factory the
weight of these items must
be subtracted from the
total of the passenger and
cargo carrying capacities.
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