The amount
of
cargo weight you can place in your motor
home is the motor home's GVWR
minlls
its UVW,
or
maxi-
mum capacity
minlls the weight
of
your motor home
as
assembled by Fleetwood,
i.
e.,
without dealer installed acces-
soties, water,
LP gas, cargo
or
occupants. When the motor
home is being designed, the number and size
of
storage com-
partments, 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 compart-
ments and cupboards to maximum volume and fill all avail-
able 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.
BOUNdER
DiESEl
CARRYING CAPACITY
AND
LOAD DISTRIBUTION
.II NOTE
Net Carrying Capacities
(NCC)
of
your
motor
home are specified
on
a
label affixed
to
the
inside
of
the
motor home.
The
label includes all factory
installed options. If other
equipment such as level-
ing jacks, awnings, roof
pods,
etc.,
are installed
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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