How to Determine Weight Capacity of RV with Higher Rated Suspension and Tire/Wheels  

Someone asked about increasing the capacity of an RV travel trailer and you replied you can’t just do the tires, you need to do the axles, leaf springs and hubs as well. You also said to relocate the springs but not sure why on that one, cuz that takes it to another level and makes a much for difficult project! The question I have is we all know that RV manufacturers are very cheap and in more cases than I care to think about will actually use an axle rated several hundred pounds LESS then the certified weight!!! How that’s even possible and how they get away with it legally I’ll never figure out.. That said I’m wondering if y’all have any experience with the frame itself? I am going to be a full timer and some of these trailers only have an extra 750 pounds or so you can load on with personal belongings, which quite frankly is absurd. Barely gets you past filling up your water tanks! But I brought up them being cheap because if they cut corners there by using bare minimum ratings just to get by, than most probably they are cutting corners on the subfloor and framing as well. I guess what I am saying is I would hate to invest time and money upgrading the suspension just to find out the frame it self could bend or warp or contort or worse, BREAK when I’m done with the suspension work and throw on an additional 1000 pds with all the kind of good stuff I like to carry! Do the frames have any kind of a rating as well and if they do can it even be trusted knowing how crooked and sloppy the RV industry has become? And if there is no ratings on the frame or structure how can you tell what’s “too much?” Thanks and by the way you guys are absolutely awesome with every single aspect of your business :

asked by: Louis P