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    Posted: 18 Apr 2018 at 6:31pm
I am working hard on modifying our new(to us, actually it is lightly used) 179 R Pod.  Before I load it up, I wanted a starting point regarding the weights.  I went to our county landfill today and weighed the 179 in various configurations.  I weighed our tow vehicle(2012 ford Expedition EL ) with my wife and I inside and 1/2 tank of gas(approx 16 gallons= approx 128#).  I weighed the R Pod with empty holding tanks and a full tank of propane. Nothing was in the pod except stock items including AC and Microwave.
The combined weight of the truck and rpod and wdh hitch unit was 9348#. The truck as noted above weighed 6138#, the wdh unit weighed 82# and the rpod weighed 3128#.  the tongue weight(without considering the hitch unit weight) was 388# which is 12.4% of the trailer weight.

I think I have figured these correctly.  I did not know how to deal with the 82 pound hitch unit, so left it as a separate  item.  Should the 82 pounds be added to the tongue weight or truck weight or what????

Please correct me if this is not right.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2018 at 8:05pm
Were you charged at the county landfill? I had not thought of that as an option to get a weight on our RP179.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Apr 2018 at 8:55pm
No, it was free. I called them first to find out how/where/when, etc.  I went late in the afternoon when they were least busy.  I was able to cross the scales as many times as I wanted.  there was also plenty of flat space to unhitch the trailer and leave it so we could weigh the truck. It is the orange county landfill in Chapel Hill. I know you are not here, but if passing through I'm sure you could stop by without a problem. the weight guy was chatty and had nothing else to do.

My weights might be a good starting point for you. I know you have done a lot of mods, so it might be interesting to see how much weight you have added.  That was the main reason I wanted the empty weights.  I plan to do a lot of mods on this unit similar to the ones we did on our prior 173.  We had it for almost 6 years and really loved it.  It was modded to our purpose very well.

thanks for all of your mod ideas-I will be using some of them soon
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Apr 2018 at 9:15am
My pleasure. I could try the South Wake landfill first. I will see if the scales are still active at the North Wake Landfill (closed) which is now a Convenience Center and Household Hazardous Waste facility. That would be a lot closer.
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