sparky6915 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Looking at purchasing a 1993 Toyota Winnebago and need help. After a lot of reading I am worried about weight capacity for the vehicle. It seems from my reading that if the tanks are full that the vehicle already exceeds gvw of 6000lbs. I wanted to use vehicle to travel with family and camp close to home. Have 4 children and know that quarters will be tight - will be putting a few of them in a tent for sleeping. Can anyone help on this? Our whole family weighs about 800 lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waiter Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Are you over the GVWR, probably so. Are you safe? yes/no/maybe. Should you worry about it? Yes/No/Maybe Is the vehicle a deathtrap at 6,001 but OK at 6,000. NO. What about 7,000. I don't think anyone would tell you its OK to run 1,000 overgross. Do I do it, yes. no problems. I make sure the bearings are greased and I run good quality tires at the correct inflation. I can't envision anything on this vehicle that would be safe at 5000 but unacceptable at 7000 ( If it unsafe at 7000, then its unsafe at 5000, i.e. bad tires) A 15 year old tire thats dry rotted will be more likely to fail at 7000 than at 5000, but its still an unsafe tire. Do I loose sleep over this, no. JOhn Mc 88 Dolphin 4 Auto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5Toyota Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 1993 would at least have the full heavy duty undercarage front and rear. not the 5 lug front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanAatTheCape Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Looking at purchasing a 1993 Toyota Winnebago and need help. After a lot of reading I am worried about weight capacity for the vehicle. It seems from my reading that if the tanks are full that the vehicle already exceeds gvw of 6000lbs. I wanted to use vehicle to travel with family and camp close to home. Have 4 children and know that quarters will be tight - will be putting a few of them in a tent for sleeping. Can anyone help on this? Our whole family weighs about 800 lbs. I have a 93 winnie warrior - mine weighs about 5300 empty. Most people travel with their tanks empty - filling up when they get wherever. I travel alone or with one other -- since we boondock most of the time we tend to fill the water & carry about 6 gallons of water in bottles. I suspect most of these campers are running around overweight - I would guess a 1000lbs. Most have 8ply tires now (D) like mine - I run them at 65lbs (max) & keep the air bags fully inflated 90-100lbs. 6 folks in one of these? wow!! mine has 4 seat belts - 2 up front & 2 at the table. The sofa has a placard not to use while vehicle in motion. I would not sweat the weight but seems to me that you just need a bigger camper. A tow vehicle with enough seats for all & a large popup or medium trailer might be a better mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stamar Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I just drove myself and 4 passengers up from the bay and I was nervouos about this. Im pretty sure it wants about 3 passengers max and driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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