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Originally Posted by BigBlue
Also I was thinking. . . 400 pounds sounds like a lot, but 4 middle school kids would weight out to be more than that and would most likely have no effect if sitting on just the left side of the bus. Considering we took out around 1,000 pounds of seats out and probably 300 at least on the ceiling panels I'm wondering if weight even matters at this point.
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I have a 40' Thomas.
I weighed it recently at the point where everything was stripped out that is going to be stripped out.
So, for context ... The vinyl on the floor weighs over 300 lbs.
The empty weight of the bus is 18700 lbs, and the GVWR is 33 000 lbs.
I don't think adding 400 lb will hurt it, but do try to balance where the heavy items go ... For example, a 100-gallon fresh-water tank would weigh 600 lbs when full, so put it on the other side.
Four Trojan house batteries would come in around 280 lbs .... etc.