Hello,
I am wondering what the cargo carrying capacity of a 1992 36' land yacht. It is a chevy chassis with a tag axle. The GVW is 18,900. It has a chevy 454 engine. Any advice regarding unique problems with this year. I am unsure of the model, is there a listing of the different models?
Thank you,
R.D.
Hi, welcome to the forums. The best thing is to take your motor home to a scale, get it weighed, and subtract the weight from the 18,900 figure. That will be how much you can carry.
Every one is slightly different, so the only way to find out for sure is to get a weight slip. Fill the motor home with fuel and fluids, including water and propane, before weighing.
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Terry You repair things with tools. You fix things with a hammer.
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The chevy 454 has to work really hard in the earlier models. Chevy changed the motor in 95 and those engines did not have the overheating and right side exhaust manifold cracking isssues. A good fix for the earlier 454 engine is aftermarket headers and an on demand electric fan. It is not a lot of fun driving up a grade and watching the temperature gauge peg and the vacuum gauge drop while you are going slower than the semi trucks.
Jayray5, the seller did say there was a broken exhaust bolt on the right front exh manifold. I will have to look real close at that. Also thanks for the input on the engine performance. I am trying to get a ballpark on the CCC before spending a lot of time looking at the coach. It may be way off of what I would like to see for full timing. If I get real serious I will get it weighed before purchase. Does this rig make a decent full timing coach for 2? What kind of fuel mileage can I expect towing a small toad? The seller says he gets 8-10 but I neglected to ask if that was towing. This would be my first motorhome and I am impressed with the quality and condition of this 16 year old coach. Most everything works and the owner appears to have taken care of it although at this age they all would need some work. Too many questions, all advice is welcome.
Thank you,
Before we bought our 35 footer with a diesel, we drove a couple 36 footers with gas engines and felt they used all their available horsepower to move themselves. We passed on them because we always tow something and
our 26 foot GMC with a 455 was also underpowered.
Like the others said move up to something with a "workhorse" chassis if you
need to tow with a gas engine. The older ones just don't have the power and they get about 6 mpg just moving their own weight.
That's my opinion and it's worth what it cost.
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