303 RLS front compartment load capacity?

[Jerry337]

My daughter recently purchased a 2019 303 RLS which she plans to live in full-time. Storage is always a challenge, and she was curious how much weight the front storage compartment could hold? She plans to upgrade her trailer to include 2 lithium batteries, a generator and a couple of metal dog crates all to be kept in the forward compartment if possible. While the physical size of the front compartment should be able to hold these items, the question is how much weight can the flooring withstand before causing damage? I understand this may be a difficult question to answer accurately, but does anyone have any good ideas on this topic? Thanks!

[SSROSS]

I have a 2020 303RLS and the floor in the front area is steel plate. I have two 6volt golf cart batteries in there along with several milk crates with the power cord and various hoses. I put my Champion 3500 generator in it once but it was to hard to get in in and out by myself. I would say the floor in that area would hold just about anything you would want to put in it.

[Jerry337]

Thanks so much as that was what I suspected. I think my daughter will have a challenge getting heavy items in and out as well, so it probably won't be an issue.

[brandtb1919]

My daughter recently purchased a 2019 303 RLS which she plans to live in full-time. Storage is always a challenge, and she was curious how much weight the front storage compartment could hold? She plans to upgrade her trailer to include 2 lithium batteries, a generator and a couple of metal dog crates all to be kept in the forward compartment if possible. While the physical size of the front compartment should be able to hold these items, the question is how much weight can the flooring withstand before causing damage? I understand this may be a difficult question to answer accurately, but does anyone have any good ideas on this topic? Thanks!

Not sure if you have a DRW truck or not, but the pin weight may be the limiting factor. The floors in the front compartments are pretty stout.

Brian

[WhittleBurner]

The floor in our 303 front compartment was not supported on the front side. Ours buckled very slightly on that front end, it wasn't loaded with a generator. We resupported that whole section.I would take care to not overload it without adding extra support to the sides and floor. If it has generator prep already in place maybe it has better support. But the average 303 is not as beefy as a drop frame Solitude.

[Have Griff Will Travel]

The floor in our 303 front compartment was not supported on the front side. Ours buckled very slightly on that front end, it wasn't loaded with a generator. We resupported that whole section.I would take care to not overload it without adding extra support to the sides and floor. If it has generator prep already in place maybe it has better support. But the average 303 is not as beefy as a drop frame Solitude.

We also reinforced our front compartment. The other concern with the front compartment is there's lots of overhead wires. Exercise caution moving large objects in and out of the front compartment.

[Jerry337]

All good comments and as I suspected. I think she will go with Plan B; not overloading the front compartment as access is an issue anyway and there's no reason to get injured. Thanks everyone!