Keep in mind that this method will mean one is unable to actually give an item to said follower, however. So if your CW is 200 and you want 3000 more, player.modav carryweight 3000. How to use commands to permanently increase your carry weight. There is no 'Set to default' command for ANY of the actor values however. This seems to negate a their weight limit, allowing them to carry an apparently infinite amount of items. Unfortunately for me, it only goes to -100. more item, you have to leave the dialog and reenter it, for every single item up to the real (fortified) carry weight limit.
The NPC's model will be updated to correspond with the weight change.