It's all a grand conspiracy by a secret cabal of RV manufacturers to screw us for as much money as they possibly can.
Really, they should sell them to us at the price WE think is fair, even if it's at a loss. Heck why not just give them to us for free? They're not in business to make money or anything like that, right?
2002 Chevy 3500 DRW 8.1L/Allison
2000 Palomino B1500
...and the reason why I need a DRW to haul a Palomino:
2004 United 7x14 tandem axle enclosed toy trailer
2011 PJ 8x20 7-ton deckover equipment trailer
mkirsch wrote: It's all a grand conspiracy by a secret cabal of RV manufacturers to screw us for as much money as they possibly can.
Really, they should sell them to us at the price WE think is fair, even if it's at a loss. Heck why not just give them to us for free? They're not in business to make money or anything like that, right?
WOW, now you are scaring me, sounding like a politician
...I think where our price per pound on our camper climbs, is in the use of the heavy-duty FRP they clad the camper with (3.5 x more expensive that standard RV FRP). Some materials used in RVs (and, the aerospace industry, and other industries) doesn't weigh very much, but delivers a weight-to-strength ratio (when its put together in the right way) that brings the cost stratospheric (i.e. expensive exotic aluminum alloys, exotic roofing materials like TPO and exotic FRP materials) ?
Its easy to build a heavy camper, but try and lighten it up by 20~40% and >strengthen it too, and the end-user price sky-rockets...
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Quote: What's that got to do with the price of a camper? We're trying to compare value in order help gain some perspective here.
Covered: well, you're comparing (and discussing) boats to truck campers (that's quite a stretch!) vis value/dollar versus a critera (like length), so is comparing a commercial airliner cost per unit weight much of a stretch ?
Weight/retail price:
Our camper (see signature) cost us $14.54 per LB (I included extrapolated delivery even though we picked it up at factory); and only $1130 per foot (this was the most expensive camper in it's time of purchase, costing even more {or equal} to many hard-sides on edit: back in '05).
Silver-
It came from the concept of the fiberglass camper... lots of folks saying they are 'built like a boat'. It's really not true... and then with cost comps, I also chose the boat simply to compare dollar value to the quality of structure and it's systems. Mentioning a 747 gets too far off the common ground.
DarinB wrote: All I know is for what they cost now days and how much they weigh, I'm keeping my old '98 Lance Squire for a long time.
Yup!
Campers aren't the toss away toys they used to be in the 70's and 80's but on a positive note they are much better constructed and much more comfortable. Only now the DW won't let me use it for duck hunting! What's up with that?! Ha!
2006 Dodge Ram 4x4 crew cab w/diesel and manual tranny.
Helwig bigwig, PacBrake air bags, TorqueLift leafspring blocks, Monro Magnum shocks, Nitto Terra Grappler 285/70R17 tires, Hummer H2 chrome rims.
2012 Lance 855S camper
DarinB wrote: All I know is for what they cost now days and how much they weigh, I'm keeping my old '98 Lance Squire for a long time.
Yup!
Campers aren't the toss away toys they used to be in the 70's and 80's but on a positive note they are much better constructed and much more comfortable. Only now the DW won't let me use it for duck hunting! What's up with that?! Ha!
Skipco, Where your at, can't just dig some more nuggets out of the ground? Interesting area your in.
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I gotcha! Mine was 9.29 per pound in 03. That's without an engine since no generator. Truck was $3.98 per pound with an engine.
