My 2006, 2600SO Ccoachmen that is 28' long only weighs 8,500 lbs (weighed at local HWY department truck scale) full of gas, full fresh water, typically loaded (food, bedding, clothing, chairs ...) including the slide. So if you want the room, get a unit with slide. When we were looking at used units back in Febuary, we preferred all the units with slides. for future resale, lots of folks will be looking for slids. We like the extra room.
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I am with you greydawg on this one. I was told the slide option (a little slide I did NOT order) for My Motor Home would have added 400 pounds to my model RV.
See the slide option Here but don't be confused with the bigger slides available. It is the couch alone in the slide.
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I have a 2000 24' Minnie that weighed 10,720 at a CAT scale located @Flying J. This was without water but had full propane and gasoline tanks. Also me and the small dog too
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If the plan is so great, why doesn't it sell itself?
A lot of the extra weight of a unit with a slide is in the deeper frame required. A lot of trailers that were built without a slide had a 6" frame. With a slide they need a 10 to 12" frame because the slide rails must pierce the frame. You can't put a 3" hole through a 6" frame and have adequate strength.
Having to beef up the framing around the hole in the wall makes lots of sense. Then add the slide box with floor, sides and roofs, and a mechanism...
So my ballpark guesstimate for a 22-24' Class C with a relatively small slide will be about 600 lbs (mean of the 400 and 800 lb guesses above) increased weight -- more or less!
erstanfo wrote: My 2006, 2600SO Ccoachmen that is 28' long only weighs 8,500 lbs (weighed at local HWY department truck scale) full of gas, full fresh water, typically loaded (food, bedding, clothing, chairs ...) including the slide. So if you want the room, get a unit with slide. When we were looking at used units back in Febuary, we preferred all the units with slides. for future resale, lots of folks will be looking for slids. We like the extra room.
Wow, that doesn't seem right!! I don't know what to tell you other than that maybe you'd better check that weight again. I'm looking at a Coachmen brochure, right now, that says the curb weight (CW), EMPTY, of a 20006 2600SO is 10,523 lbs. Heck, even the 2400WB has a curb weight of 9958 lbs. I don't see any reason why it would benefit Coachmen to overstate the curb weight of a unit. Are you sure you didn't weigh just one axle?
The Coachmen website defines curb weight (CW) as: CW (Curb Weight): The weight of the unit without factory or dealer installed options, plus allowance for the weight of full fuel capacity. The "payload capacity" for all other fluids, cargo, occupants, optional equipment and accessories can be determined by subtracting the CW from the GVWR.
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erstanfo wrote: My 2006, 2600SO Ccoachmen that is 28' long only weighs 8,500 lbs (weighed at local HWY department truck scale) full of gas, full fresh water, typically loaded (food, bedding, clothing, chairs ...)
Wow, that doesn't seem right!!
Yeah, my 23 foot 2130QB weighs more than that loaded for a trip. Something's not right, maybe just a typo.
On the subject of slide weights, as someone said already they are all different, you will have to ask the manufacturer if you want to know what a specific model weighs. I've seen slides add as little as 200 pounds on Sprinter class C's that give enough weight data to make the calculation. They are worth it spacewise although floor plans that were designed without slides are often very efficient in their use of square feet. On some slideout models the interior is pretty cramped when the slides are retracted. That is generally acceptable but it could be an issue for some MH's or owners.
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So what's the (ballpark) answer? 
