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TxGearhead
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Grit dog wrote:Boy howdy….I really need to have the type of concerns in life that allow me enough time to not only actually care what my truck camper weighs, but to try and dissect why it weighs what it does…..
Almost like arguing about batteries….
It's either this or go back out in the garage and do the retiree chemical experiment.
Turning alcohol into urine.
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terrybk wrote:TxGearhead wrote:I couldn't get my head in the closet of my 9.4 where the sticker is and focus through my bifocals, so I took a pic.
Here's what it says:
Camper weight is 2450 lbs. when it contains standard equipment.32 gallons of water 40lbs. 40lbs of bottled gas.6.0 cubic ft refrigerator.
Optional equipment: Box awning 44 lbs. Air conditioner 75 lbs. Dual propane tanks 20 lbs. Electric jacks 22.5 lbs. Generator ready 22 lbs. Jack brackets 22 lbs. Microwave oven 30 lbs. Oven 49 lb s. Thermal windows 45 lbs.
Leaving out the gen prep the total is 2757.5.
Thanks TxGearhead, I appreciate you actually looking. We saw a third 9.4 online with very similar numbers. Once I pick it up I'll head to the cat scales.
So you are saying that the wet label shows 2757.5lbs and it really weights 4106lbs with zero changes and nothing added? The label was literally wrong by 1348.5 lbs? Off is one thing but that's wrong by a 1/3 or 50% heavier than the label.
TK
No I'm not saying that. The 4106 number was the payload of my 2016 RAM 3500 SRW. The camper weighed more than that when loaded heavy.
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Ok, got it! Back to urine conversion. I'll get started ... ![[emoticon]](http://www.rv.net/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile")
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StirCrazy
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TxGearhead wrote:StirCrazy wrote:TxGearhead wrote:I couldn't get my head in the closet of my 9.4 where the sticker is and focus through my bifocals, so I took a pic.
Here's what it says:
Camper weight is 2450 lbs. when it contains standard equipment.32 gallons of water 40lbs. 40lbs of bottled gas.6.0 cubic ft refrigerator.
Optional equipment: Box awning 44 lbs. Air conditioner 75 lbs. Dual propane tanks 20 lbs. Electric jacks 22.5 lbs. Generator ready 22 lbs. Jack brackets 22 lbs. Microwave oven 30 lbs. Oven 49 lb s. Thermal windows 45 lbs.
Leaving out the gen prep the total is 2757.5.
did it have a spot on the bottom of the sheet that had another weight and it was written by hand? I'm not sure when they started that, it might have been when they reopened which means yours is to old to have that. i'll see if i can get a picture of it and post it.
Steve
I don't recall seeing anything hand written.But I'll look again. I'm cleaning and packing for a trip.
ya and I cant say when they started doing that if it was after they shut down for the two years , before that or at just some randome year. we were looking at brand new ones and they has on the big sheet in the closet a line at the bottom of the sheet that had a hand written weight in the space that is there wet weight shipped from the factory so the ony other unaccounted weight would be dealer add ons (which thee shouldnt be any if you have seen how you have to order them, and what you put inside them.
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terrybk
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Ah ha!
At the bottom of one label in the closet is the "Factory Mass" of 2665.83lbs. Not sure how I missed that. It's typed not hand written.
And on the back just right of the door is a label saying the same thing.
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mkirsch
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Grit dog wrote:Boy howdy….I really need to have the type of concerns in life that allow me enough time to not only actually care what my truck camper weighs, but to try and dissect why it weighs what it does…..
Almost like arguing about batteries….
Boy howdy... I really need to have the type of pocketbook that allows me enough liquid assets to just keep randomly trying combinations of truck and camper to find one that works.
Or, to just be so talented that I can tell that a camper isn't going to be too much for a truck just by how it smells.
You HAVE to do some figuring on paper to make sure you're not trying to put a Host Mammoth on an F150. I suppose you just buy the truck with the color you like and the camper with the jazziest graphics on the side, and hope they work together. If they don't just squeeze your buttcheeks tighter, and will it to work.
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To close the thread, the Cat scale results are:
The 2006 25C94LB weighs 2994lbs without water and with empty grey and black tanks, one dump hose, two full propane tanks and a filled water heater (6 gals.) This also includes a solar PWM controller (no panels), cell phone booster, cabling and hardware, some small electronics (5lbs tops). Nothing else. No personal items. Squat, zero, zip, nada.
So about 630lbs over the labelled weight. Where that weight is remains a mystery to me. However, we will be under both front and rear axle and tire ratings when fully loaded. Good enough.
It's very stable driving with little leaning/roll. Surprisingly stable. I am not even on the overloads (1" off.) Air bags are currently empty. I do have a Hellwig rear bar. A big manly bar.
Thanks everyone for your input. I learned a lot!
Edit: I did figure out that the camper originally came with manual Happijacs. This one has the motors, controller and dually swing-out brackets. So that adds about 80lbs. Here and there, the weights does start to converge on the label weights.
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