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After removing non-Travel Queen accessories in the camper: plastic mirror, paper-towel holder, etc. I ran the truck and camper over to the local truck stop and got a weigh.
My diesel pickup is heavy enough for off-roading and I don't want to add a lot of weight in the form of a camper. And granted, my truck and camper off-roading isn't like what we use Lil' Willy for (our Willys Jeep), but light-weight is better for us. Except that we are spoiled and don't like discomfort. No tents, no outhouses (for every visit I mean), no this, no that. You know? And actually, we are not really spoiled, just experienced. :)
So after the math, the camper (without corner jacks and basically as delivered from the manufacturer) came in at just over 1500 lbs. That is a good starting weight in my mind. I expect with the addition of a fridge, water heater, other amenities that we're adding we might be near 2000 max dry weight. If I keep this tight little package below 2400-2500 lbs wet I'll be very pleased.
My measurements come up with: exterior height 6'8", interior height 6'3.5" (I'm 6'4"), exterior width 7'6", interior width 7'3.5" (room for that 80" bed length we require), cab over stays behind front windshield and provides a bed width of 52" at the ends and 60" in the middle (where the camper v-nose juts forward).
I think a small microwave oven would sit on a swing out shelf and arm (like a TV wall mount) in the cab-over starboard side by, and above, your feet. In use, it would swing out to the cab over bed entry and be easily accessed from the kitchen. A small TV would mount well on the dinette back wall, while the dinette conversion to lounge design would place the lounge back against the camper front wall.
The raised floor of the toilet closet (to become the wet bath/toilet closet) is tight, yes, but believe me when I say, I have tested the space several times (simulation that is) and that is why we had to buy the porti-potti already, for sizing purposes. I can say this - it's probably good that my shoe size is 12 and not 13. 'Nuff said.
My diesel pickup is heavy enough for off-roading and I don't want to add a lot of weight in the form of a camper. And granted, my truck and camper off-roading isn't like what we use Lil' Willy for (our Willys Jeep), but light-weight is better for us. Except that we are spoiled and don't like discomfort. No tents, no outhouses (for every visit I mean), no this, no that. You know? And actually, we are not really spoiled, just experienced. :)
So after the math, the camper (without corner jacks and basically as delivered from the manufacturer) came in at just over 1500 lbs. That is a good starting weight in my mind. I expect with the addition of a fridge, water heater, other amenities that we're adding we might be near 2000 max dry weight. If I keep this tight little package below 2400-2500 lbs wet I'll be very pleased.
My measurements come up with: exterior height 6'8", interior height 6'3.5" (I'm 6'4"), exterior width 7'6", interior width 7'3.5" (room for that 80" bed length we require), cab over stays behind front windshield and provides a bed width of 52" at the ends and 60" in the middle (where the camper v-nose juts forward).
I think a small microwave oven would sit on a swing out shelf and arm (like a TV wall mount) in the cab-over starboard side by, and above, your feet. In use, it would swing out to the cab over bed entry and be easily accessed from the kitchen. A small TV would mount well on the dinette back wall, while the dinette conversion to lounge design would place the lounge back against the camper front wall.
The raised floor of the toilet closet (to become the wet bath/toilet closet) is tight, yes, but believe me when I say, I have tested the space several times (simulation that is) and that is why we had to buy the porti-potti already, for sizing purposes. I can say this - it's probably good that my shoe size is 12 and not 13. 'Nuff said.
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