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Mike3
Explorer
Jul 07, 2014

Arctic Fox Owners

I'm considering both AF and Adventurer for my first TC. I know AF's are great quality and heavy. I'm trying to avoid purchasing something that weighs a lot more than I thought. Were any of you were surprised to learn your AF weighed more than you thought prior to purchase?

Adventurer's web site has a build your own feature that gives you the price and weight of the base model and each individual option and totals it up. I understand they are very accurate with this. I have heard AF is known to often come in much heavier than customers may have thought so I'm trying to see if that is valid and something I should research more.

Thanks all
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  • 805gregg's avatar
    805gregg
    Explorer
    Jul 07, 2014
    Get a Lance my 2003 1071 slide (wood frame) weighs about 4000 lbs. wet fully loaded
  • kerry4951's avatar
    kerry4951
    Explorer
    Jul 07, 2014
    No I wasn't surprised at all. I knew I was buying a heavy TC and I expected the wet weight to be atleast 1000 lbs over their advertised dry weight. Just make sure you add in their Fox Value Package which adds an extra 500+ lbs to their advertised dry weights. The FVP is a "mandated option" that all their campers must have.
  • sky_free's avatar
    sky_free
    Explorer
    Jul 07, 2014
    No, I wasn't surprised at all. Here are the numbers I used prior to purchasing based on research I did here after people actually weighed their rigs. There has been a lot of discussion about Arctic Fox weights, so there was a lot of it. I figure it is +- about 100 lbs. Accessories like A/C and solar panels weigh a lot, and it adds up. This assumes you have A/C and other common options like the Fox landing, and these are wet weights with full water, propane, and 2 batteries. This matched up very well with my experience with my AF 990:

    811: 4,480
    990: 4,700
    992: 4,800
    996: 4,980
    1150: 5,050
    1140: 5,150
  • Grit_dog's avatar
    Grit_dog
    Navigator II
    Jul 07, 2014
    Figure about 4500lbs loaded for a AF 811, 860 or 990 and that will be a good ballpark # to decide if its too heavy for you.
  • Mello_Mike's avatar
    Mello_Mike
    Explorer
    Jul 07, 2014
    Are you looking for a slide-out model? If you aren't, then Northwood Mfg. also makes a lighter camper called the Wolf Creek. They're currently producing two floorplans the 840 and the 850. Both are a good 800 lbs lighter than a comparable AF floorplan with a slideout. Just a thought.

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