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urbex
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Feb 29, 2016

Are the older campers a whole lot lighter than newer ones?

Recently picked up a '75 Six Pak short bed camper with the intention of making the redneck toy hauler - TC on the front of a stupid long flatbed trailer giving me room to put my Jeep behind it. I...
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jmcgsd
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Mar 02, 2016
My current '95 Lance 880 10'3" camper is about 800# lighter than my previous '05 Lance 981 Max (9'6" w slide.) There are many reasons why, but mostly the slide adds a bunch and there was more internal storage in the 981 with the basement. However, I prefer the lighter 880. I don't really miss the slide much in the TC, but that's probably because I also have a TT for longer trips.

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