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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
urbex wrote:
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I was just really surprised when the weight of it didn't seem to affect my truck much at all, and actually makes me wonder if I couldn't get away with just putting it in the truck and pulling the trailer like normal. Would be nice to not have to drag a big ol' trailer around any time I wanted to go camping without the other toys...

Why not give it a try? You're probably flat towing the Jeep, so there's no tongue weight. Maybe you'll exceed the GCWR but find out.

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