CampLite TC 10.0

joerg68 wrote:
Here I was thinking Camplite had stopped making campers last year when, in fact, their web site still is up and running: https://www.livinlite.com/products/camplite-truck-campers/
So what is it now? Anyway...

I bought the camper 3.5 years ago, i.e., early in 2016. Don't get me wrong, I believe the camper is beautiful. It's in great shape and looks barely used.

joerg68 wrote:
So you have a 10ft camper on a one ton SRW truck and pull a trailer with an ATV. Do you use a hitch extension?

Yes.

joerg68 wrote:
The camper jacks do not lift the camper high enough for loading and unloading? Why is that? The jacks are supplied by a third party vendor and they are virtually the same types for all campers. I have not heard of other Camplite 10.0 owners complaining about this issue. So either your camper is different, or your truck is lifted. Which is it?

My truck is completely stock: no lifts, no big wheels.

Yes, the camper jacks do not lift the camper high enough for loading and unloading. I do not know why they made it that way, but the "throw" of the jack legs is only 36 inches.

joerg68 wrote:
They state a dry weight of 2995 lbs for the last version of the 10.0: https://www.livinlite.com/products/camplite-truck-campers/10.0.html. It is (unfortunately) well known that these weights need to be carefully understood - they are usually for the bare camper, without battery or gas, sometimes even without the jacks. Certainly without options, or water, or your gear... Only a scale knows the true weight in most cases
The stated curb weights of the trucks are often calculated in a similar way, base model without options, btw.
This often results in an unpleasant surprise at the scale..

I did not buy the last version of the 10.0. The literature at the dealership showed the weight at approximately 2200 lb.

joerg68 wrote:
The cabover bed is not very easily accessible in most campers. Unless you have a basement under the camper, somehow you need to climb up from the truck bed to the cab roof plus mattress plus x. There could be extra steps, or handles, but there usually aren't any.

I know. This is not my first camper.

joerg68 wrote:
The fridge comes from a third party manufacturer. Whatever happened on your unit sounds a bit weird. Ultimately, it got sorted out and the fridge is working fine.

I know, the fridge is Dometic brand, like the range. It is always a hassle to turn it on gas, though.

joerg68 wrote:
Most of the other things seem to be quality issues with your unit. It does sound a bit like a lemon. But without actually seeing it, I can not tell how far from the (low) quality standards in the RV industry your unit is. Also your dealer experience apparently was not great.

Is this your first RV? Do not get me wrong - it sounds like you had to deal with a number of issues that take away greatly from the camping experience. I really do empathize. But your post combines a lot of different things with different reasons and backgrounds. Some could have been avoided by better research, some are part of the learning curve, and some are just bad luck...

This is not my first camper...and I did spend two years researching before I purchased. I believe that I got a troublesome unit both because the design of the camper was not a good one and because of the turmoil going on in the company at the time. It doesn't account for the weight discrepancy of some 800 lb, however.