can't get the gvwr math to work

ardvark wrote:
This weight things is a constant on all the truck camper forums. Am I the only one who thinks there is not reason other than to mislead that truck camper manufacturers don't post wet weights including the options they install?

Not necessarily... Technology is changing constantly and with that, some of the items that we count in for weight today may not play a factor in a few years. The biggest example are batteries and generators. My Camper has 180 lbs of batteries and 115lbs of generator. That's nearly 300 lbs of weight I'll eventually take out when I pull the trigger on one or two LiFiPo batteries at ~25lbs each. Even water tanks may not be critical in the future as there are methods to pull water from the air that are getting more and more energy effective via the use of nano-materials. In 2001 when my Bigfoot was built the idea of these new technologies for a camper would have been absurdly expensive to laughable. 18 years later, they are still expensive but not laughable. Who knows what technology will change in the next 18 years.

Getting back to the weights of the camper, though it is misleading if you are not in the know, it isn't necessarily incorrect for what is important and that is the actual weight of the shelter itself. Those items that can be changed over time or just removed all together (genset) probably should not be included in the base weight but buyers need to educate themselves so they understand what is happening.