Different TT construction
It seems that the industry is slowly moving away from wood stud, fiberglass insulation and aluminum siding to the fiberglass skin, aluminum tubing, solid foam for wall construction. Both have their p...
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Terryallan wrote:AZDL is 50% lighter than, and has 50% higher R value than... Azdel is definitely a step in the right direction, but c'mon, how much of your trailer is made of Azdel? NOT ENOUGH to make those claims. Over recent years, you could go to a manufacturer website and build a travel trailer, then switch between wood framed aluminum sided, or composite (fiberglass on luan) on aluminum frame. The composite was ALWAYS hundreds of pounds heavier. As far as the original question is concerned, wood framed is lighter. With that said, my next RV will likely be one of the aluminum framed variety, for reasons not related to weight.TurnThePage wrote:kerrlakeRoo wrote:
Yes the weight is lower on the aluminum and azdel units if everything else remains static.
It might be slightly lower than standard aluminum framed composite RVs, but I think the sticks and tin is still lighter.
In truth. AZDL is 50 percent lighter, and has 50 percent higher R value than luan backed walls. And if you check. you will see that Stick, and tin TT are much heavier than AZDEL built TTs.
Example. My 31 foot Apex is only 4811lb dry (yellow sticker) My past 27' no slide stick, and Tin TT came in at 4975LB. Only a little over 100lb difference, but remember their is a 4 foot difference, and a 15' slide difference, and slides are very heavy.
