How much weight could be eliminated?
A bit of a hypothetical question here but I got to wondering how many items on a camper could be eliminated while still providing a camping experience with minimal compromise. To that end, I thought i...
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Those things are needed or not depends how you camp.
We had generator and AC on our Florida route working every day, unless we had hookup.
Than on Alaskan vacations they were death weight.
I think the only real weight saving you can get is by buying LifePo batteries, but that is pretty expensive option.
When diesel heaters are much smaller, they will create lot of hassle to use.
Bottom line, when you can save 200 lb from 14,000 lb rig, that will have some drawbacks.
My alternative way to save the weight was buying Sprinter van and use my old camper interior to convert it to small RV.
Now I can enjoy 24 mpg, but the comfort level suffer.
We had generator and AC on our Florida route working every day, unless we had hookup.
Than on Alaskan vacations they were death weight.
I think the only real weight saving you can get is by buying LifePo batteries, but that is pretty expensive option.
When diesel heaters are much smaller, they will create lot of hassle to use.
Bottom line, when you can save 200 lb from 14,000 lb rig, that will have some drawbacks.
My alternative way to save the weight was buying Sprinter van and use my old camper interior to convert it to small RV.
Now I can enjoy 24 mpg, but the comfort level suffer.
