My New 19.5's finally arrived!
Ordered my not Vision wheels and tires, in May. So those of you who have ordered wheels from _____ know how long and frustrating a process it can be. But here is the exciting day at long last. ...
Forum Discussion
dadwolf2 wrote:billyray50 wrote:
Hey Mike,
By the way nice camper. I owned a 2012 Adventurer 86 Fb. Should never had sold it. Thought we were going to upgrade to a fifth wheel but things changed. I am sure you have found out since you upgraded to 19.5 wheels and tires that that the 86 fb has a much higher dry weight that Adventurer states. How does your short bed truck handle the 86 fb? My truck was a long bed and fit long bed real nice.
Hmmm, in some ways their weight sticker was accurate. There was the outside sticker before factory options, then there is an inside sticker with options, then there were a couple options I added. So I don't blame Adventurer for embellishing the weight, but it does all add up. Plus that big water tank doesn't help push the weight past the tire capacity and because we usually boondocked, I felt I had to include that weight too.
Short bed seems to handle the 86FB fine, although if I could magically snap my fingers I would turn it into a long bed if nothing else to reduce the overhang and improve towing performance.
Yes...AMLRV weighs each camper as it leaves the factory. That is the weight posted on the inside sticker.
Both of our AMLRV built campers were within 100# of the stickers in the cabinets.
Every camper Mfr should do this.
Bill
