Query on Camplite total height mounted
Hi. I'm in the planning stages for a Camplite TC. I am currently living in a 16DB Camplite TT, am very happy with the fact that it does not mold. I want to travel and find that at my age I'm not stron...
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The TC shed's clearance at the bottom of the trusses is 15 feet. I added sway braces to clear my rig for the racking on such a narrow building. It's officially a pole barn. No floor. Some base crushed rock. No foundation. Originally built to avoid permits (you can build a shed if it's only 10x20 feet with no permits required, if no electric or plumbing) We fudged a little making it 24 feet long. (When i'm gone and jeanie sells, someone may have to chainsaw 4 feet off the end.)
Here are the stats on my 10,200 pound Dodge/Lance combo:
mpg/highway @ 63 mph: varies between 11.5 to 15.0, depending on grades and WIND resistance. With the wind, or NO wind on the flat:15 mpg. Peak torque in the Cummins is @ 1600 rpm, but the very best mpg can be squeaked out at 1850 rpm to 1900 rpm (63 mph). Compared to the 12valve version of the Cummins which gets the best mpg @1600 rpm, the Generation II gets the best as above. If you go slower the mileage increases more than a gas engine would. It's the nature of the beast. With only 245 HP, the Cummins comes into its own as a TC hauler with 505 pound feet of torque. But my '01.5 is old school now. The newer diesels, all products of "Diesel Warz" between the mfgrs, get up to 800 pound feet of tq.
more stats: rear diff: Dana 80, 35 spline, full floating, 3.55 gears in pig, Power Lok limited slip, 33x15.50 super singles on 12" wide wheels. Let's just call them Redneck Dualies. 3750 pound load rating on each tire, 7500 pound tire rating on the rear axle. I have not measured the load on the rr axle, loaded, but it's around 6000 lbs. Front axle around 4200 pounds.
I'm still in the dark about why you, who live in Tucson (we have a cousin that lives there) dry as it is, would worry about moldy wood. Most of the newer campers have an aluminum frame and only wood venier cabinets and such which don't grow mold very easily. If you have had a mold problem, you need to keep your roof vent cracked a little farther. If you are worried about long term living in it Bryan BK on here has the answer. He's a full timer and has met the mold woe full-on.
So, another thought is to buy a used truck for your prospective camper. If you don't need or use 4WD, by all means get a 2-bye. If you are not going to put many miles on it, forget a diesel and go for the biggest gas guzzler you can scrape up, hopefully a duallie. If in your shoes, that would be a V-10 for me. If you don't know much about pickups, find a buddie (there are several on this forum who live in Tucson) and drag him along to inspect said prospect. I have been the dragg-ee and dragg-er on occasion.
My Lance was 17XX pounds, dry and gets up to a max of about 2600 pounds as payload, depending on time of year and destination. We really are stingy on what we take. I have two sets of overload (secondary) springs, Stable Loads, an anti-sway bar, and Rancho 9K shocks that allow me to carry it with ease.
There is a wonderful fix for your dilemma out there. Grab it.
jefe
Here are the stats on my 10,200 pound Dodge/Lance combo:
mpg/highway @ 63 mph: varies between 11.5 to 15.0, depending on grades and WIND resistance. With the wind, or NO wind on the flat:15 mpg. Peak torque in the Cummins is @ 1600 rpm, but the very best mpg can be squeaked out at 1850 rpm to 1900 rpm (63 mph). Compared to the 12valve version of the Cummins which gets the best mpg @1600 rpm, the Generation II gets the best as above. If you go slower the mileage increases more than a gas engine would. It's the nature of the beast. With only 245 HP, the Cummins comes into its own as a TC hauler with 505 pound feet of torque. But my '01.5 is old school now. The newer diesels, all products of "Diesel Warz" between the mfgrs, get up to 800 pound feet of tq.
more stats: rear diff: Dana 80, 35 spline, full floating, 3.55 gears in pig, Power Lok limited slip, 33x15.50 super singles on 12" wide wheels. Let's just call them Redneck Dualies. 3750 pound load rating on each tire, 7500 pound tire rating on the rear axle. I have not measured the load on the rr axle, loaded, but it's around 6000 lbs. Front axle around 4200 pounds.
I'm still in the dark about why you, who live in Tucson (we have a cousin that lives there) dry as it is, would worry about moldy wood. Most of the newer campers have an aluminum frame and only wood venier cabinets and such which don't grow mold very easily. If you have had a mold problem, you need to keep your roof vent cracked a little farther. If you are worried about long term living in it Bryan BK on here has the answer. He's a full timer and has met the mold woe full-on.
So, another thought is to buy a used truck for your prospective camper. If you don't need or use 4WD, by all means get a 2-bye. If you are not going to put many miles on it, forget a diesel and go for the biggest gas guzzler you can scrape up, hopefully a duallie. If in your shoes, that would be a V-10 for me. If you don't know much about pickups, find a buddie (there are several on this forum who live in Tucson) and drag him along to inspect said prospect. I have been the dragg-ee and dragg-er on occasion.
My Lance was 17XX pounds, dry and gets up to a max of about 2600 pounds as payload, depending on time of year and destination. We really are stingy on what we take. I have two sets of overload (secondary) springs, Stable Loads, an anti-sway bar, and Rancho 9K shocks that allow me to carry it with ease.
There is a wonderful fix for your dilemma out there. Grab it.
jefe
