Seriously overloaded
No pictures but our friends were in Alaska for a couple months and heading back to their home in Maine, they stopped by for a few days. We were talking about TC's in Alaska and they mentioned right...
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mkirsch wrote:
You guys put far too much faith in salesman that they know beforehand that what they're selling is not ideal.
They don't. They're as ignorant as the typical buyer, and just go by what the advertising literature says if the question about weight comes up.
The way things are, who can blame them? Figuring this stuff out involves a lot of relatively complex math, and people as a general rule are not good at math.
Most salespeople are in sales for the money, not because they're passionate about what they're selling.
If camper manufacturers just put the actual weight of the (finished and ready to sell) camper on the spec tag, instead of a 'fantasy' weight. That would eliminate most of the over loaded issues (other than putting too much 'stuff' in the camper and truck and being heavy.
Until they get 'honest about weights, there will always be issues.
IMO, each and every unit needs to be individually weighed after it's built and that weight is what needs to be on the specification sticker. That way, when shopping for a unit you can look at it and be 'informed' right away.
