Avion truck campers - Hundreds of photos
Without going into too much painful detail, we had a mishap several week-ends ago. While working with sand bag crews on the Mississippi River, the truck and camper fell into the flood waters as a road...
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flyte63 wrote:
Thanks tickie and D1, it’s good to hear some verified weights. We’ve been using 3000lbs as our estimated ready to camp weight and it sounds like it might be fairly valid max working number for our C-10.
With the mention of old brochures I hunted through a 1965 one that came with our C-10, it states 1769lbs for the C-10 and 1640 for the 8 1/2 (unicorn). Our camper is an early one (#000045) with fiberglass insulation and not the foam insulation that is in most which may explain the slightly lower weight in the early brochure.
The idea that foam insulation can gain significant weight from leaks is pretty real. I used to race small one design sailboats with similar foam inside their hulls. We found that hulls could weigh between 120lbs and 180lbs, a 60lb difference in 14’ boats that came out of the same mold - and yes the heavy ones were always damp inside.
Well I learned something new . I thought all Avion TC' s had foam insulation . After some searching apparently in only started in the 66 model year for all Avions including trailers . There have been some question in the past by owners trying to determine whether there unit was a 65 or a 66 . It seems the type of insulation would answer the question . After 50 years I found the foam insulation in good condition , I would not hesitate to use it instead of fiber glass . What was used was reportedly urethane foam witch should not hold water ( closed cell ) .
