1997 Western Wilderness Alpenlite information

chromedogge33,

Exactly what would you like to know? We owed an Alpenlite Odessa for 6 years.

Based on 2005 Brochure, the Cheyenne which was a 9' model has a dry weight of 3,091 pounds.

I'll check when I get home tonight as I think I have an older brochure on my home computer.

Manufacturers' dry weight figures are completely useless.
Don't waste your time. You aren't going to achieve the so-called "dry weight" by emptying the tanks and cabinets, you'd have to remove the appliances and batteries and pretty much everything but the shell. Camper dry weight is an unrealistic imaginary number.

While I agree it at least gives me a starting point knowing if I'm going to be hauling 2500 vs 3500lbs +

I disagree with burngman. Dry weights are usually pretty close once you remove the battery and all options. It's those options which really add up and a lot of folks don't really know what are the options.

I know my Lance 815 weighed in within 100 pounds of the advertised dry weight once I subtracted the 70 pounds for the AC and 40 pounds for the battery.

Checked and the brochure I had at home was for 2007. Hope the one I provided helps. The Apenlite is a heavy beast, but from the ones I have seen, very well built. If I had gone with a dually on my last truck, I would have an 1100 Sante Fe unit.

How can you disagree with me while saying pretty much exactly what I said?

The Alpenlite factory manual is a worthless piece of junk. You don't need to waste any time looking for it.

Our 9-1/2 foot Odessa had a sticker dry weight of 2700 pounds. Alpenlite did not include "options" in the dry weight. You know, optional things you could do without: the battery, all four corner jacks, the propane tank, etc. I don't recall the actual, empty, dry weight. I think it was either 3300 or 3400 pounds.

I do recall the LOADED weight, with food, cloths, gear, propane, water, etc. --- 4000 pounds.

The camper simply crushed my 2002 Ford F350 with sway bar, air bags, Rancho 9000 shocks, and Rickson 19.5 tires and wheels.

My present truck/camper goes down small rutted 4x4 roads I could never take the Alpenlite.

That said, it was a GREAT camper. We live in Seattle and we camped once a month year round for 6 years. We went every where. Coldest temps were 16-19 degrees. We stayed warm and dry. If you pick one up, I can clue you in on mods and maintenance.

Good luck.

Any Camper with a window in the front is a waste of money.They leak and then rot.

whizbang wrote:
The Alpenlite factory manual is a worthless piece of junk. You don't need to waste any time looking for it.

Our 9-1/2 foot Odessa had a sticker dry weight of 2700 pounds. Alpenlite did not include "options" in the dry weight. You know, optional things you could do without: the battery, all four corner jacks, the propane tank, etc. I don't recall the actual, empty, dry weight. I think it was either 3300 or 3400 pounds.

I do recall the LOADED weight, with food, cloths, gear, propane, water, etc. --- 4000 pounds.

The camper simply crushed my 2002 Ford F350 with sway bar, air bags, Rancho 9000 shocks, and Rickson 19.5 tires and wheels.

My present truck/camper goes down small rutted 4x4 roads I could never take the Alpenlite.

That said, it was a GREAT camper. We live in Seattle and we camped once a month year round for 6 years. We went every where. Coldest temps were 16-19 degrees. We stayed warm and dry. If you pick one up, I can clue you in on mods and maintenance.

Good luck.

I love your humor.... I know the last time I unloaded my big Lance hardside off my F350, could have swore the truck sighed...

When I loaded on my new Palomino pop up last summer, my truck got a happy face. No more lugging a barge around.

and yes, I too go places that I would never take the Lance. The pop up on a 350 ford is like having nothing on the back Truck is happy, wife is happy, I'm happy. Heck, I only inflate the airbags to keep them from ripping.