First TC purchase, please advise

805gregg wrote:
If you have a 1 ton truck why not get a hard sided camper instead of a tent camper

A couple reasons:

1) Payload capacity is still only 3400 total (there are four of us and a dog which may total 700lbs) and I pull a boat (tongue weight approx 250-300lbs)

and

2) I want to maintain a bit more clearance for 4WD roads and brush

Thanks for all the posts from Apex owners and others. I am still wondering about the total wet weight since the one for sale has the North-South cab over, A/C, two batteries, microwave and the King Dome, etc.

I read a post from a while ago :

http://www.rv.net/forum/Index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/25097958.cfm

In which this fellow said his fully loaded Apex weight exceeded 3700 pounds(!) he appeared to have many extras, but what are some of the wet weights from other Apex 8 owners and what options do you have?

Cheers,
Mike