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14K views 37 replies 16 participants last post by  maxaryaman2004  
I see also that the OP had asked in another thread about a 1,000 lb dry weight camper. Understand that "dry weight" can be quite a bit less than the actual unloaded weight. It may have gotten better recently, but in the past camper manufacturers used to list as "dry weight" a camper stripped of empty propane tanks, awnings, batteries, A/C, etc. For example, the published dry weight of my 2000 Coleman camper is 995 lbs. The actual weight is more like 1,300, without any of my gear and no liquids, battery, propane, etc.
While that may be true for your specific camper it is up to the manufacture to set that standard. For example, My Forest River camper included a full propane load and two deep cycle batteries in the weight in the yellow sticker. Bottom line is that the only way to know is to configure the unit for an outing and drag it across a CAT scale. If you are not running ST tires you need the scale number for proper inflation anyway.

Related to the topic, some interesting theories for sure however consider that the hybrid has an eCVT unlike the gasser models.