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[pixiedust99]

having trouble finding the weight of an 8 ft, 1968 alaskan.
does anyone know how much they weigh?
we are wondering if we are maxing out our 1500 GMC?

[rotti]

Alaskans are heavy, all wood framed construction, and I would guess that camper is around 1,500 to 1,700 dry and empty. By the time you add yourselves, gear, water, food, etc. you will probably be well beyond your max payload.

Check the door-jam yellow sticker for your max payload info....probably around the dry weight of the camper alone.

[Oryguntroutbum]

having trouble finding the weight of an 8 ft, 1968 alaskan.
does anyone know how much they weigh?
we are wondering if we are maxing out our 1500 GMC?

I would estimate an 8' non cabover is probably closer to 1,000 lbs dry weight. Either way I think a 1/2 ton pickup would be inadequate without extensive modifications, ie. airbags and new shocks/springs.

Chris

Upons second thought they may weigh a bit more. I was thinking about when I weighed my 64 NCO but I did substantial remodeling which included removal of cabinets and such.

[rotti]

I made the mistake of going to the Alaskan web site.....what a mess!
Anyway after slogging through I found this:
1640 dry
1740 wet
That is for a NEW cabover.
http://www.alaskanca...om/pricelst.htm

[caseboy]

i live rural ,so i can go to the local dump and drive over the scale. i've noticed the weight of the truck many times while doing a dump run,but haven't taken the camper through yet.one of these days ,i'll go through with camper empty and then loaded with all my wife's gear(hers is the exccess, mines the needed)just to see the numbers.it won't make much difference to my 3/4 ton. it seems to carry the load fine.

wes

[Buckwheat]

My '78 ford F250 camper special barley knows its back there. I think the truck has a better ride when the alaskan is on it.

[Buckwheat]

Here is a thread where a member weighed his My link

[pixiedust99]

so, after being more than a bit worried reading all the thoughts on the weight of our camper, we took it to our local weigh scales.

first we went with just the truck and returned later with the camper. turns out an unloaded (dry weight) 1968, NCO alaskan camper only weighs 750 pounds. phew...we can keep on camping!!

thanks for the replies, hope this helps someone else later on down the road.

[Buckwheat]

Really?  wow I would have thought it would have been double that.

[pixiedust99]

yup! we even weighed it twice, really happy about this!!