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Posted by: Busybee1952 Sep 29 2013, 11:16 AM

I have just purchased an older Honey Bee slide in camper. It has stove, refrigerator, unsure of the size of the water tank and although there is a plate with specs on it, the weight is blank. Anybody have any idea how much the dry weight would be? Thanks.

Posted by: fatboy Feb 14 2014, 05:32 PM

Hi BusyBee, It has been awhile since you posted but if you can't find the dry weight of your camper you can always make a trip to the nearest CAT scale and weigh your truck empty and then loaded. Subtract the two and you've got the actual weight. -FB

Posted by: Busybee1952 Jul 6 2014, 05:47 PM

I don't have a truck yet. I wanted to find out how heavy the camper is before I look for a truck. Anyway, I think I'm going to put it on a trailer and pull it.

Posted by: KY_Campers Sep 27 2014, 07:06 AM

Welcome to the Forum!!!... Hope you enjoy it here and hope you stay around and post often!!!

That camper doesn't look like its a heavy camper.... It looks like my SunLite TC and I haul it with a F-150 and pull a pontoon boat when we go on a camping/fishing trip.... But, I'm in the market for a F-250 or F-350 diesel.



You mean mount the TC on a trailer and haul it around like that ?

Then you will have more weight because of the trailer... You will need a good size diesel truck to haul all of that around!.... Plus, you will have extra tires (trailer) to keep up with.... If you have the TC on a trailer, then you can't pull a boat, etc...... Then why don't you buy a travel trailer ?

If I was you, I would buy a diesel truck and haul the camper!.... Or, if the camper doesn't weigh all that much, then buy a 1/2 ton truck (gas) like a F-150 etc..etc... I have Firestone Airbags on my truck and they help a lot!

Here's a picture of my camper on a F-150 and pulling a pontoon boat... (My camper is similar to yours and isn't heavy at all and mine even has a bathroom)