Scamp weight and stuff

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Scamp weight and stuff

Been fixing up the scamp I got and going to take it out to the beach next weekend so I thought I would weigh it at the truck stop since I have read varying weights on different sites and mine has some customization. My 13' came in at 1100 lbs so I think I should be good towing it with my rav 4. My rpms stay around 2500 at 60 mph.

Also, I live in Texas so I took the heater out and am using the exhaust pipe for the portable AC I have in there. I did have it in the door window but it was a pain squeezing in and out.

Another thing, there are lights on the ends of the cabinet above the sink but they seem to be wired to the brake lights so I guess you can only use them when hooked up to the vehicle wiring harness with the car running. Since you aren't supposed to ride in the camper while you are towing it I don't see the purpose of them. Anyone else's like that or know why it was setup like that?

Now if I can get the fridge running. Will prob just replace it with a little dorm fridge. Or just use coolers.

For some reason a previous owner took out the faucet. Sink is still hooked up. I got one of those water containers with a spigot. Still debating if I'm going to add the faucet back in. Any thoughts?

Lastly, the previous owners took off the cabinet and closet doors for some reason. Anyone else do that and why?

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Questions??

Lots of questions. 1100 lbs seems light even for an older scamp. What is your tongue weight? Do you have a battery and LP tanks? If you or the PO owner did not have a battery the cabinet lights may have been wired to the TV running lights. The black & white 12V wires feeding the upper cabinet lights should be hooked to the black and white house 12v voltage wires under the sink or rear dinette bench. You can add a foot pump to draw out of a jug for ar faucet fairly cheaply and low tech. Cabinet doors get removed because they swell up when they get damp and the hardware rusts. I make new doors from 1/2" oak cabinet plywood usually found at Lowes in 4x4 sheets. Hinges for 1/2" doors to match the scamp hardware holes can also found at the big box stores. If your older furnace uses no power others may want it but they need the exhaust port.

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lite

That is certainly lite one.  But ours is a 2019 standard with bath but no AC. it is closer to 1,600 as we travel. .

2019 Scamp 13 standard

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i believe they made the older

i believe they made the older models with lighter frame and flooring and other materials (cabinet doors, etc) hence the lower weight in all the old literature.  if you removed the furance and other things i'm not surprised.  i think dry weight it was 1300.  

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Yes, it is an older one. I am

Yes, it is an older one. I am not sure of the year but it has the elephant skin instead of the rat fur so I am thinking 70s or early 80s. I am not sure how to check the tongue weight. I was just going by what Scamp said which I think was 150 lbs. No battery, propane tanks or awning though I will have a generator and 5 gallon gas tank along with the portable AC going to the beach.

Another thing the PO did was change the bunk beds up front so that the bottom part has sliding paneling on the bottom for more storage and the top part has 4 compartments to hold stuff. They did keep the cushions on top so someone could sleep up there I guess. I kinda want to change it back to a couch but it will prob only be me and my gf so we don't really need it as a couch since we will mostly just be using it for sleeping.

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if you don't have battery or

if you don't have battery or propane tanks then definatly 1100 makes sense.  enjoy the Scamp!  I pulled my 16 with a Honda CRV (same tow capability as your Rav-4) i think you will be fine.  just make sure to turn overdrive off and only use cruise control on flat areas.

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