Date:         Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:25:28 -0400
Reply-To:     Maynard Southard <echomhs@GIS.NET>
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From:         Maynard Southard <echomhs@GIS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Empty Weight of Westy Weekender?
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          jwalker17@earthlink.net
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Thanks to Tim, Jake & Joel for their answers. Sounds like 3750-4000#.
That'll work.
Maynard

> -----Original Message-----
> From:    TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
> Subject: Re: Empty Weight of Westy Weekender?
>
> The Car & Driver Road Test of the 1986 Vanagon Syncro Camper
> http://www.vanagon.com/syncros/technica/car-and-driver/
> states that the non-syncro version of this particular Vanagon
> model weighs 3,670 lbs.
>
> Mine weighs around 3,750-lbs without me in it.
>
> It should have a refrigerator behind the passenger seat, a
> Dometic RC-160E.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Tim
>
> Maynard Southard <echomhs@GIS.NET> wrote:
> I'm looking at towing a Westy Weekender. This is the model
> with Pop-top, but no appliances - just a full width rear
> seat, pop-up table and a small rear-facing seat behind the
> driver's seat. There is stock cabinets only in the rear
> driver's side. I'm pretty sure this is the stock configuration.
>
> Anyway, I'm trying to determine if I can tow it on my
> trailer. I know what my trailer's capacity is and I know what
> my tow vehicle's capacity is - I just don't know the Westy
> Weekender's actual empty weight. Anybody know?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Maynard
> '86 DoubleCab Diesel (not tow vehicle!)
> '82 Vanagon Diesel (ditto!)