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Title: 2013 Ford Flex Limited and 2015 Livin Lite Camp Lite 28bhs
Post by: icq102 on June 30, 2014, 12:24:44 AM
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Title: 2013 Ford Flex Limited and 2015 Livin Lite Camp Lite 28bhs
Post by: fasteddieb on June 30, 2014, 07:57:47 AM
Cool!

Is that yours?

Title: 2013 Ford Flex Limited and 2015 Livin Lite Camp Lite 28bhs
Post by: funpilot on June 30, 2014, 08:59:21 AM
Can't wait to get mine !!
Title: 2013 Ford Flex Limited and 2015 Livin Lite Camp Lite 28bhs
Post by: funpilot on June 30, 2014, 09:08:47 AM
What is the hose coming out of the side of your camper?
Title: 2013 Ford Flex Limited and 2015 Livin Lite Camp Lite 28bhs
Post by: djsamuel on June 30, 2014, 09:32:45 AM
[quote source="/post/1747/thread" timestamp="1404130127" author="@funpilot"]

What is the hose coming out of the side of your camper?
[/quote]
Should be the fresh water hose.

Title: 2013 Ford Flex Limited and 2015 Livin Lite Camp Lite 28bhs
Post by: icq102 on June 30, 2014, 10:43:14 AM
Yes it was the fresh water hose.

It's a fun setup!
Title: 2013 Ford Flex Limited and 2015 Livin Lite Camp Lite 28bhs
Post by: gnies on September 30, 2014, 12:48:45 PM
The dry weight of the 28BHS from the livin lite website is 4,250 lbs. The flex towing capacity is 4500 lbs right?  This seem to be overweight to me I doubt you only have 250 lbs of stuff in there
Title: 2013 Ford Flex Limited and 2015 Livin Lite Camp Lite 28bhs
Post by: icq102 on October 06, 2014, 06:27:18 PM
Quote from: @paul" source="/post/3958/thread" timestamp="1412092125The dry weight of the 28BHS from the livin lite website is 4,250 lbs. The flex towing capacity is 4500 lbs right?  This seem to be overweight to me I doubt you only have 250 lbs of stuff in there



4200 lbs dry, I pack it extremly lite, haven't had any issues 10% grades...up down towed great! Probably too close for comfort for some. Been out 5 times and about 2000 miles so far.
Title: 2013 Ford Flex Limited and 2015 Livin Lite Camp Lite 28bhs
Post by: gnies on October 06, 2014, 07:36:11 PM
[quote source="/post/4098/thread" author="@icq102" timestamp="1412630838"][quote timestamp="1412092125" author="@paul" source="/post/3958/thread"]The dry weight of the 28BHS from the livin lite website is 4,250 lbs. The flex towing capacity is 4500 lbs right?  This seem to be overweight to me I doubt you only have 250 lbs of stuff in there[/quote]
4200 lbs dry, I pack it extremly lite, haven't had any issues 10% grades...up down towed great! Probably too close for comfort for some. Been out 5 times and about 2000 miles so far. [/quote]You could be suprised how weight add up easily, for example the 28BHS have a water tank of 28 gallon, if you fill it it's going to add around 320 lbs. I wouldn't be suprise that if you bring it on a scale that you have a big surprise on the weight more than what you think.
Title: 2013 Ford Flex Limited and 2015 Livin Lite Camp Lite 28bhs
Post by: tinkeringtechie on October 06, 2014, 08:56:36 PM
[quote source="/post/4102/thread" timestamp="1412634971" author="@paul"][quote source="/post/4098/thread" timestamp="1412630838" author="@icq102"]4200 lbs dry, I pack it extremly lite, haven't had any issues 10% grades...up down towed great! Probably too close for comfort for some. Been out 5 times and about 2000 miles so far. [/quote]You could be suprised how weight add up easily, for example the 28BHS have a water tank of 28 gallon, if you fill it it's going to add around 320 lbs. I wouldn't be suprise that if you bring it on a scale that you have a big surprise on the weight more than what you think.
[/quote]Even if the advertised dry weight was 4200, that doesn't include accessories (like A/C), batteries, propane, etc... Basically even with empty tanks it's going to be over the limit. I'd bet that even my 21BHS is close to 5,000lbs.
Title: 2013 Ford Flex Limited and 2015 Livin Lite Camp Lite 28bhs
Post by: gnies on October 06, 2014, 10:05:03 PM
[quote timestamp="1412639796" source="/post/4104/thread" author="@tinkeringtechie"][quote source="/post/4102/thread" author="@paul" timestamp="1412634971"]You could be suprised how weight add up easily, for example the 28BHS have a water tank of 28 gallon, if you fill it it's going to add around 320 lbs. I wouldn't be suprise that if you bring it on a scale that you have a big surprise on the weight more than what you think.
[/quote]Even if the advertised dry weight was 4200, that doesn't include accessories (like A/C), batteries, propane, etc... Basically even with empty tanks it's going to be over the limit. I'd bet that even my 21BHS is close to 5,000lbs.[/quote]Yes exactly I won't be suprised if he is driving overweight
Title: 2013 Ford Flex Limited and 2015 Livin Lite Camp Lite 28bhs
Post by: icq102 on October 07, 2014, 10:54:12 AM
I don't put any water in the fresh tank, all other tanks are drained every time. Next time I'm at a fuel station with scales I will get an accurate weight with all my camping gear in it.