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Originally Posted by maniweb
hi sunline fan!
thanks for your thorough answer it helped a lot as i discovered the person selling the camper was a shady character! lying about the year, weight and a lot of other things... Anyhow im looking now at a more expensive unit but one that seems way better for my needs...it a 2006 Sun-lite 955SD any thoughts?
thanks a bunch!
mani
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Hi Mani,
"Lying" about the year and weight of a truck camper is actually quite common. I'm not sure what state you are in, but most states don't require titles for truck campers. This means it's just sold on a bill of sale, which doesn't have any sort of official information on it. The camper would have come with a binder of information originally, but these often go missing. So people guess at the year and weight of a camper because they have nothing to go off of and don't bother to research.
Truck campers were assigned VINs/serial numbers just like trailers were, which can help confirm the year. Unfortunately, the easiest way to see this number was via a sticker that was stuck to the outside rear wall next to the door. Like the trailers, these stickers didn't weather well and mostly disintegrated by now unless the camper was kept inside a barn most of the time.
As for the 2006 Sun-Lite. Sun-Lite and Sunline are two unrelated, different companies. Sun-Lite was built by Sun Valley, Inc. in Bristol, IN. I don't know much about them other than they existed and are often confused with a Sunline.
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2007 T-286SR Cherry/Granola, #6236, original owner, current mileage: 9473.8 (as of 6/18/21)
1997 T-2653 Blue Denim, #5471
1979 12 1/2' MC, Beige & Avocado, #4639
Past Sunlines: '97 T-2653 #5089, '94 T-2251, '86 T-1550, '94 T-2363, '98 T-270SR