Oven in a 16 foot Scamp

[Doug in Sacramento]

Hi, everybody. This is my first post although I've been a member for a couple years. I love this community. It has been a huge help to me.

I'm renovating a '73 Compact II and recently bought an '84 13' Scamp. I'm up to my eyeballs in eggs but now we're going to buy a new 16' Scamp. Should I get the oven? My wife loves to bake and I can see her having a lot of fun making cookies. My biggest concern is the additional weight and possible loss of storage space. We're going to get the side shower/toilet and we're also going to get the furnace and have the trailer wired/braced for a future air conditioner. Is getting the oven going to make it too heavy for towing with a small crossover SUV, like a Highlander?

Thanks

I'll try to post threads and photos of my restoration projects.

[Donna D.]

Hi Doug, to FiberglassRV, we're glad you quit lurking and decided to join us!

Yummm, the smell of fresh baking chocolate chip cookies while camping NIRVANA!

I hope you get the answers you seek!

[cpaharley2008]

If I recall the oven over the stove is about 50 lbs difference in weight and you can always store your pots inside so the storage is still there.

[Ken in Pa]

I would think the heat from the oven in such a small space would force you outside. That's why we did not get it in ours.
Ken

[Frederick L. Simson]

Originally Posted by Doug in Sacramento

Is getting the oven going to make it too heavy for towing with a small crossover SUV, like a Highlander?

We have a range with oven and roof A/C in the Fiber Stream, and we tow with a Honda Odyssey, which has a nearly equivalent tow rating to a Highlander. At 50 pounds, the oven's weight alone won't be a deal breaker, but a roof A/C unit weighs 120 pounds. Having both plus a microwave (40 pounds) leaves us a thin margin just under towing capacity of the Odyssey.

[Shirley LaMoine]

I use a Camp Chef outside oven. I would absolutely die for an inside oven. Go For It!!

[cpaharley2008]

I opted for an oven in my new Escape and dropped the microwave, I figure I can substitute one for the other and did not need both.