Dave H M
IL
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I don't take the 8 pounds to the gallon water tank filled up for a ride either.
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Guest
USA
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You eliminated over 500 pounds of stuff you don't use?? I only have about 500# of gear TOTAL in my camper. Granted, it's a popup. But what the heck do you need so much junk for anyways??
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Bob Shaw
Newnan Ga
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One thing I found-out is that if you have an RV with lots of storage, you get kind of blase about what you keep in it. Junk seems to pile-up, and fill every little nook and cranny. I just changed trailers, to one with less storage and I have 1/2 of my two car garage filled with stuff I took out of the old trailer that I dont need or want to put in the new trailer. Things like; horse shoes I've been hauling round for years, but, never used, old out door lights, some broken, a leaky 8-ton hydraulic jack, a tent, three dining canopies, in addition to the Easy-up that I actually use. Good grief, the new trailer is heavier than the old, but, I'm probably towing the same gross weight.
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LIKE2BUILD
Mt. Zion, IL
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Guest wrote:You eliminated over 500 pounds of stuff you don't use?? I only have about 500# of gear TOTAL in my camper. Granted, it's a popup. But what the heck do you need so much junk for anyways??
Weeding things out is a task we need to perform before putting our TT to bed for the winter this year. However, one of our reasons for going to a full TT (we previously had a pop-up) is the ability to just keep everything in the camper. All we have to do is fill the fridge, put in a few clothes, and we can hookup and head to the campground. With the pop-up we had almost no storage so all cooking items, clothes, bedding, etc etc had to packed and just didn't seem like it was worth all the work.
I realize others love pop-ups and I'm by no means bashing them, but I'm simply pointing out our rationale for moving to a TT. Oh yeah, also the wife likes the self-contained potty.....she doesn't do the public bathroom/potty-pit thing very well.
KJ
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Guest
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I don't mean to start a popup vs TT thing. I'm just supporting the OPs contention that there is a LOT more 'junk in the trunk' than folks really need for typical part-time RV use.
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loveshack1
Whitewater, Wi
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hey, fordsooperdutydies.........oh the heck with it.
I wanna try taping DW's yap on the next long trip and see if that makes a difference!
If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
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