willald wrote:
I can tell you from firsthand experience here recently, that you would be surprised at all the 'stuff' you accumulate over time in an RV, and how the weight of all of it can add up.
We just traded our Georgetown bunkhouse model in about a month ago for a smaller (but much nicer) unit, a Newmar 3014 (see signature). As part of that, we unloaded everything from the Georgetown, went through it all, and decided what to keep, put in the new Motorhome, and what to take out. It took several weeks, as this resulted in some extensive 'de-cluttering'.
Let me tell you, there was soooooo much stuff in that Georgetown that I had forgotten was there, that we did not need! I would guess we 'shed' a good 1,000 pounds worth of stuff that we are no longer carrying in the new unit. It truly felt like moving/downsizing to a smaller house, haha.
I weighed the Georgetown many years ago shortly after we bought it in 2012, and remember being well below the limits, then. I'm sure over the years that changed. I have not weighed the Newmar, yet, but I will soon, and will see where we are.
Anyway, good job on getting it weighed, even though what you found probably wasn't what you wanted to hear. As far as ways to slim down:
Unless you boondock for several days at a time, you can probably get by with a lot less water in your fresh water tank. That alone can shave off several hundred pounds That, and just go through all the various storage compartments, drawers, etc. and decide if you really, really need all that is in there. We found there is a lot we did not need. Do you *really* need enough plates, silverware, etc. to feed 8 or 10 people at a time? Do you really need the accumulation of 10 blankets and sets of sheets? You may well find like we did, that a lot of the stuff you have in there really doesn't need to be there.
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I agree completely. I only filled the water at home because we have Lake Michigan water. Didn’t want the terrible campground water in the fresh tank. In fact when I got home I flushed out the lines and water heater so it won’t have that rotten egg smell next month.