DutchmenSport wrote:
I have a set of photos I took when we traded trailer #2 for trailer #3. We emptied the trailer at home and put everything in the garage. When we got home with the new camper, we put back only what we realized we'd really use. We gave away (yes, gave away), more than half of the stuff because we simply were not using it any more, or it was duplicate stuff. I'm at work right now, but will post some photos of the contents when I get home tonight where I can access my photos.
I think (for us), the biggest factor for weight is not the contents like bed sheets, pots and pans, and rolls of toilet paper. I think our weight comes from full propane tanks, water in the tanks (fresh, black and grey), and cargo carried in the truck.
What is carried in the truck? well ... lumber? Probably a good 100 pounds of it. Long boards, short boards, 2x4's, 2x6's, 2x10's. Why? For leveling the trailer, putting something solid under the tires when on grass, and using under the stabilizer jacks to shorten the distance they have to be extended. Add to that some short 2x4's we use under picnic table legs to help level them too.
Maybe the next heaviest item are yard chairs. We have a lot of chairs (again, they seem to accumulate over the years), Quick Shades, and yard mats. All this mess is in the front pass through.
If you add the weight of water, lumber, propane, and outside seating devices, we have 1000 pounds right there.
I think the 1000 pound number is a bit conservative. In all reality, probably closer to 2000 pounds if you add all the contents, like blankets, the salt and pepper shakers, the dutch oven cooker, the coffee pot ..... Now, add people weight to the mix, 2 dogs and a cat!
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The above photos do not include food items and clothing, games and entertainment, like television, radios, and computers. All of that went back into the house.
Now, add 50 gallons of fresh water, 70 gallons of waste water, 70 pounds of propane and tanks, and that's a lot of weight! And oh... add the canoe, the outriggers for the canoe, the life jackets, anchor ropes, and coolers. The canoe weighs about 70 pounds.
Not near enuff fishin poles....unless that sewer pipe is full of them, but that looks more like spare plumbing parts!
