You see, that's the "beauty" of buying a new RV. Switching all the "stuff" from the old camper to the new camper makes one really think about each item before putting it in the new camper, "Do I REALLY need this item?" Acquiring a new camper is a great time to down-size and start all over with the pounds and pounds of RV camping stuff.
Oh, about the round greenish sewer pipe? I carried the fire poker and fire tongs in it, the pole for the brush that I wash the camper with and use to brush off the awning before rolling it up, a tripod for cooking over a fire pit, plus the chains, the toilet wand that attaches to a garden hose. Actually, anything that was long, made of metal, and ran the risk of punching a hole in something if it slid around.
All that got downsized too. All the poles, pokers, long things fit in my trailer bumper. I carry all my sewer hoses in a black plastic steamer style trunk in the bed of the pick-up.
All those garden hoses? I eventually got new one and have a total of 200 feet of hose on two reals. I carry them in the bed of the pick-up now. We've been to too many campgrounds (especially in Indiana) where the water hook-up or water source was more than 100 feet away.
But also, we might have eliminated a good portion of everything in those photos, we also accumulated a 35 gallon fresh water tank I now carry in the bed of the truck, with a transfer pump and garden hose specific for the water transfer (if and when we are not able to reach a water spigot).
The good thing about carrying all the "junk" is the ability to adapt to any camping situation, anywhere, at any time. Power at the campground goes out? No problem. Can't find a campground? No problem. Full hook-up campsite, no problem. Run of out propane and can't cook on the stove? No problem. But, that does mean having "junk" to make those accommodations! All that add's weight!
