Regarding cargo capacity. I see an rv as an airplane and a piece of luggage.
How many rvers weigh what they take before loading it? It's simple using a bathroom scale. We do this when we travel because some discount airlines have a limit on luggage weight.
We weigh ourselves on the scale first, and then with the luggage. Why? It can be difficult to balance objects and clothes on a scale. It works every time.
Give each person a weight limit of what they can pack (you're not going to a fashion show) and if they are over they need to find a way to reduce the weight.
Same with dishes, pots and pans, and most of all, water. If you're going to use rv parks and campgrounds with hookups, don't take any water except for drinking. A 40-gallon freshwater tank means 320 pounds of weight plus what you have in the toilet. It all starts to add up. People take way too much stuff that they never use. A lot of full-timers say that after the first year they do a review and.end up eliminating stuff.
