How many Pounds do you suppose a Weekend actually Weighs?
The topic on weight, payload, towing, etc absolutely fascinates me for whatever reason.
I was surprised last night upon returning home from the grocery store. In a plastic bag i had 8 bone On chicken thighs, 1 large ribeye, 1 Fillet, a package of mashed potatoes, a quart of ice cream, and a bag of frozen corn. Relatively heavy bag. I put it on the scale when i got home to find it was 11 lbs.
This got me thinking. Minus other meals, this is basically supper for 3 (2 adults, 1 child) over a weekend, so lets say you pack 33 lbs, or say 50 lbs in food. Of course you need enough beer, caffeine drinks to get by so that could be another 100 lbs.
50 lbs of water is another 417 lbs.
clothes, for a weekend, do you bring 100lbs of clothes for 2 adults and a child?
then there's everything you keep on board at all times, the obvious big consumption of weight.
All in all though, when they give you dry weight of 11,962 and gvwr of 14,962. What in the world does 3,000 lbs of "stuff" actually entail?
I was surprised last night upon returning home from the grocery store. In a plastic bag i had 8 bone On chicken thighs, 1 large ribeye, 1 Fillet, a package of mashed potatoes, a quart of ice cream, and a bag of frozen corn. Relatively heavy bag. I put it on the scale when i got home to find it was 11 lbs.
This got me thinking. Minus other meals, this is basically supper for 3 (2 adults, 1 child) over a weekend, so lets say you pack 33 lbs, or say 50 lbs in food. Of course you need enough beer, caffeine drinks to get by so that could be another 100 lbs.
50 lbs of water is another 417 lbs.
clothes, for a weekend, do you bring 100lbs of clothes for 2 adults and a child?
then there's everything you keep on board at all times, the obvious big consumption of weight.
All in all though, when they give you dry weight of 11,962 and gvwr of 14,962. What in the world does 3,000 lbs of "stuff" actually entail?
