What did you find you did not need?
We have been FT for almost a year and are looking at our annual purge... What have you taken on the road and never used? For example, we brought a blender we haven't used, but I keep thinking I wi...
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We were forced to purge in 2010 after we rolled our rig. When we looked inside the trailer we saw all our stuff thrown around and we were amazed at how much stuff it was! We managed to salvage about 1/3 of the stuff and even then it was too much stuff.
We left behind:
toaster oven
little electric washing machine (bucket with an agitator)
blender
various baking pans
piles of linens
piles of paper products
piles of ceramic mugs (or rather, mug pieces)
piles of clothing
extra chairs (which got broken up anyway)
It might not like seem like much, but when you see it in a jumble you realize just how much stuff it is.
The one appliance that we did salvage was our crock-pot, which somehow managed to not get broken. I use the crock-pot just about every time we camp.
We now have a much smaller rig which has limited storage capacity. We think very hard before we add anything to it--where will it go? what will have to be removed to make room for this item? We don't need 15 towels and 3 sets of bed linens. We don't need 3 of anything!
We left behind:
toaster oven
little electric washing machine (bucket with an agitator)
blender
various baking pans
piles of linens
piles of paper products
piles of ceramic mugs (or rather, mug pieces)
piles of clothing
extra chairs (which got broken up anyway)
It might not like seem like much, but when you see it in a jumble you realize just how much stuff it is.
The one appliance that we did salvage was our crock-pot, which somehow managed to not get broken. I use the crock-pot just about every time we camp.
We now have a much smaller rig which has limited storage capacity. We think very hard before we add anything to it--where will it go? what will have to be removed to make room for this item? We don't need 15 towels and 3 sets of bed linens. We don't need 3 of anything!
