Where did all this stuff come from?

There are some items we haven’t used in several years.... but they are on the “must keep” list. With the winter that many people are experiencing, this immediately comes to mind....tire chains or cables for the camper, are at the top of the list. Don’t want to use them, haven’t used them in a while.....but they're always there!

Here is a solution. Get an Airstream. Not much in the way of storage so it won't be much of a problem. ;)

One of the most agonizing transitions that RV people experience is moving from a house (temporarily or permanently) where you have the room to keep all sorts of stuff "just in case you need it" to an RV, where you only have room for the stuff that's essential. "But honey, what if we NEED the automatic pickle slicer?" Multiply that by 500, and you have the reason why there's always so much stuff in your RV.

It is amazing how much stuff accumulates. Back in May we traded in our 32' Class C Motorhome for a TT that we keep at our seasonal site. We were already setup at our seasonal site with the Motorhome when we purchased the TT. I couldn't believe how much stuff we unloaded from the Motorhome. We signed the paper work and made the trade in on a Tuesday, but the TT couldn't be delivered until Wednesday. There was so much stuff on our picnic table it was embarrassing. We had even more stuff stored at my wife's parents.

It was even worse when it was time to leave for the season. Everything that was brought up in the Motorhome had to come home with us in our CRV. Needless to say, we had to leave a lot of stuff our seasonal site.

-Michael

Years ago we bought a new TT and traded ours in. We were about 1000 miles from home and just saw one we liked. The dealer parked the two TTs side by side and we moved everything. George Carlins story about stuff came to mind. Why would the two of us have 12 coffee mugs? We found stuff we didn't know we had. We have tried to keep it in check since then.

I have seen a U haul backed up to Mh so you are doing exceptionally well in keeping the excess at a minimum.

mowermech wrote:
Over the years, I have found it to be a "Law Of Nature" that "stuff" accumulates to fill all available space, plus 10%, regardless of weight.

If you clean it out in the spring, it will be full by the end of the year, leaving you wondering "Where did all this "stuff" come from?"
Some "stuff" is necessary, even though it seldom gets used. For instance, in the back country we are (used to be? I'm not sure the rule is still in effect.) required to have an axe, bucket, and shovel with us. They are still in the basement of the motorhome, and there they will stay.

This same "Law of Nature" applies to the S&B also, years ago, I built a little 12' X 16' shed, thinking, "I'll never fill this thing", Six months later, I couldn't get in the door.
TOO MUCH STUFF :S

I am a bit of a pack rat. If there is a chance of it being needed in the future, it stays. The generator box accessible from the front of the 5er is my 'morgue'. All the never used or hardly ever used stuff goes in there.

At the beginning of each season combined with spring cleaning is stock taking where everything is hauled out of the basement, usually at the first CG we visit. What needs pitching, goes. Tools surplus to needs get set aside to be taken home. As each year passes the need don't need filter is catching fewer & fewer items

That spare trailer axle, brake drums with bearings, new in the box water pump, plus quite the assortment of other spares stay.

K Charles wrote:
Years ago we bought a new TT and traded ours in. We were about 1000 miles from home and just saw one we liked. The dealer parked the two TTs side by side and we moved everything. George Carlins story about stuff came to mind. Why would the two of us have 12 coffee mugs? We found stuff we didn't know we had. We have tried to keep it in check since then.

If you find the answer to this one, please let me know, while I haven't counted in a while, I'm sure we have a few more than that, why, I couldn't tell you. :h

My wife and I like to do stuff while we camp. There can be strange stuff with us. I carried around a box of rocks for years. I was into flint knapping. Later I worked leather so there was always bundles of leather scraps. Blacksmithing have a small anvil and some hammers. A Fire pit and a blow tube will get a fire hot enough for small stuff. Now I like to read. A kindle and 300 books is light in comparison to some of the stuff we carried.