Where did all this stuff come from?

DW and I traded our older 32 ft class A for a new 2018 TT. A 20 ft.. lightweight trailer with a dinette slide. When we cleaned out the mh, we had a garage full of stuff. We're learning a new way to camp.

I too was shocked at how much stuff, doubles and triples of things we had packed into our 5th wheel. It didn't look cluttered, there was just plenty of storage space. We also did the transfer of stuff from one camper to a smaller one right at the seasonal site. Before the 2nd camper was delivered, we had a chance to see it all in one pile. Just wow. We set our new limits, and the remaining stuff that didn't make the cut has it's own shelf or two in the basement of our home. Like a little camp store we access when we need replacements.

I'll admit to having extra stuff.

We moved into our second home. And '8 years later' decided to sell it.

In the basement in an alcove that was not visible when you went into the basement for anything......I found boxes that were moved from the 'first' house that were never opened. :R

dodge guy wrote:
I always laugh when someone says “I don’t have anymore than 5-600lbs of stuff in my trailer!”.

I have a lot of stuff. 2100lbs over the dry weight to be exact. And we use most of it. What we don’t use one season may get used the next!

I only have 490lb of CCC so I only have about 450lb of stuff max in the trailer =) For a normal trip of <=2 weeks we probably only have about 300lb of stuff total including food and clothes, in fact most of the weight is probably in the pantry, dishes, and tools.

In 2000 I quit my job so we could full time RV. So, we sold our 4 bedroom house (which I built) and moved into a park model in a gated RV park. OUr TT sits in the yard and the RV and car in the driveway (we own the lot fee simple). Talking about downsizing. Got rid of lots and lots of stuff accumulated in the big house over 20 years. Actually got a dumpster to throw out tons of stuff, never thought of having a garage sale. Anyway, every spring we continue to downsize, stuck a lot of stuff under the park model, but we're slowly cleaning it out. Then, recently changed TT's, bought a 27' Trail Cruiser and sold the 22' Tahoe. The stuff from the Tahoe filled up the Trail Cruiser, I swear the stuff out of the 22 footer just expanded to fill up the extra space in the 27 footer.