Bryan Appleby's Amazing Full Time Truck Camping Story

bka0721 wrote:
Mlts22~Thanks for commenting. You touched on an important point, storage to carry much more “stuff.” Such a slippery slope. Many would tell you I carry too much stuff and they are probably right. Just be careful of the Bigger Suitcase Syndrome. Fight the opportunity to carry too much, or everything. Reevaluate every year what was used the previous year, then consider discarding what hasn’t been used. I know a few people that have benefited from some of the items I have left in the donation boxes around the route I travel.

The bold text is a very good point.

Several years ago someone here in the TC forum posted a photo of their yearly routine, which was to unload EVERYTHING from their truck camper and lay it all out on the floor of their garage (or driveway), and look at it. They'd pull out the stuff that wasn't used that year and NOT re-pack it.

When I unloaded my Desert Fox toy hauler in preparation to sell it, I couldn't believe all the excess gear I had stuffed in it, some of which hadn't been used in a few years!