Pounds "average family packs"

My KZ weighs approx. 5600lbs empty. Packed full of food, beverages, full water tanks(55g) and all our gear and "stuff" we are scaled at almost 7000lbs on the axles and over 900lbs on the tongue. Does not include the canoe, kayak, MT bikes, genny, fuel and other "stuff" in the back of the truck. 17000lbs+/- scaled combo.

Eh, same fuel mileage loaded or not so why not :B

dadmomh wrote:

Re longer trips and shopping.... I now plan menus and we pack for only about 5 days. We rather enjoy a stop for resupply. Usually we manage a CG on the longer trips that has a good laundry facility and a couple of hours of laundry is no problem. Actually, we meet some pretty great folks in the laundry room!

Exactly...every dink town has a grocery store, and sometimes on longer trips it's fun to eat out once in a while.

See how 700lb CCC campers are no good for families of 4

Easy 1000 to 1500lbs:
Camper gets food, clothes, towels (beach/bath) pots, pans, plates, utensils, 4 chairs, tables,mat, portable kitchen, tv, bedding for 4, extra bedding for 2, toys, extra grill, coffee maker, gray tote, and cooler. Add 26 gallons of water starts at 200lbs etc.




Our truck carries bikes, canoe, firewood, generator, 4 passengers, large breed dog, toys, paddles, vests, tool bag, and other weekend specific extras

"and a partridge in a pear tree".

Re longer trips and shopping....we found on our trip to the UP that I tried to WAY overpack...cabinets, frig, freezer, clothes. First, the frig and freezer don't work as efficiently when they're packed solid - air needs to circulate. And we were told that sometimes even in July, the UP will have a nasty cold snap so to bring a heavy jacket. To DH that means a couple of sweatshirts, a lighter jacket, a heavy jacket and a cap. Whatever. We have one hooded sweatshirt each that stays in the trailer full-time. That's usually plenty. Think we did added a mid-weight jacket for CO, but otherwise don't need extras. I now plan menus and we pack for only about 5 days. We rather enjoy a stop for resupply. Usually we manage a CG on the longer trips that has a good laundry facility and a couple of hours of laundry is no problem. Actually, we meet some pretty great folks in the laundry room!

My 7200# dry weight TT generally weighed in at 9.5K to 10.5K loaded. Loaded weight included genset on rear platform,Porta bote,outboard motor, gas cans,4 bikes,grill chairs ,tools, floor jack,full fresh tank,2 batteries,lots of beer and ice etc. etc.
I could easily carry 3K worth of cargo............and still do in my current rig

864 lb each, 10 people 8640 lb.

We pack any and everything. I have 4300+lbs of CCC. Plan on adding two more batteries and solar next spring. Last weigh in we had 1500lbs of stuff. So there's room for 2800lbs more. One thing I've learned thru reading on here is that you can't have too much truck or too much CCC in your trailer.

We have learned to pack much lighter after all of the years. We have light weight plastic dishes and glasses. Only enough silverware for a place setting of 6. All of our storage bowls and containers are the disposable kind. enough clothes for 2 weeks. Laundromats are everywhere. 10 gal. in the fresh water tank 2-3 gal. in the black. Food for a week or 10 days. ( well maybe a little extra beer ) one toolbox and one box of spare parts. Light bag chairs. etc...
in all I think we are around 600 extra pounds.

Just to add one more data point... Our family of four plus gear weighs in at 1200#. Includes the family itself, bikes, clothes, bedding, gear, tools, etc. But NOT food or contents of any RV tanks. We will probably add a few more 100#'s in future trips as we are way under the GVWR on the unit we rent. (Hopefully also will be way under anything we buy before then too :))

The very last thing we want to do when we are on vacation is go shopping. That said - when we go for 2 or 3 weeks we bring a LOT of food. And drinks - including beer. Anyway - food and liquids are heavy.

It really depends on how you camp and for how long and what you want to bring. No perfect answer that fits everyone. ;)