Realistic cargo weight for full time living
Anyone have some realistic numbers on how much your cargo weight is for full time living? For 2 people. Truck Camper magazine says 725 in their buyer guide and they went over how to get that number...
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Tools are a necessity for full timing and there is really know end to how many or how much to take..You have to have tools to repair and keep on your pickup and other tools to repair and keep up on the camper..
Tools are heavy and some tools take up a lot of space but they are very necessary for repairs and sometimes just to get you home..I probably have a 100# behind the drivers seat that goes everywhere of just basic tools/wrenches/socket sets etc and with the metric system taking over,you almost have to carry two sets anymore..
I was stranded once with a brand new pickup and the wrong lug wrench and not a socket of that size in my tools,near a remote Salmon river ranch..A guy drove by from the ranch and agreed to call my son on his satellite phone when the sky was in the right mode for a phone call..LOL..He did and my son showed up hours later after we walked out to a forest service fire station....
I now carry more tools because of that and other things that can happen when your miles away from anyone.
Tools are heavy and some tools take up a lot of space but they are very necessary for repairs and sometimes just to get you home..I probably have a 100# behind the drivers seat that goes everywhere of just basic tools/wrenches/socket sets etc and with the metric system taking over,you almost have to carry two sets anymore..
I was stranded once with a brand new pickup and the wrong lug wrench and not a socket of that size in my tools,near a remote Salmon river ranch..A guy drove by from the ranch and agreed to call my son on his satellite phone when the sky was in the right mode for a phone call..LOL..He did and my son showed up hours later after we walked out to a forest service fire station....
I now carry more tools because of that and other things that can happen when your miles away from anyone.
