Realistic cargo weight for full time living

specta wrote:
2000 lbs?? What the hell are you taking with you???

Beats me. The things I can count:
400 lb me, DW and dogs
30 lb of food
50 lb of Alaskan beer in bottles
30 lb of Seattle beer in cans
40 lb extra fuel.
40 lb safe box.
30 lb bottled water
2-300lb camper water
50 lb clothing (doubt it was that much)
Hard to estimate what the rocks weight, but I would not say more than 200 lb

Still scratching my head where the other lb come from
Darn, forgot 25lb dog food.

specta wrote:
2000 lbs?? What the hell are you taking with you???

I am not at +2K but if fulltiming,it would not be hard to do..Like our truck campers with wheel well access,start filling them up with batteries and it adds up quick...Throw in tire chains/bottle jacks/generators/hitch extensions/extra gas/extra water..It all ads up fast..All that don't include food/cloths/pet food/fishing stuff/guns/ammo/ladders/chargers/dog chains and anchors/extra cooleror freezer and in my case..Iron skillets and dutch ovens for the wife...

Everyone is different in there needs but full timing means you have to have everything you need with you all the time unless you have a storage shed or a home base which many full timers do not ..

Everyone is different.
Make a list, assign a weight and fifire it out.
Unless you're a minimalist, it will be heavy.
TC and full time = full truck or tow a trailer, IMO. Unless of course you're going to live off of what most people just being on vacation.

2000 lbs?? What the hell are you taking with you???

Well... living next to desert, we see full timers who manage to fit everything they need into shopping cart.
So it is personal thing. Rule of thumbs say that no matter of capacity, if you don't pay attention sooner or later you will always exceed it.
I was kind of surprised when we went in summer to Alaska and even we pack "lightly" -Oregon scales show the we, dogs (40 lb for 3 of them), beer, food and rock collection add 2000 lb. Amazing how fast the stuff can add.

Anyone have some realistic numbers on how much your cargo weight is for full time living? For 2 people.

I have full timed in a Class A/Class C/Travel trailer and a Fifth wheel..Your weight for full timing will be atleast double of others..I have never full timed in a truck camper but my guess would be somewhere between 1500# and 2000# above the camper sticker..Close to double what a weekend camper would use..

I ran into a guy from Alaska last year that was full timing in a 9-10 foot truck camper by himself in a remote Idaho getaway, with a super cab Ford..The back seat was full of clothes/water/fishing stuff and extra food etc..I imagine the Lance truck camper was full also..He definitely was over the GVWR of his older SRW Ford 4X4,but he could have cared less..

Most of those who never have full timed in an RV don't realize how much extra stuff a guy needs and with two people,it's worse..If you don't have it,you will be spending all your time going to get it..Oh,I forgot........LOL

I weighted my truck and camper dry and completely empty of any food, clothing, bedding or anything else the day I bought it.

Going camping for four days with the FW tank full, LP tanks full, food, kitchen utensils, and everything I thought I might need I only gained 700 pounds.

FYI in the payload of the Ford trucks they deduct 150lbs per seating position. Check the brochure on the page where payloads are posted.

The rule of thumb has always been to add 1000-1500 to TC weight to fully outfit and camp. Fulltiming would be even more.

I'd say 725 would be really light. There’s a reason that many fulltimers also have a trailer. Obviously, you could get by with less, but that would be all up to you.