Average cargo load for retired couple fulltiming?

Yes, I have been having a great desire to cull everything out of my life that is not absolutely necessary!

The totes sound like a great idea!

Jane, I bought several "totes" (plastic boxes) and I loaded everything in the boxes, weighed them and went from there. It's difficult to estimate what your "supplies" will weigh.

janegowest you have many things to consider.
1. What type of Rving fully serviced CGs or dry camping. CGs mean traveling with mostly empty water , gray and black tanks and fewer support items for dry camping.
2. The locations that you plan on staying, hot, cold or varying seasons. For example if you winter in Texas or Florida and summer in the north then the clothing range will be reduced.
3.If you are going to travel past an area going north and south or east and west each year then you could get a small storage unit and pick one set of clothing and leave another set. hobby items at the same time.
4. You may come to realise that (as we found out) you are carrying a lot of stuff that you don't use. If you have not used it for a long time why are you carrying it. With the military we moved every couple of years. At moving time if the box had not been opened then it was left behind.

Hope that you enjoy your 2 or more years of full timing.

dahkota wrote:
The CCC in our class A is 3475 lbs.
We have @400 lbs. in fresh water, 300 lbs. in solar/wiring/extra batteries, 325 lbs. in people, and 50 lbs. in add-ons (tow hitch). This leaves us 2400 lbs. of CCC. At last weigh we were 200 lbs. under GVWR, or carrying about 2200 lbs of cargo. We full time.

Thank you, that is very helpful!

PghBob wrote:
Jane: It would apply to just sitting to some degree. The reason is the OCCC is determined by the amount of weight the suspension of the RV can safely handle. So, your tires, axles, springs, etc. are all designed for a certain weight limit. This would apply if just sitting. But, I believe, you are much less likely to blow a tire or have an axle snap while sitting vs. going down the highway.

So, if are maxed out, and we have visitors weighing a total of 400+ lbs, that could stress the rig's frame?

The CCC in our class A is 3475 lbs.
We have @400 lbs. in fresh water, 300 lbs. in solar/wiring/extra batteries, 325 lbs. in people, and 50 lbs. in add-ons (tow hitch). This leaves us 2400 lbs. of CCC. At last weigh we were 200 lbs. under GVWR, or carrying about 2200 lbs of cargo. We full time.

Jane: It would apply to just sitting to some degree. The reason is the OCCC is determined by the amount of weight the suspension of the RV can safely handle. So, your tires, axles, springs, etc. are all designed for a certain weight limit. This would apply if just sitting. But, I believe, you are much less likely to blow a tire or have an axle snap while sitting vs. going down the highway.

Thank you! So now I am looking at a 5er with 2,726 lbs CCC as per the "yellow sticker." I think that just MIGHT work for 2 of us? I will need to add a small fridge, sewing machine, and I make soap and beauty products, so will be carrying a good bit of oils with us.

Tell me....does this CCC apply to being towed only, or does it also apply to sitting on a property to be lived in for a year?

A few things I haven't seen mentioned

1) Mfrs. weight disclosure may or may not be accurate.
The dry weight is commonly higher due to dealer spec add-ons.
Common add-ons vary by region/dealer. i.e 13.5 vs 15K BTU AC.


2) If you dry camp a lot, allow for on board water.

Those are a few things that can chew up your Cargo Carrying Capacity very fast.

Keep in mind that if you buy a shorter RV the carrying capacity will not be great. It's very doable to full-time in a short RV but you have to make adjustments in what you carry and how 'close' you want to be to each other. :) Also think of a week of rain!