Overweight Toyhauler Dilemma!!
We finally got around to weighing our toyhauler and it confirmed that we are indeed overweight. The scale says we weigh 14,660 lbs. total with all of our belongings on board. The trailer is a 2010 K...
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traveylin wrote:
Geeee guys, the answer is not technology,, but self control in what is stashed in the trailer. When I worked we relocated countries every 18 months for 20 years(not military) and the relocation weight allowance was 500 lbs per family member. Any pounds over that was charged at 15$/lb to the employee. The kids and mother knew that and used it very wisely to the extent of weighing each article. Being on the road means traveling light, reuse and substitution. Everything from kitchen to bed linens to clothing, tools and toys need to be shed.
pops
I think you're missing the point of owning a toy hauler! I'm going to assume that you don't ride motorcycles or else you wouldn't be talking about living that light. We bought a TOY hauler so we could haul our TOYS with us in our on the road lifestyle. Our weight problem is a direct result of hauling 3 motorcycles, 2 bicycles, riding gear, spares, tools, etc. in order to do our hobbies.
If all we had to haul was clothes, toiletries and dishes, we would be so far underweight it wouldn't make sense to own the trailer that we do! We even went so far as to buy plastic dishes to save weight in the living portion of our trailer! If I could live with just 500 lbs. of stuff, I would have just bought a VW Westphalia and been done with it!
If you are trying to be helpful, I guess I would say thanks, but if you want to brag about how little you need to live there's probably a better forum to do it on than this.
