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Anyone have a wife who overpacks motorhome?

GHOST1750
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My late wife believed in traveling light including her closet. My wife now jams every drawer and closet full. Mixers, electric oven, groceries (we don't even eat in that much). Now it's emergency rations in the basement. Anyone else have this problem. :h
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Try loading 8 kids in a DP and heading to Disney for a week......never, never, again. I got about 2 mpg coming home as I was wide open all the way. Dumbest thing I ever did in my life.

rockhillmanor
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hanko wrote:
rockhillmanor wrote:
I had that problem with relatives traveling on trips.

When the relatives started bringing piles and piles of stuff I would make them weigh it. Whatever their stuff weighed meant that amount of weight had to come 'out' of the MH 'before' any more of their stuff came in.
Caused a few arguments between them over who's stuff was more important. But I was not part of the equation they had to figure it out themselves and I had a clutter free MH. And my coach was not overweight with a bunch of unnecessary stuff.


you took relatives?

Why do you think I made them weigh their stuff?! :W
After a few times of that they stopped asking to go with! :B

One of them is not allowed to be in the same county as my MH after she repeatedly kept putting her satchel bag up against the side of the bed where the converter was.....and finally started a fire when it over heated and the breaker didn't blow all the way :R

That sign on the converter door that says "do not block can cause a fire hazard"? Is right on the money.

We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

Yankee_Clipper
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What astounds me is the amount of gear 3 grandchildren (7/4/2) can bring aboard. They travel with suitcases bigger than my old sea bag.
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Ivylog
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Good thing we have a tag axle DP.
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shaneperch
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jsmart wrote:
Sorry to hear your solo shaneperch. My DW likes to "nest" in the MH. We always seem to unpack more food than we start out with, haven't figured that one out yet.


Yeah but I pray that someday I won't be I do understand the food thing though:>)

jsmart
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Sorry to hear your solo shaneperch. My DW likes to "nest" in the MH. We always seem to unpack more food than we start out with, haven't figured that one out yet.
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shaneperch
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I wish I had that problem, still flying solo and don't like it much

Two_Jayhawks
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I'm in touch with this. We recently completely unloaded the coach to clean/sell and I was in shock to see how much useless******DW had. To be fair this was also a 10 year accumulation but still one heck of a lot of redundancy and excess.
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DallasSteve
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This is one of the reasons I don't want a fifth wheel. You can pack a lot of women's shoes in the bed of a pickup truck. Any of the wives here can vouch for how important it is to have a large supply of women's shoes.
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icanon
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We used to travel a lot (and still do) by plane so my rule with DW and kids are 50lbs limit the same as airline rules. That's not including bikes, roller blades and beach stuff.
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rgatijnet1
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Since we started as tent campers and moved up through a bread truck conversion, etc, my wife and I have both learned that there is no need to over pack. When we first started traveling stores were not as plentiful as they are now. Now, we are very seldom more than an hour away from a Walmart or a pharmacy. Since she likes to shop, even if it is just for groceries, this gives her a chance to do what she loves without packing things that we can easily pick up along the way, if needed.

Hank_MI
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When we head to FL for a few months in the winter I have to remind my wife that they have stores in FL. It's nice to arrive and not have to run out to the store right away but you don't need a 3 months supply.

Canadian_Rainbi
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Explorer
We have been traveling with 2 dogs. For some reason we needed 6 dog beds. And NO they were not minitures. Nor were they allowed on the furniture. Then there was the 5 months worth of dog food for the winters in Mexico for dog who had a grain allergy, and the toys, etc etc. But I would have it no other way.

I did once suggest to DW that a small Midi lathe would fit in one of the compartments but didn't get too far with that one.

Can't complain though, the Ham Radios and APRS met no resistance.

One thing I didn't have and should have had was a spare serpentine belt. :S

427435
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I'm probably more guilty of that than my wife. I have at least 200 lbs of tools------------everything from a spade to a 3 drawer toolbox to a cordless drill and bits.
Mark

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