Real world cost of owning a class c - ouch!

Bordercollie wrote:
EMD360's list of "stuff" for the motorhome is extensive, wonder what the weight of our "stuff" adds to the weight of our rig? Taking a lot of stuff also takes up scarce storage and cabinet space especially in short rigs. Just "musing"!

Weight is of no concern to us because our small Class C is on the same Ford chassis as 31-32 foot long Class C rigs, so we can load it up to the brim. We bought it with that chassis on purpose so weight, engine cooling, braking under all conditions, pulling power, and traveling stability would be of no concern relative to it's overall size and weight no matter how we could possibly load it. I call this having "chassis overkill".

Ours happens to be a basement design with tall outside storage cabinets, with two of them even running laterally across the width of the motorhome between it's steel floor and the chassis frame members. We use these for long items such as shovels, limb pruners, fishing poles, beach umbrellas, etc..

We like to carry everything with us all the time so we are ready for any type of RV adventure whenever we leave home. We try not to have to plan our RV equipment loading based on any particular destination ... so that we can change/add destinations and activities while on the road. For instance, we always carry cold weather air bubble insulation blankets for all the windows all the time even during summer travel - while also always carrying a 12 volt system extension cord for our portable Fantastic fan so we can have it blowing on us when sitting outside under the awning drycamping in hot weather.

However one way RV weight can become a little dicey for us is when we load up the interior floors with rocks so we can't sit in the dinette or get through to the bathroom - the chassis can handle the weight - but we can't handle the "volume". ;)