We really need to thin out

[JiminDenver]

Yesterday we took the trailer in to the shop to deal with the hail damage. They said to only take out the good stuff but considering the insurance may total it, we emptied it. What started out being a few boxes of our roughing it gear four seasons ago now covers half the floor in a two car garage.

There are the things we use, the things we take in case, the things we use to use roughing it and the things we would have used in campgrounds with hook ups. Just getting rid of the last two will free up a lot of room but it wont last. I can't go out to the trailer without honey handing me a bag, a box or something to take with me. We will be back up to full capacity in no time. lol

[missourijan]

We have been fulltime for over 8 years. After the first year I discovered that we packed 8 long sleeve sweaters for DH. 8!? We purged quite a bit. We've purchased 2 new rv's since then and it takes us 3 days to move into the new one. We have a policy that when you buy new shoes or clothing, the same amount has to go to Goodwill. That has worked pretty well. We have cabinets that are only 1/2 full. We just sold our portable surge protector that we have carried for over 2 years (built in on the new rv), there goes another 3 lbs!

[JiminDenver]

Thank you Roy. We are told it will likely be totaled, the loan paid off and we will get a few grand on top. They may sell it back to us for under a grand and other than the dimples, I can fix the rest. In the end we will have a paid off 3 year old trailer with some dimples. I'll scrap it when we are done with it and use the 8 grand we saved as a down payment on the up grade.

My plan is to shelve some of the plan A items (hard sided tent) and plan C items ( full hook ups) because it's rarely moderate enough for A and C requires us to be in a campground. We have done both and really prefer plan B which is out in the boonies with no noise or neighbors and enough solar to be comfortable but not unlimited. It's kind of the best of A and C without the downsides.

Now I just have to convince Honey that we can leave some of it home. Hates the packing, set up and tear down but loves the what if we need it someday.

[RoyB]

Sorry to hear of the damage from the hail storms... Seems like the size of the hail keeps getting and bigger with out current climate changes.

I too go over-board with all the things in my trailers. I call them PLAN B items haha... I am just thankful I have to room for them... It is amazing what so called supplies I can carry between the bed of my truck and the front deck on my OFF-ROAD Camper trailer.

The wife calls them other names... Of course the one time we need them she is all smiles...

Roy Ken

[Campfire_Time]

When we bought our current HTT last year I thought it would take a 1/2 hour to empty out our old 17 ft HTT. It tool over an hour and we also could not believe how much junk we put in that small trailer over the 10 years we had it. A lot of we simply never used. Only about half went into the new trailer.

Its sort of funny when people say to figure 1000# of stuff. Most of it never gets used.

[D_E_Bishop]

I'm not going to say anything bad about the buying and hoarding of "stuff" for the MoHo. I am probably as bad as the DW but the stuff I buy and hoa.., I mean store is for emergencies on the road. We all need 217 different fuses, or three empty 1 liter soda bottles for wasp traps, or a bunch of red mechanics rags/white terry bar rags and brightly colored micro fiber rags. How about 10 each of every crimp wire fitting you can find in a motorhome or 24, 1/2" PEX fittings and 7' of 1/2" pex. Rods and reels for fly fishing, bait casting, trolling and jig fishing, both stream, lake and ocean.

Come on, I don't over load on anything. I mean my grandkids might bring those old "DS" players and so they need wall warts and cigar lighter cords and USB cords for those as well as their iPODs, iPADs, phones, laptops and netbooks.

What would you do if one of your DOT lights had a bad lens, what if all of them needed replacing. That reminds me, I just installed my last sealed beam headlight, better pick up a couple.

What I can't understand is why we by a package of 500 Orchid dinner napkins for two of us on a three month trip when I could put a half case of oil in there in case I wanted to change the engine oil. I've never changed it because of the disposal laws but heck, someday I might.

No I'm OKAY.

[CavemanCharlie]

Here in MN I'm stuck inside all winter with nothing to do but, think about camping. I keep my camper in a shed on my property so I turn on a electric heater inside it and use this time to take everything out of it. Then I go through all the stuff and repack the essentials that I've learned I need. The extra stuff goes on shelves in the shed. Problem now is the shelves are all full and I have to build more.

I live out in the country at a old farm place. I have buildings crammed full of all sorts of stuff. I have a spare bedroom in my house that is so full of stuff I can't walk in there anymore.

I still have my currant events notes from high school civics class. When Jimmy Carter was president .

Someone should start a reality show called "Clean Your Junk" or something like that. Have a group of people go into a home and help the home owner have a big yard sale and bring a dumpster for what doesn't sell.

[FunnyCamper]

I am fortunate I am a person that hates more stuff 🙂

hubby is the hoarder and I do control him, cause I HAVE to or the toyhauler would be loaded to the ceiling.

less is more 🙂 setting up alot of junk is kinda fun...taking it down and packing it back up is horrible, so I am sure we don't bring tons of junk with us!

I hear ya tho. It is alot of work to haul around an entire home with ya.

[p220sigman]

That's why we call it moving instead of camping.

[D___M]

Nature abhors a vacuum, so we all live to 110% of capacity.

[JiminDenver]

That's how we sold our last boat. I had all the stuff out on the lawn so the guy could get a good look at it when he asked what do you want for the extra stuff. I told him I want you to put it back in the boat before you leave.

[Old-Biscuit]

We FT'd for 7 yrs.........by the 2nd year we had less than we started out with.
By the end of 3rd year I could open any compartment/drawer/cabinet and see everything in there without having to move anything.

1 bag in.......2 bags OUT.

It just amazed me watching weekenders set up camp site.......where or where does all that stuff come from. Reminded me of that clown car at the circus.....never ending.

[Veebyes]

I dread the day when we sell our trailer. We do not have a home to unload it at. Home is a couple airline flights away & things like generators & air compressors don't travel too well.

Somebody is going to get a trailer literally ready to go. All they will need is their own clothing & restock the perishable food.

[4aSong]

This is what we call Hoarding I believe. We all do it sometime in our life. The problem is when we need it we can never find it so off to the store we will go to buy it. :B :B