loading and unloading supplies

[rode2nowhere]

I just wondered how most of you carry your supplies to and from camper, my wife takes a lot of stuff and thens wants it out of trailer when we return home, and its about 40 feet to the trailer from house,,,,,,any suggestions appreciated

[CavemanCharlie]

I leave everything inside. Why take it out???? I do remove it in the winter to keep it from freezing. I keep all the canned food in a small tote to make this easier.

[Sondy132001]

I bought separate items for our trailer that I store in snap & lock bins and keep them stored in our trailer, the only thing I will remove is the excess food (if not in a can) and our clothes (made a removable hamper that we just take with us when we're done).

The items I store on the TT I bought off craigslist or ebay or amazon, so really no clearing out the trailer for us.

[GaryWT]

Wow, lots of work for some of you. To the OP, what exactly are you bringing in? When we get home we park and plug in. At some point we grab the laundry basket and wash the clothes and towels which get returned to the trailer when done. We bring in the meds and the iPads. We grab food during the week if we need something. When we shop, we bring the food for the trailer right out in the bags it comes home from and we are ready to go. Trailer never sites long as we camp 3 of 4 weekends some of which are 3 day weekends. End of Oct we empty food, toiletries and paper goods.

[RSD559]

Note: We don't pack anything from Camping World we order online, because it hasn't arrived yet!

Amen or ditto or however you want to say that I whole heartedly agree!

[BubbaChris]

I have some rolling shelving units that I'm supposed to empty one and use to shuttle our gear. Until then...

Mostly use 2-3 laundry baskets. Our toiletries and pantry items need to come in because of the desert heat in-between trips. Some of that stuff has just been migrated from garage storage to in-home locations for the same reason.

Our laundry and used water bottles each have collapsible hampers that are kept in the shower mid-trip.

[rode2nowhere]

Bisker wrote:
Trailer is in storage lot, truck is about 80 YARDS from the front door... four wheel wagon to load the following:

propane tank, propane fire pit, propane fryer, ice cooler filled with food, laundry sack with clothes, grocery bags with more food than we will eat, misc. stuff we bought at Camping World or Walmart, anything else my DW thinks we need but probably won't use.

Note: We don't pack anything from Camping World we order online, because it hasn't arrived yet!

that's what I have thinking too, wagon....

[Bisker]

Trailer is in storage lot, truck is about 80 YARDS from the front door... four wheel wagon to load the following:

propane tank, propane fire pit, propane fryer, ice cooler filled with food, laundry sack with clothes, grocery bags with more food than we will eat, misc. stuff we bought at Camping World or Walmart, anything else my DW thinks we need but probably won't use.

Note: We don't pack anything from Camping World we order online, because it hasn't arrived yet!

[rbpru]

If it does not spoil or go stale it stays in the TT until the end of the season.

The stuff that will spoil or go stale is placed in a tub on the tailgate of the TV and backed into the garage where it can be brought into the house and unloaded into the refrigerator or pantry.

Likewise then it is time to go, we raid the frig and pantry and load it into the TT.

If it will last in the home pantry for several weeks it will last in the TT.

[hawkeye-08]

We park the trailer near porch/deck so we can walk in without any steps. It makes the multiple trips back and forth easier. We leave most stuff in for the season so don't need to park next to the deck every time.

[4X4Dodger]

I put things in plastic storage containers and then step on a scale as I go out the door to weigh the contents. This gives me a very accurate idea of how much I have loaded. (I have never gotten anywhere near the max and usually only load less than 400 lbs of stuff...)

I keep my trailer empty as I dont use it for quick weekend trips but only for much longer multi thousand mile jaunts. Soon I will pack it up and head out for good.

[rode2nowhere]

goin to Walmart and see what they have......

[Opie431]

I have several Rubbermaid boxes that sit in the back of the truck while we are camping. On the last day they come into the trailer and I fill them up as my husband does other things.
We seldom camp for less than ten days. We have the trailer fully stocked so there is not much to take in after the refrigerator is empty and clean.
When we get home he carries them in and I put things away.
The first aid kit and medicine both go in.
Dirty clothes and sheets go into extra pillow cases to be carried in.
If I take anything in it is listed on the list I keep in the pantry so I remember to replace it.

[2012Coleman]

Laundry basket for clothing/bedding and those reusable grocery bags for food.

[hokeypokey]

I fill plastic baskets with handles by looking at my "camp list" and if I ever lose my list, then I'm in big trouble ! The whole loading process doesn't take long at all. Necessities: phone, medicine, glasses and money.

[summerhouse]

The only thing we take back and forth between RV and house is meds, cosmetics, DH's computer, DW's iPad, misc clothes and the perishables from the fridge and cupboard. We keep the fridge in the RV on and stocked with essentials ( mustard, ketchup, A1, etc) but I always am moving milk, coffee creamer, salad dressings and similar. Also bread, cereal, bagels, etc. there is always clothing items that move back and forth as well, even though quite a few items stay in the RV. We keep separate shampoos, body wash, laundry detergent, etc. in the RV all season long. We have a Keurig for the RV and I keep a couple boxes of kcups, lots of teabags, several favors of Crystal light and Minute Maid squirt flavorings, and a Btita water pitcher on board. In the summer, the RV fridge becomes DH's beer cooler, so those refreshments are perpetually stocked and at the ready.
It takes about two hours from 'wake-up' to 'pull-out time'.
I have 2 large Thirty-One brand totes that I use for transferring. Easy to carry and loads a bunch!
DH carries one out while I load the second!