Do you know how much you carry in your motorhome?

[RichardHelen262]

Today for the first time in just over 3 years we have just emptied everything out of the motorhome into the dining room in the house, now there is no room to move in the dining room, I just cannot believe how much stuff we have been carrying around with us.

 

[edina]

Today for the first time in just over 3 years we have just emptied everything out of the motorhome into the dining room in the house, now there is no room to move in the dining room, I just cannot believe how much stuff we have been carrying around with us.

The frightening thing when we did similar, was how much of it we never used

 

[trevskoda]

Apart from some bedding mine is almost void of cr-p.

 

[delicagirl]

now would be a good time to weigh the van, then weigh what you want to return to the van so that you know you will be within payload....

 

[jagmanx]

I emptied mine

And there was this woman who said she was my Wife !
But she was in the Co-pilot seat.

:wacko::lol-061::scared: if she she sees this

Read John O'Farrells book "the man who forgot his wife !"

 

[jagmanx]

Except

Apart from some bedding mine is almost void of cr-p.

The laptop running in LINUX
:lol-053::lol-053::lol-053::lol-053:

 

[Wooie1958]

Yes, i take everything out once a year to sort through then reload and straighten everything up and see if anything needs getting rid of :hammer:

I always pick a good dry day and use the large patio so i can spread the items out which is next to the motorhome :dance:

If the weather gods allow i do this on MOT day so the motorhome get tested as light as possible otherwise i just drop the water and empty the rear garage.

Re the problem with the dining room ........................................................... move house and get one with a bigger dining room :idea:

 

[yorkieowl]

I did this at beginning of year, amazing amount of cr*p taken out, and a load of my clothes, which won't fit in my wardrobe at home. :sad: No before you say it, I won't get rid. Only thing this year, when hubby wants anything when out in van, I've kept saying 'I've taken that out', serves him right for moaning I carry everything - including the kitchen sink lol.

 

[WellWornTraveller]

Today for the first time in just over 3 years we have just emptied everything out of the motorhome into the dining room in the house, now there is no room to move in the dining room, I just cannot believe how much stuff we have been carrying around with us.

It is a good idea to do this, only put back what you have used in the last year. It can save a hell of a lot of space.

Bernie

 

[trevskoda]

now would be a good time to weigh the van, then weigh what you want to return to the van so that you know you will be within payload....

I can carry over two ton in mine but the wife is not that heavy as yet.:scared:

 

[wildebus]

Yes, i take everything out once a year to sort through then reload and straighten everything up and see if anything needs getting rid of :hammer:

I always pick a good dry day and use the large patio so i can spread the items out which is next to the motorhome :dance:

If the weather gods allow i do this on MOT day so the motorhome get tested as light as possible otherwise i just drop the water and empty the rear garage.

Re the problem with the dining room ........................................................... move house and get one with a bigger dining room :idea:

Curious .... Why?

 

[Wooie1958]

Curious .... Why?

Because the handbrakes on ALKO chassis motorhomes are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

It is the only thing that my motorhome has ever failed on from new, twice, once at 3 years old and again at 5 years old :scared:

I have the original ALKO paperwork from new and it only just met the required efficiency then by 3% :mad2:

By making the motorhome as light as possible the bloody thing has less weight to try and hold on test.

 

[Canalsman]

Because the handbrakes on ALKO chassis motorhomes are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

It is the only thing that my motorhome has ever failed on from new, twice, once at 3 years old and again at 5 years old :scared:

I have the original ALKO paperwork from new and it only just met the required efficiency then by 3% :mad2:

By making the motorhome as light as possible the bloody thing has less weight to try and hold on test.

Agreed ...

A nightmare to get working with any degree of efficiency!

 

[maingate]

It's a well known fact that the handbrake design on an AlKo chassis is based on that of a 4th Century Roman farm cart.

 

[yorkslass]

Today for the first time in just over 3 years we have just emptied everything out of the motorhome into the dining room in the house, now there is no room to move in the dining room, I just cannot believe how much stuff we have been carrying around with us.

I can.

DVDs that are seldom watched, loads of cables (i don't ask), some travel and bird books (mine),pamphlets that I pick up from tourist info. Can't bear to throw them away cos if we revisit I will need them again won't i, that's my excuse.
I have cleared out the tin cupoard (emergency meals) but it seems to have filled itself up again.Don't carry loads of clothes appart from my stash of undies, more in the van than the house sometimes. Always spare shoes and not forgetting TOOLS.

 

[delicagirl]

It's a well known fact that the handbrake design on an AlKo chassis is based on that of a 4th Century Roman farm cart.

buffalo elephant or cow driven cart?

Each animal must have had its own rating for Roman MOTS ?

 

[Clunegapyears]

Food ingredients!

We have also just emptied the van. Clothes books etc are regularly gone through. But food items seemed to multiply - I cannot bear to throw food out.
Far too many recipes that use the ingredients just once.
Far too many tins and packets of things that seemed a good idea at the time.
Far too many variations and pulses and grains for variety.
They are all now in the new house and meals are being generated around using them up. Pomegranate molasses, sumac, pumpkin oil, bulgar wheat, truffle oil anyone?

 

[peter palance]

sorry

Apart from some bedding mine is almost void of cr-p.

sorry trev you, are staying at home then, keep looking behind, eh, its following,you,pj

 

[RichardHelen262]

Because the handbrakes on ALKO chassis motorhomes are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

It is the only thing that my motorhome has ever failed on from new, twice, once at 3 years old and again at 5 years old :scared:

I have the original ALKO paperwork from new and it only just met the required efficiency then by 3% :mad2:

By making the motorhome as light as possible the bloody thing has less weight to try and hold on test.

I can understand this if it was tested on the road on a incline, but on a flat garage floor with a rolling road I wouldn’t think it will make any difference as to how heavy it is

 

[Wooie1958]

I can understand this if it was tested on the road on a incline, but on a flat garage floor with a rolling road I wouldn’t think it will make any difference as to how heavy it is

Ok, several years back an MOT tester said it would help if i could lighten the vehicle when presented for MOT as it had only just passed.

He asked if i could bring it back lighter and he would test the handbrake again " unofficially " which i did.

It passed quite easily and was several % better so that`s how i now present the vehicle each year and combine it with a good sort out if i can :dance: