Weighing Contents Going in Travel Trailer

[Sentry]

Since I’m new to this, and have the time to do so, I’m weighing everything that will go into my trailer.

This may help someone in the future. This is what I have so far… I’ll add to and improve upon this as I go along.

Dump Station Gear 9.4 lbs
Sewer hoses, Y adapter, Elbows, 25’ Grey Hose

Power Supply Gear 9.4 lbs
30 amp cable, Surge Protector

Fresh Water Gear 5.5 lbs
25’ Water Hose, 10’ Water Hose, Water Filter, Pressure Regulator, Right Angle Connector

Cleaning station Gear .95 lbs
Spray Hose

Emergency/ Tire Change Gear 11.5 lbs
Roadside Triangles, 4 Way Lug Wrench

Bathroom Gear 3.6 lbs
Toilet Paper, Cleaners,

[grogers]

Originally Posted by Sentry

Since I’m new to this, and have the time to do so, I’m weighing everything that will go into my trailer.

This may help someone in the future. This is what I have so far… I’ll add to and improve upon this as I go along.

Dump Station Gear 9.4 lbs
Sewer hoses, Y adapter, Elbows, 25’ Grey Hose

Power Supply Gear 9.4 lbs
30 amp cable, Surge Protector

Fresh Water Gear 5.5 lbs
25’ Water Hose, 10’ Water Hose, Water Filter, Pressure Regulator, Right Angle Connector

Cleaning station Gear .95 lbs
Spray Hose

Emergency/ Tire Change Gear 11.5 lbs
Roadside Triangles, 4 Way Lug Wrench

Bathroom Gear 3.6 lbs
Toilet Paper, Cleaners,

Your list will help me develop a list......keep it coming.

[Sentry]

I will be getting back to this soon, have a lot of weights to add now.

[gurroz]

When we were new, we loaded everything we had to have, then went to a CAT Scale. This gave us our baseline weight which showed we still had 350lbs to reach maximum capacity. We then started adding things that would be nice to have and paid strict attention to the weight of those items. As time went by we started removing the items that we never used. Now we are at the point that when we are fully loaded we can visit a CAT Scale before a long trip and know we are underweight. We have learned less is more! Less weight means less stuff you have to move to get to the things you want or need.

[Sentry]

welp... I just posted all the stuff with weights etc.When I went to post it... I was logged out... I knew I should have copy pasted....

None the less, total weight so far is 288.61 lbs in total. Then with 60 gallons of water, at 500 lbs that puts me about 788 lbs.

[Sentry]

Just thought I would add this real quick... Some stuff is missing weight, added Solar Component.


Dump Station Gear 9.4 lbs
Sewer hoses
Y adapter
Elbow
25’ Grey Hose

Power Supply Gear 9.4 lbs
30 amp cable
Surge Protector
30 amp surge protector 2.5 lbs
(Wrong) Dog Bone 2 lbs
Generator Parallel Cord .8 lbs
RV Adapter Plug .6 lbs


Solar Component 169.4 lbs
Victron Lynx Distributor 4.85 lbs
Victron Solar Controller 100| 50 3.30 lbs
Victron Smart Shunt 500 Amp .85 lbs
4 Battle Born Battery 126 lbs
Solar Combiner Box 3.60 lbs
Solar Wire 10 ga 3.2 lbs
Converter 4.3 lbs (IN)
Wood for Cargo Area under bed to mount solar components. 23.30 lbs
Fresh Water Gear 5.5 lbs
25’ Water Hose
10’ Water Hose
Water Filter
Pressure Regulator
Right Angle Connector
Lead Free Regulator 1.35 lbs
Cleaning station Gear .95 lbs
Spray Hose


Emergency/ Tire Change Gear 11.5 lbs
Roadside Triangles
4 Way Lug Wrench 4.15 lbs
Air Compressor- 6.25 lbs
Fire Extinguishers 8.55 lbs

Bathroom Gear 3.6 lbs
Toilet Paper
Cleaners
Bath Towels 10.4 lbs
Exterior Trailor
Wheel Chock 3.4 lbs
X-Chock-Tire Locking Chock 10.6 lbs
Manual Cranks 2.35 lbs
Stabilizer 2.3 lbs
Mallet 1 lbs
Master Bedroom
Mattress 53 lbs
Kitchen
Kitchen Utensils 9.95Food Storage (Aluminum/Glad Bags) 4.05 lbsPots/ Pans 10.1Fire Spray 2.65
Kids Bedroom
Joeys bed- 4 lbs
Clothes
Fathers Clothes 16.55 lbsMothers Clothes 12.95 lbsAlex’s Clothes 16.5 lbsKayley’s Clothes 7.1 lbs
Games
UNO .35 lbs
Connect Four .25 lbs
Monopoly 1.65 lbsCheckers/ Tic Tac Toe 1.25 lbsChess 1.20 lbsBoggle .9 lbsApples to Apples 3.8 lbs
Miscellaneous
Remotes & Level .85 lbs
Poop Bags .7 lbs3M Hooks .6 lbsDVDs 2 lbsBungee Cords .5 lbsDamp Rid 4.8 lbsRefrigerator fan 1.1 lbs

[Sentry]

Well that didn’t copy paste well

[Sentry]

This is my present tongue weight.

[Rimfire7]

Originally Posted by gurroz

When we were new, we loaded everything we had to have, then went to a CAT Scale. This gave us our baseline weight which showed we still had 350lbs to reach maximum capacity. We then started adding things that would be nice to have and paid strict attention to the weight of those items. As time went by we started removing the items that we never used. Now we are at the point that when we are fully loaded we can visit a CAT Scale before a long trip and know we are underweight. We have learned less is more! Less weight means less stuff you have to move to get to the things you want or need.

how do you weigh just the camper on the cat scales? do you know the proper placement of the vehicle and the camper to get separate weights?