by CaleyAnn » Sat Jun 23, 2018 12:37 pm
Hank, Yes, I tend to take the bull by the horns, and wrestle the darn thing into submission.
I did a weight check. The trailer now is about 675#, leaving me just 325#. After eliminating stuff not absolutely essential, I got the load down to 230#. But that does not include food, water (10 gal) and fuel (5 gal). So I astill have a weight problem. Like I said previously, I can probably skim on these, and after setting camp up, go into town to load up on those items to last me for the remainder of my camping stay. I am guessing that this probably is how some people with weight limitations handle the problem. As it is I will be over 1000#, if I include my own body, but I cannot get around that.
Back in 2003 I drove accross the country twice with my Honda CRV, with much larger trailer fully loaded, probably in the range of 1500+#, and things went fine, probably because I kept my speed down, and did not push the hills. My biggest problem I discovered was going up very steep grades. I don't know how steep California State Route 62 is in certain spots, but my car and trailer definitely slowed down to a crawl like some fully loaded big rigs do. I'll just have to play things by ear, and hope I plan well enough to avoid places with long steep grades. Caley Ann
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