Do you know the maximum cargo capacity, in pounds, of your vehicle?
As a result of this move process I found that my little Rav4 is rated to 1,000lbs of cargo (including the driver and any accessories).
1,000lbs sounds like a lot right? If you are talking tents and socks, then yes.
However, I found I could easily overload my car if I put all of my ammo in it at once. It would be a rare situation when I'd be hauling my entire stock of ammo at once, but consider 6 or 7 cans of ammo, some water, some propane tanks, food and then the family. Again, it would quickly drive the total weight past the upper limit (and that's before you'd consider a roof-rack, trailer, etc.)
So I resorted to using a bathroom scale to measure out how much weight I was actually putting into the vehicle and planned accordingly.
All the basement warriors talk about "bugging out" but I wonder how many have considered this little detail?
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