Loading to equalize left/right weight

**ajg617** · 01-07-2022, 12:29 PM

On the weight and balance paperwork, the port side with the refrig is about 600 lbs heavier than the starboard side. Guess I expected that. Just wondering what folks do to try an equalize weight (or if you even try) since most of the cabinetry and pantry is on the heavier side? Not many options opposite except to put stuff under the dinette table or in the storage bay on that side.
Thanks,
John & Robin

**Hoopy Frood** · 01-07-2022, 01:03 PM

Honestly, I don't worry about it. You can't move enough stuff around to do any real changes in distribution. To me, it is what it is.

**MoonShadow_1911** · 01-07-2022, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by ajg617

On the weight and balance paperwork, the port side with the refrig is about 600 lbs heavier than the starboard side. Guess I expected that. Just wondering what folks do to try an equalize weight (or if you even try) since most of the cabinetry and pantry is on the heavier side? Not many options opposite except to put stuff under the dinette table or in the storage bay on that side.
Thanks,
John & Robin

I have up trying to equalizer the weight. I am weight conscience, but there was no way I could get the left side of my 320MKS to come close to the right side.

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**Second Chance** · 01-07-2022, 03:32 PM

This isn't unusual. The street side of our 2016 Reflection 337 was about 700 lbs. heavier than the curb side (same floor plan as the Solitude 310GK). We have replaced the dinette chairs in our 310GK with storage ottomans since the pantry in the 310GK is half the size of that in the 337. The three benefits of this are 1) the extra storage space, 2) they're more comfortable to sit on than the dinette chairs, and 3) it unclutters that corner and provides an unobstructed view out of the windows.

We also keep the 12-packs of ginger ale and Fresca under the dinette table along with the bricks of soy milk to make yogurt. This winter, Laura insisted on getting an air purifier (like we need ONE more thing in the RV!), so that will bungee to the dinette table supports on the wall on travel days, too.

Rob

Oh/PS: my tools and the heavy stuff are on the curb side in the basement (and the batteries and W/D are on that side, too).

**ajg617** · 01-07-2022, 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by Second Chance

We also keep the 12-packs of ginger ale and Fresca under the dinette table along with the bricks of soy milk to make yogurt. This winter, Laura insisted on getting an air purifier (like we need ONE more thing in the RV!), so that will bungee to the dinette table supports on the wall on travel days, too.

Rob

Oh/PS: my tools and the heavy stuff are on the curb side in the basement (and the batteries and W/D are on that side, too).

Well, I drink bottled water even at home so will probably carry some as well as - yes - ginger ale. But if we get as far as Nampa, there is a great winery in Treasure Valley that makes a wonderful Huckleberry Riesling