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29/5/2017 at 9:11am
Location: E Sussex
Outfit: pennine pathfinder
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Can't comment on the countryman, for the pathfinder, our limit is dictated by weight rather than where to pack it.
The key figures (MRO and MTPLM) should be available for the countryman
The new pathfinders have an MRO of 840kg and an MTPLM of 1000kg. Which means there is only 160kg for user payload. After adding a leisure battery, awning, 2 gas bottles, waste/water containers, kitchen crockery and other odds and ends (plus motormovers) that was it for us. Still spare room, but would exceed weight limit.
General guidance on packing is keep the weight over the axle, but you are more limited in a folding camper. We put the awning in the seat lockers, waste/water bottles in the space in the middle, and folding chairs/tables between the fridge and the wardrobe. With the gas and other stuff in the front locker we get a nose weight of about 65kg, which is spot on for us.
So checking the noseweight is probably the most important thing after deciding on how to pack. I just built a wooden post (the height of our cars towbar) and put in on some bathroom scales to measure ours. Don't need a fancy tool for that.
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03/6/2017 at 6:51pm
Location: Essex
Outfit: Conway Countryman
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We put inside: awning, poles, ground pegs, ground sheet, curtains, middle inner tent (in the seats), crockery, loo rolls, kitchen rolls, saucepans etc (in the cupboards), step, 3 duvulays and portaloo (in the gangway), table, chairs, waste and water containers (on the 'roof' under the tarp). The sleeping pods and most of the camper curtains stay attached.
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