Recommended Dry-Camping Mods to a Small TT
Thanks everyone for their thoughtful and informative posts on the site...I've enjoyed and benefited from them immensely! I'd greatly appreciate your thoughts regarding the following: We're loo...
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Regarding drycamping in general, if you want to kindof "be ready for anything at any time" when out and about with your TT you can't have too much capacity in anything - just more than you can afford or fit.
I've seen comments in many drycamping threads regarding grey water tank capacity. Remember that if your TT has a black water tank (as opposed to a casette toilet), then you can extend your grey water storage capacity camping time merely by off-loading your grey water into your black water tank. We do this all the time in our Class C motorhome. We dump grey water down our toilet to free up room in our grey water tank.
Two batteries are always good. More propane is especially good because it's a bit of a nuisance to refill on trips. In case of inclement weather, why go home due to dead batteries when a small quiet generator could keep you out of trouble. Carry as much fresh water as possible aboard at all times. If you want some solar capacity for sunny days, make it portable solar that can be placed away from your TT in the sun while the TT is in the shade.
Another factor many with small TTs may not be aware of: Consider putting tires on the TT that are larger diameter than what most likely came on it. Larger diameter tires wear better and are more blowout proof because they generate less internal heat (less revolutions per mile) when going down the road with any given weight TT - this is especially important when traveling in hot weather. I know from (a bad) experience on this.
Good luck - keep us posted as/if you modify your rig for better drycamping!
I've seen comments in many drycamping threads regarding grey water tank capacity. Remember that if your TT has a black water tank (as opposed to a casette toilet), then you can extend your grey water storage capacity camping time merely by off-loading your grey water into your black water tank. We do this all the time in our Class C motorhome. We dump grey water down our toilet to free up room in our grey water tank.
Two batteries are always good. More propane is especially good because it's a bit of a nuisance to refill on trips. In case of inclement weather, why go home due to dead batteries when a small quiet generator could keep you out of trouble. Carry as much fresh water as possible aboard at all times. If you want some solar capacity for sunny days, make it portable solar that can be placed away from your TT in the sun while the TT is in the shade.
Another factor many with small TTs may not be aware of: Consider putting tires on the TT that are larger diameter than what most likely came on it. Larger diameter tires wear better and are more blowout proof because they generate less internal heat (less revolutions per mile) when going down the road with any given weight TT - this is especially important when traveling in hot weather. I know from (a bad) experience on this.
Good luck - keep us posted as/if you modify your rig for better drycamping!
