Ridiculously extreme boondocking tips
If you have both unlimited power and water, stop reading -- you don’t need these tips. And if you are still reading, you already know the obvious things -- switch to LED lights, use paper plates ...
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profdan, you are a thinker. You do draw the usage line at the extreme.
With our XTC Lance Lite we have used many of your suggestions before. A few more xtreme tips:
1. Use a plastic tub in the sink for washing the silver and pots. It doesn't take much water even though the bio degradable soap does not make many suds. Rinse items in a bundle right into the dishwater and dispose of outside to save grey water space.
2. With our small bathroom, I do a classic s---, shave, and shower all at the same time, sitting on the pot, using a milspec amount of water. (fast wet/soap/fast rinse) The tub that resides in the sink? It goes on the floor in the bathroom and I put my feet in it to catch most of the runoff. Another savings in the grey department. With only an 18 gallon fresh water tank this style a big plus.
3. Take as little as you can get away with. There is a wide spectrum here as Jeanie wants to have a full gourmet kitchen and I want just one each of what we need to subsist.
4. Only store as much water in the fresh water tank as you think you will need, plus a bit more. Hauling all that extra weight around.
5. If you are really boondocking, have an external shower, and want a shower with more elbow room try a pop-up shower enclosure. Ours takes almost no space and is capacious compared to the tiny bathroom in the TC. We use the plastic astro turf welcome mat for the TC steps as a floor.
6. We have a rear cabinet on he floor level that will hold six, one-gallon bottles of water. We fill these at home (we have great tasting well water) and use them for cooking. We store 16 oz plastic bottles of water behind the little doors at the front on the floor. I can get 40 or more jugs stored in there, down low in front of the fender well.
7. I keep a small open plastic tray/container on the seat around the table to store my keys, wallet, camera, money clip, sunglasses, etc. and a larger one to hold my computer, I-pad GPS, maps, a few water bottles for easy access.
That's enough for now. I'm sure I can come up with some more, maybe not as totally wild and crazy as ProfDan, but useful nonetheless.
regards, as always, jefe
With our XTC Lance Lite we have used many of your suggestions before. A few more xtreme tips:
1. Use a plastic tub in the sink for washing the silver and pots. It doesn't take much water even though the bio degradable soap does not make many suds. Rinse items in a bundle right into the dishwater and dispose of outside to save grey water space.
2. With our small bathroom, I do a classic s---, shave, and shower all at the same time, sitting on the pot, using a milspec amount of water. (fast wet/soap/fast rinse) The tub that resides in the sink? It goes on the floor in the bathroom and I put my feet in it to catch most of the runoff. Another savings in the grey department. With only an 18 gallon fresh water tank this style a big plus.
3. Take as little as you can get away with. There is a wide spectrum here as Jeanie wants to have a full gourmet kitchen and I want just one each of what we need to subsist.
4. Only store as much water in the fresh water tank as you think you will need, plus a bit more. Hauling all that extra weight around.
5. If you are really boondocking, have an external shower, and want a shower with more elbow room try a pop-up shower enclosure. Ours takes almost no space and is capacious compared to the tiny bathroom in the TC. We use the plastic astro turf welcome mat for the TC steps as a floor.
6. We have a rear cabinet on he floor level that will hold six, one-gallon bottles of water. We fill these at home (we have great tasting well water) and use them for cooking. We store 16 oz plastic bottles of water behind the little doors at the front on the floor. I can get 40 or more jugs stored in there, down low in front of the fender well.
7. I keep a small open plastic tray/container on the seat around the table to store my keys, wallet, camera, money clip, sunglasses, etc. and a larger one to hold my computer, I-pad GPS, maps, a few water bottles for easy access.
That's enough for now. I'm sure I can come up with some more, maybe not as totally wild and crazy as ProfDan, but useful nonetheless.
regards, as always, jefe
