bobm253 wrote:
i travel with a full water tank and empty holding tanks and have an additional supply (8 gals) of drinking water from home filtered tap. Always have.
Same here.
I use the same rule for our other tanks as I do for the main gasoline tank:
1) Travel with the main gasoline tank on at least the upper half.
2) Travel with the fresh water tank on at least the upper half.
3) Travel with the grey water tank on at least the lower half.
4) Travel with the black water tank on at least the lower half.
5) Travel with the propane tank on at least the upper half.
I try to keep the RV in the driveway at home under the same conditions. One never knows what to be prepared for.
We carry some spare fresh water, some spare gasoline, and some spare small propane bottles, too, when traveling. We purchased a motorhome specifically on a heavy duty chassis so that - for all practical purposes relative to our traveling style - it doesn't matter how much additional weight over the base weight we carry when traveling.