Holding Tanks Size, what to look for?

turtypointbuck wrote:
Hello all,
I am on the hunt for my first TT or fiver. One thing I have found is the huge variation in holding tank sizes.
eg.
Cross Roads Sunset Trail Lite
Fresh 40
Gray 26
Black 26

Cross Roads Sunset Trail Reserve
Fresh 40
Black 40
Gray 80

Our trailer (Keystone Hideout) is similar to the Reserve and is listed at:

Fresh Water 60
Waste Water 38
Gray Water 76

What the specs don't mention is that we have 2 grey tanks, one for the sinks and one for the shower. I am looking to see how difficult it would be to plumb the two greys together because we rarely use our shower. Our grey tank for the sinks is the one that fills the quickest, then the black. When we bought the trailer, I assumed that the second grey tank was for the bathroom sink and shower. That wasn't correct; the shower has its own tank and the two sinks are plumbed into the other tank.

We've never used all the fresh water, so I have stopped filling it to the brim when we dry camp. I figure that I can always add 5-10 gallons pretty easily with our water jugs if we empty the fresh water tank.

My recommendation would be to get the biggest tanks you can so you don't limit where you go and how you camp. The competition for camping spots is continually increasing because far more trailers are being sold than camping spots are being built. This is going to force people to boondock or camp in non-serviced sites.

My ranking for tank size importance would be:
1) Sink grey tank
2) Black tank
3) Shower grey tank
4) Fresh water tank

That ranking may look a little goofy, but we find it is easiest to both get and carry fresh water if we need more. Dealing with black and grey water is not as pleasant so we try not to do it. Also, lots of places will even have a honey pumper that will suck out your tanks if they don't have sewer.

We don't carry a blue tote because between the dogs, bikes, kayaks, fishing equipment, golf clubs, chairs, etc, etc, we just don't have the room.