traveling with water in tank
My husband happened to be talking to someone that said he travels with water in the tank just in case he needs to stop somewhere that doesn't have an available hookup. I can't see dragging all that ex...
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WoodGlue wrote:
Empty tankers, ask yourself the following question:
Would you travel anywhere with half a tank of gas to avoid these almost mythical "dreaded weight issues" ? The obvious and correct answer is no!
WoodGlue
Bad comparrison.
1) For starters we don't think twice about traveling with a half tank of gas. In fact the gas tank is always going to go below 1/2 before we fill up.
2) If I run out of water on the road so what? Having a few gallons to do stuff on the road is a very nice conveinience but isn't nearly as important as having gas fuel. Running out of gas would make for a very bad day. Running out of water is sort of like driving when you aren't camping.
AND- to make it even more interesting- lets say a 20 gallon gas tank and a 40 gallon water tank. that's 120 pounds versus 320 pounds...almost a 300% difference there.
