Bringing lots of water?

Thanks for the replies everyone,

We're going camping on Padre Island National Seashore, right on the beach. Six people when we're all there, and about six nights total. Camping on the beach requires copious amount of sunscreen and bug spray... kinda yucky when crawling into bed without washing.

Sounds like 5 gal buckets is the way to go. Easy to pour into the camper tank, and I can fill them with gray water and dump everything on the way out. Black water shouldn't get full... you don't have to use it so long as you bury your waste.

Thanks!

s10texan

I use a food grade 55 gal drum with a bung adapter with a 3/4 spigot. Position the barrel in the bed up against the cab with the bungs vertical to each other. Open the top one to vent. Run a hose from the spigot to the water fill and let gravity do the work.

Do you get a good enough seal on the buckets to not lose water during transport? How do you plan to get the water transferred to your RV? Which containers would make that easier and also allow you to run and get more water if necessary? If you are going to use a water pump to get the water into your RV, it would probably be less hassle with the larger tank. If you are manually transferring, it probably doesn't make much difference since you would be filling a smaller container from the large one anyway to pour it in the RV.

Would you ever be in this position of needing added water in the future and which method would be easier for you to store for future use? The large tank would definitely take up more room than 13 nested buckets.

The 5 gal buckets work well and they are easily moved around to convenient places and when empty you can stack them inside each other for some space saving.
They do take up alot of space unless you can secure them double stacked.

Just keep in mind that 65 gallons of water will weigh over 550 lbs without factoring in the weight of the container(s).

This works big against the payload of your 3/4 ton truck...

How do you plan to dispose of the waste water?

Why? Most people are capable of getting buy with way less for a weekend or more. How long and how many people are you planning on???

If you buy the big tank, you need a plan for emptying it.

H