Carrying extra water for boondocking
We still haven't decided on a trailer yet. I'm leaning towards a Grand Design Momentum toy hauler 351M. It carries 157 gal of water. We have 3 kids and 2 adults. Because of my psoriasis, I need at ...
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rk911 wrote:
157-gal of fresh water? are you sure that's not the combined totals for the fresh, gray and black tanks? 157-gal of water would be 1256-lbs.
water is 8-lbs per gallon which translates to 800-lbs plus the weight of whatever it's carried in in the bed of your truck. watch your weights on the truck both the gvwr and what your truck weighs with people, stuff, gas and the extra water on board. and the gcwr, the amount of weight the truck can pull including itself.
Well the F450 is rated to carry 5410 lbs in the bed. I figure if the trailer is 16k lbs gvw, 25% of that is 4000 lbs. So I should be ok. But you're right. I'm still going to have to watch it carefully so we're not overweight.
And yes, the GD Momentum is 157 fresh water only. Amazing. Heck the DRV's carry 100 gal fresh water.
