Terryallan wrote:
Slowmover wrote:
Water and propane are the two most important systems aboard an RV. Without propane RV's wouldn't exist.
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Really?? So the RVs I used for 25 years with out using ONE 20lb bottle of propane. Didn't exist?
And in truth. When we dry camp. We don't use the water system on the TT at all. Y'all can go to those nasty dump stations. I'm not. We have a water container we fill at the CG, and sit on the picnic table. We use that water to cook with, and to wash hands with.
My fresh tank has had water in it one time, and we drained it on the way home from the dealer.
You can surely do as you wish, and I won't try to stop you, I promise. But I continue to find it strange that a contingent of folks who camp in a well-equipt trailers refuse to use the trailer to it's full intended design.
We do nothing but state parks here in PA (elect. only) and have traveled across the US and back once so far, and I can't imagine how or why we wouldn't have done any of it without propane, or water in the tank. I have yet to run across a "nasty dump station" in five years (even in a state park!). Full hookups are a rare treat for us but I'm not giving up the full use of our trailer for anything. We cook over the fire, and we cook over the stove. We use the bathroom in the TT, and we use the bathroom at the campground. It's our option, but I didn't spend all the time and money NOT to use the systems in our trailer. I just don't get the reasoning behind not using the trailer you paid for.
I'm not trying to take you to task on it, I simply don't understand what the big deal is. No offense intended. We have friends who have a very nice fiver and have never had water in the FW tank. Granted, they always book full hookups at private campgrounds, but to not even know if the pump will work when you need it, or sanitze the tank for water while travelling makes no sense to me. I have countless times pulled over for someone to use the facilities on-board, and can't imagine why I shouldn't travel with water in the tank. I don't generally drink the water out of the tank, but it's nice to know it's safe to do should I need to.
You don't have to justify anything to me, but I sure don't understand what the big deal is. Each to his own, I guess.