Ever run out of fresh water while boondocking?

Hi,

I don't like the taste of the water from the colapsable tanks, so I used 7.5 gallon blue totes from Wal Mart or JC Whitney. They are a little larger to store, but no after taste.

I also have a 100 gallon water tank, so showers for 2 weeks is easy for me. I did see a toyhauler with a pair of 100 gallon tanks, might be a upgrade in my future.

What I did is fill one or two tanks while out sightseeing, and bring them back only 15 gallons per day (that I would sightsee) and that did not wear me out on any one day, and if I was only going to be there 3 more days, I would not need to bring back any water. I would hang the container from my ladder, near the fresh fill with a ratching tie down, then use a syphion. It would empty the container in about 10 minutes.

One way to save water is wash the dishes in a dishpan, then use a gallon contailer to use it as flush water for the toilet. If in a larger campground, much of my shower water went into the toilet, to save grey water tank space. I have a 42 gallon grey water and incredible 59 gallon black water tank.

Some campgrounds it is possible to dump out the grey dishwater (if it is in a dishpan and you are using bio-degradable soap), but most require you to keep it on board.

I did meet a guy who put a 35 gallon fresh water tank in the back of his fifth wheel hauler truck. And a 50 gallon tank that he could fill from his macerator pump to dump the black water.

You can look at a variaty of tanks at this website. Tank-Depot.com

Probably once I am retired, I would put a 35 gallon tank in my towed vehicle, and water pump. Usually while dry camping, I am not going to be in a area that has restrictions from feeding the grey wate to the local plants. Normally I could dig a hole about 12" deep, so the water would not sit on the surface or attract bugs. Therefore no smell either.

I forgot to mention that at one campground, we had water about 150' away, and bought out the supply of drinking water hoses at the local Wal Mart to get there. So I had about 200' of hoses at one time. They are not that expensive either, and you can fill the neighbors too at the same time. Our neighbor offered to dump our grey tank once if we filled their fresh tank while we had our extended hose out. But moving my motorhome was fairly easy and we needed to buy gas anyway, so moving to the dump station was not a big deal, especially with leveling jacks.

Fred.