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lawnspecialties's avatar
Jul 13, 2015

Why

Two things that keep coming to mind in my camping years.

1. Why do they continue to put the outside shower on the back side of the camper? Most folks use it to wash off their feet. Then we have to walk back around to the other side to go inside and we get our wet feet dirty.

2. Who designs the waste tank setups? 42 gallons for black water? Really? But only 42 gallons of grey water? Not to mention our toy hauler holds 110 gallons of freshwater. Where do they think we use the other 26 gallons? Watering the grass?

27 Replies

  • Mine is on the drivers side toward the front so the water runs toward the neighbors party side. :)
  • I would want a spigot more than a shower. Just to rinse my hands once in a while.
  • They put the outside shower where the bathroom is. that is to save space, and piping. Some TTs have showers on the end, because that is where the bathroom is.
    We hook up a hose outside the door to rinse our feet off before we go into the TT. The awning matt prevents a puddle
  • The other 26 gallons is for that outside shower. My Outback, has a camp kitchen with the option to attach any kind os sprayer to use as an outside shower. I think it just depends on the camper model.
  • 1. wear sandals
    2. they have to compromise on space vs. functionality.
  • 1). I don't want a puddle by my door.
    2). I don't think the engineers can guess how much fluids I need to dispose of. Some weekends we go through a lot of kids and adult beverages.
  • If you are dry camping then you need to drink a lot of water. Plus cleaning all those dirty feet should use up the extra water. :)

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