Dry Camping: Many Power Solutions. What about Waste/Water?

well, I'm a hippie, and I can go 3 - 4 weeks on 54 u.s. gallons :)

WOW, my first thoughts were, "Man, y'all are a bunch of tree hugging, water conservation, Hippies!"

Second thought after actually giving it some thought, I am impressed and can see the value in all the efforts you all put forth. I am very new to the RV world but have done my share of tent camping and ruffing it. The reason for getting the TT in the first place was so the wife could have her "luxuries" while sleeping with out a rock in her back and tree bark up her butt every time she used the bathroom (she was such a trooper and has earned her reward) and I can still enjoy my outdoors. So for me owning a TT, it is almost like I might as well be living in a mansion on the hill that I get to take with me to go fishing and sit by the campfire with a good cigar.

I honestly meant no disrespect with the hippie comment...

Ductape wrote:

64thunderbolt wrote:
Man you guys work too hard. Just buy a toy hauler with enough tank capacity to stay a week without worry. Just train the women how to take an rv shower instead of a Hollywood 1/2 hr shower.

Inquiring minds would like to know which of those two things is most difficult? Is it the buying or the training?

:B

Well, with 3 divorces under my belt I would go for the buying being the easy part. been single for 16 yrs now and it has cut down on the argueing. LOL

64thunderbolt wrote:
Man you guys work too hard. Just buy a toy hauler with enough tank capacity to stay a week without worry. Just train the women how to take an rv shower instead of a Hollywood 1/2 hr shower.

Inquiring minds would like to know which of those two things is most difficult? Is it the buying or the training?

:B

Our gray water tank is what fills up first so we do whatever we can to limit the amount of water going down the drains as much as possible. We avoid cooking anything that takes water. By conserving our fresh water supply we are also conserving our gray water tank storage capacity at the same time.

otrfun wrote:
For those that use a macerator to pump from the TT to the TV truck bed, what kind/size of auxiliary waste tank do you use?

When you dump the auxiliary waste tank at the dump station using your TV, do you gravity feed or use the macerator again?

I have a surplus ($10) 30-gallon plastic barrel. It's strapped down on a cut-down, inverted pallet (free) for transport.

It's gravity dump at the dump station. I was using an old piece of garden hose but to speed things up the barrel is getting re-worked to a 1-1/2" RV-style dump valve and 1-1/2" hose.

For those that use a macerator to pump from the TT to the TV truck bed, what kind/size of auxiliary waste tank do you use?

When you dump the auxiliary waste tank at the dump station using your TV, do you gravity feed or use the macerator again?

X10 On the conservation!

We:
take Navy showers
Never leave water running when brushing death, 4rinsing dishes etc.
Capture dish rinse water for other uses.
Use land based restrooms whenever we can.

Never have water running if at that very moment it is not doing any "work".


I am also in the process of adding auxiliary fresh & waste water tanks in the bed of my TV. I have a macerator pump to move waste into the aux waste tank and a normal RV water pump to transfer fresh water to the trailer.

With this I can make periodic trips to the nearest dump facility without moving the trailer.

I am also plumbing a filtration system between the fresh water transfer pump and the trailer fill.
If I deal that the water source is at all questionable I will fill the aux tank, add bleach, wait 24 hours then pump it through the filter (4 stage, .5 micron & UV) into the trailer tank.

Man you guys work too hard. Just buy a toy hauler with enough tank capacity to stay a week without worry. Just train the women how to take an rv shower instead of a Hollywood 1/2 hr shower.

Spare 40 gallon tank in the cab of our truck, and a 12 volt pump to transfer the water. Grey water into the trees (where permitted), and black water is the limiting factor. (Well not really, but I'd rather not deal with it, and far it has not been an issue.)