Blowing out water lines?
We camping over Easter for the First trip of the season. Went to Arrowhead County Park in Neola Iowa and had a great weekend. When we got ready to leave and not knowing when we were going to go camp...
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First a disclaimer as this is only my opinion and not intended to get anyone's shorts in a knot if they don't agree. :W
If one finds that emptying the water heater tank (6 to 10 gals) and a partially filled fresh water holding tank (say 10 to 15 gals) before towing is enough to make a difference when towing then IMO they're already towing way to close (or perhaps over) the limits of their vehicle. After all, we're talking perhaps 200 lbs of water and even for a trailer weighing a mere 4000 lbs that 200 lbs only represents 5% of the trailer's overall gross weight. In my case, I do tow within capacity of the vehicle and after an initial sanitizing in the spring (which I'm about to do today) I fill the water heater tank, half fill the fresh water tank, pressurize the trailer's water system, and leave it that way for the entire season, only fully purging it of water during my winterizing process. IMO there's just no reason not to and doing so allows us to use the system anywhere we want at any time, whether actually camping or not.
If one finds that emptying the water heater tank (6 to 10 gals) and a partially filled fresh water holding tank (say 10 to 15 gals) before towing is enough to make a difference when towing then IMO they're already towing way to close (or perhaps over) the limits of their vehicle. After all, we're talking perhaps 200 lbs of water and even for a trailer weighing a mere 4000 lbs that 200 lbs only represents 5% of the trailer's overall gross weight. In my case, I do tow within capacity of the vehicle and after an initial sanitizing in the spring (which I'm about to do today) I fill the water heater tank, half fill the fresh water tank, pressurize the trailer's water system, and leave it that way for the entire season, only fully purging it of water during my winterizing process. IMO there's just no reason not to and doing so allows us to use the system anywhere we want at any time, whether actually camping or not.
