Getting camper ready for Spring Camping
So I am getting a used camper tomorrow (1998 Lance Squire 8000) What things do I need to do to get it ready for camping? Basically what things do you all do when getting your campers out of winter ...
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Wolfman,
We add the water treatment because the Lance manual says to do so. Microbes have a harder time forming in the holding tanks if the blue juice is added. It also breaks down the solid waste faster than bumpy roads do. 8<{
I go round and round about how much water to take. It really all depends on a lot of factors.
What are chances that you will have GOOD potable water once you arrive at your destination or along the way near your destination? From my experience, the water available in Death Valley is not very good.
Our well produces some of the best water I've ever tasted, next to New York City's domestic water, so that also weighs on me to get it right. Eau de old rubber hose need not apply.
My first instinct is to NOT haul a lot of water around if you don't need it. For the first 10 yrs. or so of TC-ing, we took only what would get us there to lower the GVW. Sometimes that water source was not available and it was a scuffle to water-up. This came out of our backpacking background. We also take a water thief along, although I've never had to use it.
If we KNOW that good water will be available (you'll be the judge on 'good'), we take only enough for getting through a couple dishwashings, cleanups and a few flushes unless we are planning on a quick shower, in which case, fill-er-up. Remember though, we take six, heavy duty one gallon jugs with the good well water in them stored in a cabinet on the floor level. Tried milk jugs with a leaky result. So, the water situation varies from trip to trip, day to day when on the road. You develop a 'feel' for when you need to add water looking at your GPS/Maps/familiararity with area. We also store a couple dozen, 16 oz. waters in the fender wells behind those little doors near the floor on both sides and some in the truck cab. Weight is down low.
regards, as always, jefe
We add the water treatment because the Lance manual says to do so. Microbes have a harder time forming in the holding tanks if the blue juice is added. It also breaks down the solid waste faster than bumpy roads do. 8<{
I go round and round about how much water to take. It really all depends on a lot of factors.
What are chances that you will have GOOD potable water once you arrive at your destination or along the way near your destination? From my experience, the water available in Death Valley is not very good.
Our well produces some of the best water I've ever tasted, next to New York City's domestic water, so that also weighs on me to get it right. Eau de old rubber hose need not apply.
My first instinct is to NOT haul a lot of water around if you don't need it. For the first 10 yrs. or so of TC-ing, we took only what would get us there to lower the GVW. Sometimes that water source was not available and it was a scuffle to water-up. This came out of our backpacking background. We also take a water thief along, although I've never had to use it.
If we KNOW that good water will be available (you'll be the judge on 'good'), we take only enough for getting through a couple dishwashings, cleanups and a few flushes unless we are planning on a quick shower, in which case, fill-er-up. Remember though, we take six, heavy duty one gallon jugs with the good well water in them stored in a cabinet on the floor level. Tried milk jugs with a leaky result. So, the water situation varies from trip to trip, day to day when on the road. You develop a 'feel' for when you need to add water looking at your GPS/Maps/familiararity with area. We also store a couple dozen, 16 oz. waters in the fender wells behind those little doors near the floor on both sides and some in the truck cab. Weight is down low.
regards, as always, jefe
