New trailer. Lots of questions

tdiller wrote:
Just purchased a flagstaff frbs21. We looked at different floorplans for almost 3 years and kept coming back to this one.

Spent three hours going over it at the dealer and had them showing me stuff and verifying that things worked.

Some questions come to mind of course after the fact.

1. When using campgrounds that do not have water at the site do you fill up before leaving home or does the campground have a spot to fill up when you get there? Or do you just run a long hose to fill up from the nearest water?
2. Do you ever leave one campground headed for another without emptying your black/gray tanks? We are planning a week long trip in June with stays of about 2 nights each in three different campgrounds the one in the middle looks like it will have full hookups.
3. does backing get easier? I pulled a popup for almost 20 years but this new trailer is a different beast. I have taken it out to the local college parking lot three times now to practice backing up and such.

1. I never tow with water in my tanks. I like to keep the weight down and water is heavy. If you aren't sure about water supply where you're going contact them and ask. We have never in 31 years of camping ever had an issue. Plus, we carry a couple of cases of bottled water on every trip.
2. I always empty the black and grey tanks before leaving a campground. I will make sure to run a lot of extra water into the black tank to flush it out good.
3. I find that backing is pretty much the same from a 16 foot single axle to a 27 foot dual axle. The one lesson I learned from mountain campgrounds is that 4 wheel drive can really get you out of a mess when backing into a dark, wet site on an incline or decline. Don't get in a hurry, no one gets a star sticker for backing in quickly. When in doubt get out and walk around. More than one time I did that to discover there was a tree or some other fixed object I would have backed the camper into that I didn't initially see. Never assume anything. Beach campgrounds can be really tight places to back in peak season. Here's a good instructional video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzlOfBGr1i4&t=488s