Campgrounds without sewer hook up
We went camping with our Bullet Premier 32BH for the first time during Labor Day weekend. Before the Bullet Premier we had a pop-up ( had to campgrounds facilities). We used the sewer connection at ...
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Agree with all those that say you will be limited by sticking to campgrounds with sewer hookups. While it's awfully convenient to have sewer at your site, we like to go to the campgrounds based on their location (i.e., proximity to a lake, beautiful scenery, remoteness, etc.) vs. choosing based on amenities like sewer or power.
The holding tanks on our 25 foot Spree Escape are 20 gallons of fresh, 32 gallons for black and 32 gallons for grey. The first few times "dry" camping (no water or sewer hookups) we ran out of water and filled our grey tank within 48 hours with 2 of us. Since that time, we have just learned how to adjust.
For fresh water, we try to conserve by using paper/plastic as much as possible and just washing what we have to, about 1 load of dishes a day. We also do navy showers or no showers at all if it's just a day or two (after all you are camping). When flushing the toilet, we try to conserve when it makes sense (see next sentence). If we do need more water, we carry 7 gallons in a potable water jerry can and can fill from there and if needed, fill again at the campground as long as they have potable water somewhere. We take along a 7 gallon Thermos water container with ice to start for drinking water and dog water since it's nice and cold and comes from our house so we know the quality. Also throw in some water bottles in the fridge for nice cold drinking water.
For the blank tank, start with about 5 gallons of water in the black tank and then flush minimal for #1, a little more (but not a ton) for #2. This should avoid the dreaded poo pyramid but not fill your tank too quickly. Take advantage of the campground toilets if you can or if you go sightseeing somewhere do so too.
As far as grey water, by conserving our fresh water as mentioned above, our grey tank doesn't fill too quickly.
We then find a convenient dump station (you can look at sanidumps.com or ask the ranger/camp host) as we head home and just dump on the way home. This only adds about 15 minutes to our trip home.
We can make it about 4 days with the 2 of us and a dog by following the above and haven't needed to ever hook up in the middle of a trip to go dump and we don't have a waste container. If we're going for longer, we do try to plan a night or two somewhere with full hookups.
It took some practice to get into the habit of conservation but it's worth it as we can now choose the campground based on more than just the amenities :-)
Happy Camping!
The holding tanks on our 25 foot Spree Escape are 20 gallons of fresh, 32 gallons for black and 32 gallons for grey. The first few times "dry" camping (no water or sewer hookups) we ran out of water and filled our grey tank within 48 hours with 2 of us. Since that time, we have just learned how to adjust.
For fresh water, we try to conserve by using paper/plastic as much as possible and just washing what we have to, about 1 load of dishes a day. We also do navy showers or no showers at all if it's just a day or two (after all you are camping). When flushing the toilet, we try to conserve when it makes sense (see next sentence). If we do need more water, we carry 7 gallons in a potable water jerry can and can fill from there and if needed, fill again at the campground as long as they have potable water somewhere. We take along a 7 gallon Thermos water container with ice to start for drinking water and dog water since it's nice and cold and comes from our house so we know the quality. Also throw in some water bottles in the fridge for nice cold drinking water.
For the blank tank, start with about 5 gallons of water in the black tank and then flush minimal for #1, a little more (but not a ton) for #2. This should avoid the dreaded poo pyramid but not fill your tank too quickly. Take advantage of the campground toilets if you can or if you go sightseeing somewhere do so too.
As far as grey water, by conserving our fresh water as mentioned above, our grey tank doesn't fill too quickly.
We then find a convenient dump station (you can look at sanidumps.com or ask the ranger/camp host) as we head home and just dump on the way home. This only adds about 15 minutes to our trip home.
We can make it about 4 days with the 2 of us and a dog by following the above and haven't needed to ever hook up in the middle of a trip to go dump and we don't have a waste container. If we're going for longer, we do try to plan a night or two somewhere with full hookups.
It took some practice to get into the habit of conservation but it's worth it as we can now choose the campground based on more than just the amenities :-)
Happy Camping!
