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FishHaggis
Explorer
Jun 27, 2013

towing travel trailer with full holding tanks?

What is the general rule of thumb for towing a travel trailer that has liquid in the holding tanks? I get that the liquid adds weight, but if I camp off the grid and the grey and black water tanks ar...
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ktmrfs
Explorer III
Jul 02, 2013
in our current trailer we have traveled almost 15K miles, close to 300 days. Virtually ALL the time we leave home with a full fresh tank, and usually can't/don't dump till the grey tanks are full (60 gallons). Have a dump station at home, so don't bother to dump when leaving camp on short trips. Never been an issue, In fact, our trailer lists the weights with FULL tanks, and makes no mention of NOT traveling with full tanks.

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