Traveling with a full water tank
My wife has been researching TT in anticipation of buying a new one and came across an interesting comment. A fellow camper was traveling with a full water tank and at some point on the journey, the ...
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INteresting. We ALWAYS leave home with a full fresh water tank and full water heater. We boondock 100% of the time and have not yet ever used a campground with hookups. I was so shocked after reading this thread that some MFG actually say not to travel with full tanks, so I check my manual because I know our TT is sort of a budget model (Dutchmen - Aspen Trail). The manual says nothing about traveling empty, full, or half full. It just makes it very clear in several different sections that one should account for their water weight when estimating cargo weight. It says that the tanks are designed to bulge downward during filling so as not to damage the trailer floor by bulging upward. It says to not add any support beams beneath the tanks for this reason.
