traveling with water tows better?

RoyBell wrote:
You have 80 gallons of FW on a 20' trailer? Did it come like that? That's amazing.

I built a trailer for my 1969 Avion camper. I have 40 gallons in the camper and about 40 gallons under the trailer along with 20 gallons of gasoline with a filling station and 100# of propane in 4 bottles along with solar. I can stay out for quite some time.

tomman58 wrote:
Who would run around with the gray and black tank full to the brim, nuts

Lining up at a campground dumpstation along with legions of others when it's totally unnecessary is to me the definition of "nuts". :S I instead do travel with black tank content and service my tanks at home using my FloJet Macerator ... that to me "makes sense". :B

I hold 175 of fresh water and never leave home without being topped off, I only boondock. My tanks are located directly over the axles and the grey and black in front so the hitch weight can change drastically other than that it's just heavy

tomman58 wrote:

coolbreeze01 wrote:

tomman58 wrote:

coolbreeze01 wrote:
Actually over 200 gallons isn't uncommon. I prefer empty.

200 gallons??? In what a water truck?? LOL

I can't think of a trail that would handle that much, can you?

If your trailer had full tanks, you would be real close to 200gals. I don't know if it could handle the weight ;)

Not 200 gallons of fresh water. Who would run around with the gray and black tank full to the brim, nuts

Not really. I have four 42 gallon waste tanks. Since I always boondock, (the absolute best way to camp. Awesome spots and no neighbors) I routinely tow home with all of them full or close to it.
I think the campgound fans are nuts. i just don't see the attraction of going from the city house to a smaller version of the same thing. If that was all I had available to me, I doubt I'd own a TT.
But lots of people love it, so more power to them.
They do get to tow home with empty tanks.:B

On the way out with a full water tanks in the front and empty black / grey tanks at the rear it tows much better than on the way back with empty water tanks in front and full(ish) black / grey tanks in rear. There are no hook-ups or dump stations where we camp. It's all about weight distribution. If your tanks are in a different location, your results will be different.

coolbreeze01 wrote:

tomman58 wrote:

coolbreeze01 wrote:
Actually over 200 gallons isn't uncommon. I prefer empty.

200 gallons??? In what a water truck?? LOL

I can't think of a trail that would handle that much, can you?

If your trailer had full tanks, you would be real close to 200gals. I don't know if it could handle the weight ;)

Not 200 gallons of fresh water. Who would run around with the gray and black tank full to the brim, nuts

My 2006 23 ft Kampsite seems to tow smoother with full tanks.
How ever my 50 gal fresh water tank fell out a week ago when I was filling it. No more towing with full tanks.
TJ Smith

tomman58 wrote:

coolbreeze01 wrote:
Actually over 200 gallons isn't uncommon. I prefer empty.

200 gallons??? In what a water truck?? LOL

I can't think of a trail that would handle that much, can you?

If your trailer had full tanks, you would be real close to 200gals. I don't know if it could handle the weight ;)

coolbreeze01 wrote:
Actually over 200 gallons isn't uncommon. I prefer empty.

200 gallons??? In what a water truck?? LOL

I can't think of a trail that would handle that much, can you?

Actually over 200 gallons isn't uncommon. I prefer empty.