traveling with water tows better?
This seems odd to me, but I have come to the conclusion that towing with a full fresh tank of water, the trailer actually tows better. Anyone ever experience this before? It's not night and day be...
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My 20' trailer has 3 water tanks. One 40 gallon and two more that are close to 20 gallons each. With a full water heater I have over 80 gallons of water and have never had an issue of a "surge" from no baffles. Having three seperate tanks helps with that issue.
I alway leave with full tanks. Coming from AZ, that is important, especially since we boondock most the time. The latest trip to Northwest Montana didn't even use up all the water and there were absolutely no towing issues. The key is to have a trailer set up properly with the proper weight distribution no matter which tanks are full or empty.
As far as miles per gallon goes, I haven't noticed any difference whether I'm full or not. That is almost 700# difference. Even though I try to fill up at home because I know the water source is clean, I do dump the black and gray tanks when I get the chance.
I alway leave with full tanks. Coming from AZ, that is important, especially since we boondock most the time. The latest trip to Northwest Montana didn't even use up all the water and there were absolutely no towing issues. The key is to have a trailer set up properly with the proper weight distribution no matter which tanks are full or empty.
As far as miles per gallon goes, I haven't noticed any difference whether I'm full or not. That is almost 700# difference. Even though I try to fill up at home because I know the water source is clean, I do dump the black and gray tanks when I get the chance.
