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Mar-21-2016 08:20 AM
With the fresh water in my hauler being 120 gallons (2 interconnected 60 gallon) that would be close to 960lbs to haul around. As we almost always boondock or dry camp hundreds of miles from home, that would be too much to haul around ... but it is also sometimes next to impossible to find a place to water up within an hours drive of my destinations. Also, I don't need that much water anyway. Does anybody see any real issue with loading up about 40 gallons (obviously splits to 20g in each tank) for the road trip? I don't haul any toys so no big weight in the hauler other than 25g of gas in the rear tank ... which, by the way, the "rules" don't address. This is a dual axle 21' Nomad so I don.t think the 320lbs of water moving in the tanks directly above the axles would be an issue.
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Mar-28-2016 11:49 PM
If you happen to be pulled over, checked and weighed both TV and hauler, and your OVER WEIGHT.
Pull the fresh water dump handle..It's legal to allow 3 things eject or come off your rig, one of them is water. The other 2 are straw and then feathers.
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Mar-25-2016 12:37 PM
I've had toyhaulers for 10 yrs. not a single issue or even thought given to towing full , half or empty. The tanks are low and designed correctly and I've never had an issue either way.
I'm aware of the baffle and water slosh issue but those are considerably larger tanks that sit considerably higher on the vehicle.
I'm sure some people dump whatever they don't use at their dry camping site but I prefer to leave water for the trip home. Especially towing back from havasu.
Kind of like lifted trucks and trailer. It's commonplace in California with no more problems then regular height trucks. It's completely normal here but it doesn't seem so in other states.
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Mar-24-2016 02:39 PM
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Mar-24-2016 12:16 PM
Y-Guy wrote:mr. old style wrote:
I have plenty of tow vehicle (500 hp Kenworth) but I would never consider pulling any distance with full tanks cause I'm pretty sure the tanks would be gone by the time we got to destination.
Cyclone 3912
Are you saying you're Cyclone is that poorly built? I hauled full tanks with our Raptor all the time, when I had to, never had an issue.
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Mar-24-2016 08:23 AM
mr. old style wrote:
I have plenty of tow vehicle (500 hp Kenworth) but I would never consider pulling any distance with full tanks cause I'm pretty sure the tanks would be gone by the time we got to destination.
Cyclone 3912
Are you saying you're Cyclone is that poorly built? I hauled full tanks with our Raptor all the time, when I had to, never had an issue.
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Mar-24-2016 07:27 AM
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Mar-24-2016 06:57 AM
lincster wrote:In my case, it has nothing to do with the TV. Full water puts the TH over GVWR.
If you are worried about hauling 150 gallons of water, you have the wrong tow vehicle.
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Mar-24-2016 03:38 AM
I have read a few topics on water tanks drooping and having to reinforce how they are mounted.
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Mar-23-2016 11:16 PM
lincster wrote:
This has been discussed before, but it was in the context of weight and if folks carry the extra weight.
If you are worried about hauling 150 gallons of water, you have the wrong tow vehicle.
I tow full every trip. Whatever is left after the trip is whatever. I tow home and dump it after I clean the trailer.
I refill our tanks when we get home.
EARTHQUAKE PREPARED ......Even with full tanks it won't last long, but it's better than no water at all, that's scary because now I gotta hunt for it.
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Mar-23-2016 10:17 PM
dedmiston wrote:Strabo wrote:
I hear Dave's new beautifull toyhauler holds a hot tub in the garage, i wonder how much water that holds? 😉
It's up on the roof. The supermodels need their sun.
How do they know when to duck while going under an overpass? Two honks of the horn?
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Mar-23-2016 09:13 PM
If you are worried about hauling 150 gallons of water, you have the wrong tow vehicle.
I tow full every trip. Whatever is left after the trip is whatever. I tow home and dump it after I clean the trailer.
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Mar-23-2016 08:42 PM
Strabo wrote:
I hear Dave's new beautifull toyhauler holds a hot tub in the garage, i wonder how much water that holds? 😉
It's up on the roof. The supermodels need their sun.
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