Lose half my water during travel
My family does exclusive dry camping because we like to get away from the crowds so I depend on on-board water storage. My first TT was a 19' 2004 Fleetwood Pioneer and it had a 50 gal. fresh water t...
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Lynnmor wrote:dewey02 wrote:
And there is a risk of driving off a cliff if you don't pay attention.:S
Or driving away with your awning out. Or not putting your stabilizer jacks up before moving.
There is no problem with valving the vents, just remember to have them shut while travelling and open when filling or when you are at camp. Many (likely thousands) of us have done it. It solves the problem. Just make it part of your routine to open and shut them at the proper time.
You won't find me recommending stupid, unsafe modifications. There just might be some of us that are less than perfect. When connected to city water, any flow to the tank can also be a big problem. One can take the time to do it right, or crawl under the trailer and turn valves twice every time water is needed while traveling.
You raise this point every time it comes up. And you have had arguments with others repeatedly on this topic, and I don't believe you've convinced anyone. You certainly haven't convinced me. My set-up works fine because I simply have made a habit of when to open and close the valves.
It is only stupid if someone is so absent-minded as to not turn on/off the valve. As I said: Do you leave your shore power cord plugged in when you pull away? Do you leave your antennae up when you are heading down the highway? No, you don't. Because you know to take them down, just like you can know to turn on/off the valve on your FW tank. I learned about the overflow valve here on this forum. I made the modification, and I've used it for about 4 or 5 years now. And LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE DONE THIS. You can call us all stupid if you want to, but I've got a full FW tank when I arrive and I have a checklist for setting up and breaking camp...and I follow it. And if you are perhaps smart enough (and not stupid like you think all of us who have installed a valve are) then just maybe you may have thought to extend the overflow tubes to the side of your trailer so you don't have to reach underneath to turn the valve.
Nobody is perfect and nobody ever said anyone was perfect. And people that see things differently than you do aren't necessarily stupid and unsafe either.
