Itinerant1 wrote:
I was pumping from the 7 gallon containers but ordered the bladder to save on space.
When completed with the water transfer the bladder can be folded up and the pump broken down put away taking hardly any space.
An alternate view ... ;)
For years I carried four 7 gal Aquatainers in our Avalanche as I did on our first trip of the season last year with our Silverado (shown in the first pic below) but I've since found the Silvy's box will nicely accommodate five 7 gal Aquatainers stored in a row at the front of the cargo box. That's space I'm least likely to use for anything else, especially when we're camping, while that area closer to the tailgate is space a bladder would interfere with as we do use it constantly for tossing in junk for a visit to the beach or to pick up firewood, etc. If I had a bladder I'd have to disconnect the hose, fold up the bladder, and store it somewhere between uses so it wasn't in the way. :( AND, in order to do that the bladder has to be empty whereas any water that may be remaining in my Aquatainers after the transfer can just remain there, ready for the next transfer. :B
While camping I don't have to store anything as my fresh water transfer pump is mounted in a box on the tongue and is permanently plumbed to the trailer's fresh water holding tank ... I just leave the intake hose connected and wrap it around the tongue jack, ready for the next time I may want to transfer water. The most I do when we leave our campsite is roll up the short length of intake hose and I'm done. :B
