Government campgrounds typically have community water faucets. I'm looking for a funnel or water container I could use instead of a hose to fill my trailer. Water is added to the trailer through an approx. 1 3/16" capped opening inside a small compartment.Jim

Hi,If there are no threads on the communal water supply, purchase a "water thief".water thief

I will take a few trips to the spigot with my 6-gal green container with spout (from Walmart) where the spout fits into the fill hole.

Get one of these from a rummage sale. Use bungee cords to strap down one of these. And mount one of these to a board, and get it hooked up to some plastic water hoses. Make a 12 volt connection somewhere on your trailer that you can hook up the pump with alligator clips to run it. Mount an on/off switch to the board and your good to go. My dad did this years ago and never has to lift anything. Easy peasy.

You can lift containers, but it's unlikely you'll be getting 50 gallons that way.

Filling a Travel Trailer from a Community Water Source

Iraqvet05
Explorer
Apr 09, 2015
Like these? Linky1 linky2
pianotuna
Nomad III
Apr 09, 2015
Hi,

If there are no threads on the communal water supply, purchase a "water thief".

water thief
korbe
Explorer
Apr 09, 2015
I will take a few trips to the spigot with my 6-gal green container with spout (from Walmart) where the spout fits into the fill hole.
Campfire_Time
Explorer
Apr 09, 2015
Get one of these from a rummage sale. Use bungee cords to strap down one of these. And mount one of these to a board, and get it hooked up to some plastic water hoses. Make a 12 volt connection somewhere on your trailer that you can hook up the pump with alligator clips to run it. Mount an on/off switch to the board and your good to go.

My dad did this years ago and never has to lift anything. Easy peasy.
2oldman
Explorer II
Apr 09, 2015
You can lift containers, but it's unlikely you'll be getting 50 gallons that way.
SoundGuy
Explorer
Apr 09, 2015
2oldman wrote:
You can lift containers, but it's unlikely you'll be getting 50 gallons that way.

Carry a set of fresh water containers of your choice in the back of your TV for collecting water and you won't have to lift anything. Back at the trailer use a 12 vdc pump, again of your choice, to pump that water from the containers into your trailer's FW holding tank via the FW gravity fill.

Fresh Water Transfer (7 pics)

Collecting water one container at a time using a wheeled luggage cart as suggested earlier works but trust me, having to make repeat trips to the campground water supply gets old really quickly.
Jim_Hill
Explorer
Apr 09, 2015
Thanks for the tips. I'll purchase linky2 and Water thief.
Jim
Jim_Hill
Explorer
Apr 09, 2015
Just noticed the other two posts. More good ideas.
Jim
2oldman
Explorer II
Apr 09, 2015
Jim Hill wrote:
Thanks for the tips. I'll purchase linky2 and Water thief.
Interesting. I use the water thief so I can use a hose to fill. Not sure what you have against using a hose.
scbwr
Explorer II
Apr 09, 2015
Another option....portable water tank, a pond pump, and vinyl tubing. I have a 5 gallon water container that I fill with water, submerge a small pond pump to the bottom of the container and use vinyl tubing to pump water via the fresh water inlet. Pond pumps are cheap, and I just leave the pond pump and tubing stored in the water container.