Traveling with a full water tank
My wife has been researching TT in anticipation of buying a new one and came across an interesting comment. A fellow camper was traveling with a full water tank and at some point on the journey, the ...
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Not saying we never have water in the FW tank. However, we don't boondock and with only a couple of exceptions, we always have water to the site. We have run into some that didn't taste terrific, so we added a PUR faucet mount filter and problem solved. You can take a glass and put some unfiltered water in it and then do the same with the filtered and the taste is very different.
On a 3 week trip a couple of years ago, we did carry a larger amount of water just in case....problem was a couple of weeks later when we forgot that we had water and started noticing a really nasty odor and could not find where it was coming from. Finally found the culprit. Sitting closed up in the summer heat just does not make for a good smell. We carry enough to get us started, for bathroom stops and other small amounts - probably about 5 gallons or so. We just don't have a need to carry very much water, so why carry it when it just adds weight.
As far as filling the tank when entering the park, most of the ones we camp at have a potable water set up near the entrance. In our case, the MO SP have been the only ones that didn't have water to the site and the federal parks in LBL.
Do agree, however, that the manufacturers should make sure their design is sufficient to carry the amount of weight that would be in a full tank.
On a 3 week trip a couple of years ago, we did carry a larger amount of water just in case....problem was a couple of weeks later when we forgot that we had water and started noticing a really nasty odor and could not find where it was coming from. Finally found the culprit. Sitting closed up in the summer heat just does not make for a good smell. We carry enough to get us started, for bathroom stops and other small amounts - probably about 5 gallons or so. We just don't have a need to carry very much water, so why carry it when it just adds weight.
As far as filling the tank when entering the park, most of the ones we camp at have a potable water set up near the entrance. In our case, the MO SP have been the only ones that didn't have water to the site and the federal parks in LBL.
Do agree, however, that the manufacturers should make sure their design is sufficient to carry the amount of weight that would be in a full tank.
