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07-26-2018, 07:24 PM
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Thank you all for the additional tips. I sincerely appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience.
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07-26-2018, 07:32 PM
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Check out Robin from Creative RV. Six places to get water. https://youtu.be/1GaYDfuPlWQ
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07-27-2018, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by jeff64
It depends on how far the drive is. 20 minute drive, I'll fill at home. Beyond that at the CG but always using my whole house filter system. Nothing goes into my potable supply without going through taste, odor sediment filter first
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07-27-2018, 01:44 PM
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Because I keep reading forum articles...
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Originally Posted by TitanMike
Don't know why everyone has gotten the "I don't want to carry water" bug. The weight of the trailer was spec'd with a full tank of fresh and no holding tank water. If you're afraid to carry a full tank of water then you bought the wrong truck.
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Because I keep reading forum articles about the water tank falling off when someone's on a road trip with a full tank. 
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07-27-2018, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Larry-NC
Because I keep reading forum articles about the water tank falling off when someone's on a road trip with a full tank.
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X2!
If I am heading for a park W/O water hookups, I take along a couple five gallon
water cans dedicated for just potable water. For coffee, i haul store bought 1 gallon jugs. Most all Michigan state parks do not have water hookups and no threaded connectors on the hydrants.
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07-27-2018, 06:07 PM
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Love the link for 6 places to find water. Great info. Thank you.
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07-28-2018, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Marianne
Most likely this is a very stupid question. A lot of state parks do not have electric and water hookup at the sites. I’m not worried about the electric. Between the battery and propane, we’re still way above a tent now that we have a trailer. 
my question: Do you normally drive in with water in your fresh water tank or can/do you hook up at the ‘local spigot’ in the loop at the park and fill your tank when you get there? I don’t know what is allowed and what may be considered very wrong.  Water adds a lot of weight when traveling, particularly in the mountains.
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Probably depends what state you are in,,, and the quality of your water @ home !!! I always fill our Sunseeker @ home with soft water and Tastepure,,,
Moist if not all Michigan State Parks have drinkability water @ the Dump Station !!!
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07-29-2018, 06:07 AM
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Stinkey water
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Originally Posted by polishdon
We stayed at Watkins Glen State Park in NY this past weekend. I didn't want to travel with water either. When I checked in I asked the ranger where I could fill up, he pointed me to the various water fills around the campground. One was on the way to my site, pulled over, hooked up my hose, filled up the tank and then parked it for the weekend, worked out great.
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My only experience camping in NY was at Watking Glenn. Waited till I got there to fill water tank. Got 40 gal of sulfur water. Took a long time to flush the stink out of the system. 🤬
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07-29-2018, 06:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pdqparalegal1
My only experience camping in NY was at Watking Glenn. Waited till I got there to fill water tank. Got 40 gal of sulfur water. Took a long time to flush the stink out of the system. 🤬
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Sulfur water is Not Harmful,but the other Poster failed to say the "Ranger was Used to Drinking that Sulfur Water"!  Hey if you like the smell of "Rotten Eggs,Sulfur is the way to go"! Youroo!! 
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07-29-2018, 08:40 AM
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GOOD water should smell like nothing !!!
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07-29-2018, 11:59 AM
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07-29-2018, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by youroo
Sulfur water is Not Harmful,but the other Poster failed to say the "Ranger was Used to Drinking that Sulfur Water"! Hey if you like the smell of "Rotten Eggs,Sulfur is the way to go"! Youroo!! |
Rotten eggs aren't the only thing that smells like sulfur. Pickled Eggs can bring on that smell too. 
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07-29-2018, 04:46 PM
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Use the bathroom after me an you'll discover another.
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07-29-2018, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by timfromma
Use the bathroom after me an you'll discover another.
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You must be related to my Son in Law 
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07-30-2018, 08:32 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bikendan
We lived and camped in California for 30 years. Less than 1% of California's state park campsites have hookups of any kind.
We ALWAYS traveled with a full tank of home water. And we traveled through real mountains, not like those in the East.
Unless you have a marginal tow vehicle, water weight makes very little impact on fuel mileage.
So we're very experienced dry campers. We have a 6 gallon water jug to shuttle fresh water, a blue tote tank for gray water, two batteries, an inverter for tv and charging devices and a Honda 2000i inverter generator.
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I grew up in Pittsburgh PA. We have some of the steepest hills in the world. It's part of the Appalachian Mountain range, which you may not be aware of. Lol
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07-30-2018, 08:42 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RetiredSoldier919
I grew up in Pittsburgh PA. We have some of the steepest hills in the world. It's part of the Appalachian Mountain range, which you may not be aware of. Lol
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Hmm, when we took a trip out to Hersey earlier this month, according to the truck, the worse I got on the tollway was a 3-4% grade. I did see a 6% once, but that was after I had dropped the fiver at the Pittsburgh South KOA, and was on some tight back country roads I would never have been on normally following the GPS to the closest gas station (a little mom and pop place that was still full service).
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07-30-2018, 08:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaadk
Hmm, when we took a trip out to Hersey earlier this month, according to the truck, the worse I got on the tollway was a 3-4% grade. I did see a 6% once, but that was after I had dropped the fiver at the Pittsburgh South KOA, and was on some tight back country roads I would never have been on normally following the GPS to the closest gas station (a little mom and pop place that was still full service).
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Look up Canton Ave. At 37 percent grade it's the steepest in the world. It's just not long, not likely a place you'd tow ANYTHING up, let alone a RV. But I like to spread the word about my hometowns hilly attributes. However the Western PA area has many long and steep roads that RVs would need to climb to get to some nice parks. Seven Springs is one that immediately comes to mind.
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07-30-2018, 09:03 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RetiredSoldier919
Look up Canton Ave. At 37 percent grade it's the steepest in the world. It's just not long, not likely a place you'd tow ANYTHING up, let alone a RV. But I like to spread the word about my hometowns hilly attributes. However the Western PA area has many long and steep roads that RVs would need to climb to get to some nice parks. Seven Springs is one that immediately comes to mind.
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Sounds like it's a good thing the GPS never took me though the actual city then.
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07-30-2018, 10:41 AM
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I always travel with full fresh water and empty or near empty waste tanks.
One time I had a tow vehicle issue and pulled in to a service business just before closing time.
They said sure. We can get you on the road, but not untill tomorrow morning.
They also said I could park overnight in their fenced and patrolled storage lot, since there were NO campgrounds near by.
We pulled in, unhooked, gave them the tow vehicle, and set up the trailer for the evening.
I had full fresh water tanks and empty waste tanks, so NO problem.
Next morning at 9:00 our tow vehicle was repaired. We hooked up and off we went.
If my fresh water tank had been empty, my wife and family would have been a little stressed.
I now have a Lance 1575 (small single-axle) and a Georgetown 31L5 (35 ft. Class A).
I always travel with full fresh water and empty waste tanks. You just never know.
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