Water question?

[BLACKJACK]

On a travel trailer, do you carry your water from home or fill at the campground? I'm thinking that having the water tank full will add a lot of extra weight, but is the water at most campgrounds drinkable? Let me know what you do. Thanks.

[fish-n-geek]

"it depends"

if a full tank of water puts you over weight, don't do it.

Find out ahead of time if the campground has potable (and non-smelly) water.

Does your water tank have baffles? A big tank half full will push you off the road...

[BLACKJACK]

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So what do you camper towers do, fill up your tank at home or when you get to the camp ground?

[CodyDawg]

Both. I cannot tell the difference when towing. I pull a 28 foot fifth wheel with a Powerstroke. If the campground has a hookup, I will use that. Otherwise I bring it.

[Ryan_V]

If I have water hookup at my site, I use that...with an in-line filter, most wells at campgrounds aren't very deep and the water isn't very good. If I don't have a hookup for water, I bring my own. I also have a well, but I trust my water more than I do the campgrounds water being in my tank. either way, I don't drink the campgrounds water, I usually bring 2-3 gallon jugs from home, more than enough for my coffee in the morning and driking water for the weekend.

[Big Roy]

Find out ahead of time if you can fill up at the campground, if so, then I'll only fill about 1/8 of a tank. then,I bring a couple of gallons of drinking water. You might allready know this but water weighs 6lbs per gallon.

[BLACKJACK]

Ryan, I see you're from Hutch, have you ever camped at Piepenburg Park by Belle Lake? What kind of facilities do they have? I tried doing a quick web search on it the other day but couldn't find it...

[Ryan_V]

I have camped there, it's a campground, but not very nice. the facilities are pretty old and outdated if you like a clean bathroom. I believe there are some sites with water hookup. The electrical has been updated to 30amp in the last couple years. the lake is a good fishery and good recreation lake and there is a nice beach at the campground. Unless you need a new shower facility, the campground is o.k. I'll look for a phone # for you and let you know!! Piepenberg is a county park...I usually stay at lake marion, another county park, south of hutch

[federline]

Hey Blackjack, sounds like your first trip was a success. Congrats!

Since our camper is a motorhome, and the family likes to use the john while we're tooling down the road (only have to stop for the dog and me! :-), I fill up with water at home before we leave. If I had a trailer, I'd do like already stated here - find out what water they have at your destination and make the call before I left home 'cause I trust my own water. If I was going to have water hookup at the destination, I would save the weight and not fill up at all.

Regardless, we drink only filtered hookups (with my own inline hose filter) or bottled water. We never drink out of the onboard water tank.

I'll tell you what can make pulling a full tank around worth it if you have no water at all at your destination - a nice, hot shower thanks to the water heater and water pump! My whole family has showered back to back from a full tank of water to the gray water tank. Gotta love RV'ing!