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    Posted: 21 Jun 2010 at 4:18pm
Just got in from a trip, not with Pod. All these great answers!
This is very to the point, have forwarded it to the husband.
Thank you SO much
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Yes, a full load of fresh water is about 300 pounds which is why we just take a gallon or two when we have city hookups at the campground.  The weight isn't a big problem - with a full load of water we are still lighter than our popup was and well within our limits - but I don't like to carry 300 more pounds around if I don't have to.
 
As we've discussed before, I wouldn't worry too much about overloading the 'pod with or without water.  The 171 has a ~800 pound cargo capacity after you add on propane, A/C, microwave, and battery.  With a full water tank you are down to ~500.  Takes a heck of a lot of clothes, food, pillows and blankets to hit that mark (assuming you are putting chairs, tables etc in the Edge).  The Edge has a 3500 pound tow limit so you will also be hard pressed to break that limit too.
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We have well water as well as city water. Both have filters. Lots of minerals in the well water. Have pump outside with the well water, but not filtered, but I guess one could be screwed on before loading. Our city water gets to smelling like clorine when there are hordes of people here. We are at end of a line also and some say that has something to do with the clorine smell. Well, it is better than the sulfur that stinks in some parts of Florida.
But I think the full load of water would add 300 pounds, so I think I won't be doing that. I know I would rather have MY well water, BUT. I am counting that weight before I start weighing what I am putting in the Pod. This is all new to me, use to motorcoach, never was overloaded.
 
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That is a lot of extra weight to pull around.

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+1 on take-your-own.  I fill the water tank from our well when we boondock, and we'll take a few 1 gallon jugs of our well water when we are on city water.
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Posts: 3990 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 9:54am
The R-pod owners manuals are a waste.  It has so many generic things in it and items that the camper does not have.  I know some people have added water filters either externally or inside.  Me I use well water from our well to fill the tanks and have yet to hookup our city water connection so I have not felt the need to filter the water.  I past cases when I did hok to water I did not know we carried bottled water or jugs for cooking and drinking.
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Posts: 1950 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 4:35am
As far as I know none of the R-Pods came with a water filter.

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Posts: 426 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Jun 2010 at 5:34pm
The owners manual mentions for 2 pages the WATER-PUR filter.
Dealer does not know if or where it is.
And we have been searching in the wrong place or don't have one.
 
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