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Pod People 
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Joined: 22 Sep 2011 Location: Chapel Hill,NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 1088 |
 Topic: r-pod plus rhino tote tank?Posted: 20 Apr 2021 at 8:19am |
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We also use the water for consumption. I sanitize it several times a year with bleach, followed by white vinegar and baking soda. Takes about 30 minutes and all is clean. Been doing this for over 10 years with no problems. Generally, we will put 4-5 gallons in the tank from home when we start a trip. this will get us where we are going and good for the first night if necessary. We carry a full 5 gallon container in the truck for emergencies and also use it to refill the tank . Once we get to the site, we will fill the tank from the local source. 30 gallons will last us for at least a week, usually longer. We try to be very conservative with water. We usually catch most of the gray water in a 2 gallon tub that sits in the sink. We put most of the gray water into the toilet as the black tank is usually the last to fill. Vann
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Vann & Laura 2015 RPod 179 
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jato
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Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3338 |
Posted: 20 Apr 2021 at 7:23am |
Guess we are "ultra" simple with the KISS principle. Easily go 10 days boondocking w/o worry of filled gray or black tank. Yes, we do carry a pair of 5 gallon water containers with us but also use the FW tank for drinking . . . have done so for 10 years w/o any problems. The amazing thing was that we went 5 years without sanitizing our FW tank - hey, I didn't know about doing that! We were at a ERU and Furpod was telling us about yearly sanitizing FW tanks when I told him I had never done that. He set me straight on that so now once a year in April we do that. Guess our bodies have some good microbes in them.
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'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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campingtrio
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Joined: 21 Mar 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 18 |
Posted: 20 Apr 2021 at 5:41am |
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Okay so reporting back on this...we did our trip as described and it went as expected. Putting the r-pod up on more blocks than usual (we ended up using 1 complete set (10 pieces) of the lego style blocks on each wheel) solved the height/gravity problem for the tote tank. It worked as expected, no problems. And it was definitely helpful that it attached to the trailer hitch for the "tote" portion, as I would not have wanted to drag the tank by hand as far as we needed to (about 0.25 mi). But note, that <5mph is really really slow...we had to wave a bunch of folks by as the drive to the dump station coincided with the general exit area and people were piling up behind us. Other than that, glad to know we have this as an option to expand our camping range.
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Pod People
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Joined: 22 Sep 2011 Location: Chapel Hill,NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 1088 |
Posted: 28 Mar 2021 at 2:38pm |
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you don't necessarily need a drill pump to move water. We use a 4.5 gallon water container and funnel to refill the fresh water tank. When full, the 4.5 gallons of water weighs about 36# and easily handled by me as Laura holds the funnel in place. We use a short(6') drinking water hose, a filter and water bandit if necessary to refill the container while it sits on the ground. We usually keep the container full and in the tow vehicle just in case the next campsite has no water or the water is bad. Vann |
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Vann & Laura 2015 RPod 179
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offgrid
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Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 28 Mar 2021 at 1:36pm |
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Egon: Don’t cross the streams.
Peter: Why? Egon: It would be bad. Peter: I’m fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean “bad”? Egon: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light. Raymond: Total protonic reversal. Peter: That’s bad. Okay. Alright, important safety tip, thanks Egon. |
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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EchoGale
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Joined: 10 Mar 2019 Location: FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 469 |
Posted: 28 Mar 2021 at 1:02pm |
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If the debate over the rdome collides with the debate over drinking water we might create a black hole that could destroy the universe.
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Julie
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campingtrio
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Joined: 21 Mar 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 18 |
Posted: 28 Mar 2021 at 12:17pm |
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Indeed. We don't normally drink the "potable" water anyway. But would like to have the option to, in a pinch.
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podwerkz
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Joined: 11 Mar 2019 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 966 |
Posted: 28 Mar 2021 at 11:53am |
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You are getting dangerously close to the endless ad-nauseum debate (fillibuster, almost) about whether the water in the RV fresh tank is suitable for drinking, cooking, and consuming!
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r･pod 171 gone but not forgotten!
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campingtrio
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Joined: 21 Mar 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 18 |
Posted: 28 Mar 2021 at 11:41am |
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Yes exactly. We didn't even try to put the rdome up the first few trips, too many other things to deal with. But it's quite nice when it is up. So having to take that thing down and put it back up just to empty the tanks...no thanks. At that point it's like you might as well be tent camping instead of in an RV...at least you can leave the tent in place while you deal with water and waste.
I also should have mentioned that there is a regular dump station we could pull the trailer over to, but the "fill station" is basically a sink. So no way to pull the trailer over and just use a hose to fill. In fact now I'm worried the water carrier might not fit in the sink or on the counter. But I think the water bandit plus the intake hose valve should get enough clearance to hold it off to the side if we need to. I think we're going to give a shot with what we have. Put the trailer on blocks for the poop chute, and use the drill pump to get water into the fresh tank and only use for washing and showers. Keep bottled water on the sink for cooking and drinking. I'm guessing the warning about the drill pump may have something to do with petroleum, like lubrication on the drill or what's in the hose? In which case putting it in the tanks for a couple days for non-potable usage, and then next time using city water should be enough to clean out whatever residual bits are around I would think.
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offgrid
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Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 24 Mar 2021 at 4:28pm |
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Yep, I certainly do agree, if I still had an rdome I’d probably prefer to stop taking showers and washing dishes, maybe even cease some basic bodily functions than take that thing up and down.
The Clam just stays wherever I put it. 👍 I prefer to follow the KISS principle, more time and fun camping and less time spent fooling with complicated “stuff”. |
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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