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techntrek 
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Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
 Topic: Where do you get your water?Posted: 10 Sep 2015 at 1:39pm |
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I can see that being a problem. I dealt with bad sway with a popup we owned years ago - you sneezed wrong and it would sway. If you must carry your water you can try shifting weight forward to counteract it. Move the spare tire and anything else heavy onto the dinette.
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Mountainrev
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Joined: 22 Jul 2014 Location: Eagle, Colorado Online Status: Offline Posts: 193 |
Posted: 10 Sep 2015 at 12:03pm |
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The weight of a full tank of fresh water may not affect MPGs all that much, but it definitely can cause sway issues! If your R-pod is like my 177, the fresh water tank is located behind the axle. A full tank will significantly lighten the tongue weight. I will not drive more than 50 miles or so with a full tank for that reason.
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2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Turbodiesel "I lift my eyes to the hills." 
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techntrek
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Posted: 06 Sep 2015 at 11:31am |
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Since weight is a small factor affecting mpg and performance I always haul a full tank from home for weekend trips. For long trips we prefer state/national parks which usually - but not always - have potable water somewhere. Part of our trip planning is finding out where we have water "gaps", so we don't go more than 2 nights w/o. That might be a night at a truck stop, a night at a dry state park, then at one with water or a commercial campground.
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hammockmadness
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Joined: 07 Jul 2015 Location: Middleburg, FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 61 |
Posted: 06 Sep 2015 at 7:34am |
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For those of you who are on the road, where do you get your water when camping at non-water locations. Normally I don't haul much water (just enough for bathroom use and hand washing) but if I needed to fill my tank other than at a park or RV park, where do most of you get it? I use the Allstays camping & RV app a lot, but at truck stops for example it usually only mentions if dump sttions are available. Nothing about fresh water. What creative ways have you found to get fresh water while on the road?
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Where do you get your water?
