FULTON, TEXAS
The discussion this evening was about what does a rig need for boondocking the most. Well several folks had strong opinions like pretty scenery or many other opinions. Lots of opinions came to the front but one thing kept popping up during the discussion. The OFM proposed his opinion and got a few giggles behind things like good food and nice weather.
Our choice is still large holding tanks. Many giggles showed up with that one.
Please explain was the request from several of the group.
Run out of fresh water tankage and you will be heading for fresh water in a few minutes . Yep they agreed.
Run out of gray water space and some locations will fine the dickens out of you for the gray water dumped on the ground.
And run out of black tank room and every one around you will be kicking you out of the area.
Most thought that four to six days of fresh tankage is plenty. We have a different opinion as usual. We have TWENTY THREE days of fresh water tankage in the Castle.
So no matter how much of what you have we feel that the real limit on your boondocking is your fresh water supply when boondocking.
As you can see this is not a an easy judgement to make so please be careful not to get your self in a serious position when out boondocking.
Have to agree that having large Fresh Water Tanks is important, but it can be filled as the Grey and Black are emptied at many Travel Centers. Our first year of Boondocking in the Desert a Blue Boy was used to empty the waste. The following years a Plastic Waste Barrel was created to clean both the Black and Grey without the need to move our RV.
ReplyDeleteStay Safe and Enjoy the discussions about RVing.
It's about time.
Great to me new info. Thank you.
DeleteBarney, you have far more boondocking experience than I do, but in two winters boondocking in Arizona (Ehrenberg, Quartzsite, Yuma) and another in Florida (boondocking maybe half the time) I've learned a lot.
ReplyDeleteYou are right about the holding tanks! I bought a blackwater bowser to empty the tanks when we were in a spot & didn't want to drive the RV. I built a rack on the back bumper for the bowser, I took it to the dump tank by using the car dolly we had and at another place I towed the tank the short distance to the dump facility.
I built a 12v water transfer pump so I could fill the blue 7 gal water jugs, take them to the RV & use the transfer pump to put the water into the RV tank.
Solar! Solar is magic! Most everything in my RV is 12v (I hardly ever used my inverter), the inside lights are LED. As much battery as you have room/pocket book for, a way to recharge your house batteries when you've had 3 days of clouds and your batteries are at the STOP point. The engine electrical will do it if you're driving but it's lacking if you are going to sit, think a generator (the quiet inverter generators~ 2kw will do the job).
Like Barney says, when the black tank is full it's time to do something...