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03-16-2018, 08:18 PM
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How long does a tank of water last you?
Assuming we all use water for cooking, flushing toilets, and personal hygiene, how long are you able to remain boondocked on a tank of water before having to fill up again (and, I guess on a related issue, empty tanks)? In our Newmar with a 75 gal fresh water tank, the wife and I never seem to make it much more than a week? I know many people make it much longer. So what are your water conservation tips?
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03-16-2018, 09:20 PM
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Senior Member
Tiffin Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Cedar Falls, IA
Posts: 2,225
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We have a 80 gallon tank, and the two of us get about a week too. We have gone 9 days, but that requires showers every other day and washing dishes only once a day. We just don’t worry about it, and we plan on heading someplace to dump about once a week. We can add 10 gallons or so of fresh water with a pump and some big containers, but we usually run out of gray water space about the same time.
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03-16-2018, 09:30 PM
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Senior Member
Foretravel Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Home is Where WE PARK IT...
Posts: 6,007
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Wife & I have gone 2 weeks without issues, navy showers every 2nd or 3rd day, sponge bath as needed between times... paper plates and bowls, do cookwares every other day,
112 gal fresh/115gray/55 black.
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Retired truckdriver,
'02 Foretravel... "This Shack will do"
being pushed by an '06 Scion xB
SKP's of Box Elder, South Dakota
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03-16-2018, 09:33 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Grasonville, MD -- Golden, CO
Posts: 6,222
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aktraveler
Assuming we all use water for cooking, flushing toilets, and personal hygiene, how long are you able to remain boondocked on a tank of water before having to fill up again (and, I guess on a related issue, empty tanks)? In our Newmar with a 75 gal fresh water tank, the wife and I never seem to make it much more than a week? I know many people make it much longer. So what are your water conservation tips?
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Well then you are actually pretty good in My Book - as we are generally only able to go 5 days - but we shower and run the Dishwasher
My tip is to go as long as you can and then refill - This RV thing is supposed to be FUN.
JMHO,
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Location - Grasonville, Maryland - and/or - Superior, Colorado
2005 Travel Supreme 42DS04 - GX470 Toad
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03-16-2018, 10:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Enjoying the Western States!
Posts: 19,637
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Our Newmar 2004 had
105 gal fresh
but only 65 grey
and 45 black
so we were basically dependent on the other 2 tanks and how long we could go on them. We lasted 14 days of boondocking on our grey/black tanks and still had approx. 25 gal. (1/4 tank) of fresh water left.
So.... that means 80 gal of fresh water lasted 14 days or an average of 5.7 gal./day.
Yes, we showered every other day or daily if a strenuous hike was done. We didn't do dishes every meal. We wiped them thoroughly with a wet paper towel so no dried on food. Conservation was no hardship to us. We boondocked at lot and after 2 weeks it was time to move
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Traveled 8 yr in a 2004 Newmar Dutch Star 40' Diesel
& 8 yr in a 33' Travel Supreme 5th wheel
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03-16-2018, 10:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 26,643
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70 gallon fresh water tank.........2 adults 1 large dog.......cooking, washing dishes, showers, toilet, etc.
10 days max.
Do NOT leave water running in bathroom sink when washing face, brushing teeth, combing your hair etc
Do NOT leave water running in kitchen sink when cleaning up......rinsing dishes etc (wipe dishes before washing)
Do NOT leave shower running to get to 'just right' temp......one of you buck up and use the cool water to start showering with.
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03-16-2018, 11:18 PM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: SoCal
Posts: 15,749
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We usually dry camp for a week to ten days - have gone two weeks on tanks. Then duck into a FHU campground for a day or two to do laundry, long showers, empty/fill tanks, etc.
We use bottled water for drinking and cooking.
Minimize water usage because it also fills your wasts tanks. Reduce toilet flushing by the old adage - if it's yellow let it mellow. Reduce shower usage - we sponge bathe daily and navy shower a couple times a week. Catch water with a dish pan in the kitchen sink and shower - then use to flush toilet.
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2011 Tiffin Phaeton 40QTH (Cummins ISC/Freightliner)
Flat towing a modified 2005 Jeep (Rubicon Wrangler)
Previously a 2002 Fleetwood Pace Arrow 37A and a 1995 Safari Trek 2830.
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03-16-2018, 11:27 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 134
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Nice
Quote:
Originally Posted by saddlesore
Wife & I have gone 2 weeks without issues, navy showers every 2nd or 3rd day, sponge bath as needed between times... paper plates and bowls, do cookwares every other day,
112 gal fresh/115gray/55 black.
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That's unbelievably nice capacities. Wish I could afford a Foretravel.
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03-17-2018, 12:47 AM
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Senior Member
Foretravel Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Home is Where WE PARK IT...
Posts: 6,007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chertman47
That's unbelievably nice capacities. Wish I could afford a Foretravel.
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If you cannot swing a new one..don't be afraid to search the used ones...Motorhomes of Tx. is a good start (and most of those working there(including the shop) are former Foretravel employees.
MOT
ALL Pre Owned motorhomes Inventory
and FT's used offerings
http://www.foretravel.com/coaches.ph...gory=Pre-Owned
(click on the pic's will open up to larger pic's, data and spec's are farther down the individual page for each coach offered..
Life is short......
Everyday you put off retiring is just one day less that you are retired....
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'02 Foretravel... "This Shack will do"
being pushed by an '06 Scion xB
SKP's of Box Elder, South Dakota
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03-17-2018, 07:04 AM
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Senior Member
Tiffin Owners Club
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Where we park it!
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We extend our stays by using bottled water for cooking, drinking, and dog's water bowl.
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2018 Tiffin Allegro RED 37PA
2020 JEEP Trailhawk
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03-17-2018, 08:14 AM
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Senior Member
Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Olympia, Wa
Posts: 2,772
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With the 40' DPer we got a little over a week, with the C week get between 5 and 8 days. Two showers each and the other normal duties. But we have become more efficient. Dish water for flushing, going while out and about(more of a think about it thing), bottled drinking water, paper plates and bowls, micro the pre cooked foods and cooking several meals ahead be it on the BBQ or in kitchen to have less dish's to do. We do take hospital baths using the hospital wash cloths that have a antibacterial on the days between navy baths. We have 65 gal water and 35 gal black and grey, most likely could go a bit longer but the grey tank is our problem.
LEN
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03-17-2018, 08:38 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
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I could probably last over two weeks. With the wife, 3days.
J
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03-17-2018, 09:02 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Montana, Arizona
Posts: 1,363
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We can easily go 10 days. We pack along 1 gal of bottled water per day so we don't use tank water for drinking or cooking. Use an outhouse if possible and always use the 2 sheet technique for the toilet. Navy shower for each of us daily. Use small dishpans and wipe out pans with paper towels before washing. We BBQ and paper plate most of the time. We are usually ready to move on long before we run out of water or black/gray capacity. Be sure to flush your black tank as solids will build up with minimum liquid. If I have a few miles before a dump station, I'll add water before we take off so it has a chance to liquify the solids.
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2022 Chevy 3500 Duramax
2018 JLUR
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03-17-2018, 11:17 AM
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Senior Member
Outdoors RV Owners Club
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 855
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We can go two weeks if we are really careful. 80 gal. fresh, 40 grey, 40 black. We use paper plates, plastic silverware etc. Showers fill the grey tank so the less you shower the longer you can go. One trick my hunting buddy and I use is to pre-cook a lot of our dinners and then vacuum seal them. When it is time for dinner we just put the sealed dinner in a pot of boiling water to reheat it. When it is hot we open the bag and put dinner on our plates. No dishes to wash. We call them "heat and eat" meals. Save the water in the pot for the next dinner. We also bring bottled water or a 5 gal jug to wash hands outside on a table, brush teeth etc. just as if we were tent camping. No time or place to go dump tanks when you are chasing after big bulls!
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2017 Ram Cummins 2500
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