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- Jebadiah
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- Mohegan Lake, NY
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I'm not looking to venture out into the middle of nowhere and explore uncivilized wildreness. Well, I am, but that's not something I'm gonna be doing anytime soon. Long story short, I'm seriously considering living out of a travel trailer for the foreseeable future. 6months, 18months, who knows. Lots of life factors that will play in and most importantly, how much I enjoy it or if strats to drive me crazy.
But my house is about ready to close and I am not going to be buying another one - yet. I've made too many bad decisions in life so I'm not rushing into making another semi-permanent big one. I'm getting divorced and changing careers. I need to clear my head. I love nothing more than waking up in woods smelling camp fires.
Anyway - my concern. Hot long can I go without dumping black water. Gray water and fresh water are an in issue but a bit less of one. I plan on splitting my time between a couple of full service camp grounds, a couple of state parks that have no hookups, and a couple of family member's yards that can supply fresh water and power but that's it. Winter is going to be tough and that's when I'm going to start all of this. Not by choice, life says so.
What are my challenges going to be? Let's assume that I will be at each location on rotation for two weeks at a time.
Fresh water - I'll top off when I can with a heated hose. I am not opposed to putting a 40 or so gallon tank in the back of my Jeep for "water runs". I can always get water somewhere and pump it in to the RV.
Gray water - the majority of waste water. How long does a typical tank last? It's me and my 5 year old who will be spending about 1/3 of her time with me. Any ways to make it "OK" to dump? I know on boats we used to use every thing "eco" based so it was OK to let gray go overboard. Soap and such things. But I sure wouldn't empty a tank on someone'e property and also wouldnt want to do so in a state park.
Black Water - Eww. Only one place I'll be going to has hookups and they are the only year round place to dump tanks as well. Does anybody run auxillary type tanks? I was actually thinking about getting a small utility trailer with a couple of tanks mounted on it, maybe 200 or 250 gallons in total. Something I could offload the rv into and then easily drive to a dump station.
I obviously dont have things worked out yet and there are a bunch of things I am sure I'm not taking into consideration. I'm not a total noob, but I promise you wont insult me if you provide basic info that I already know. I don't have experience going past 3 days at a non-hook up site. Thanks for any help.
Cory
But my house is about ready to close and I am not going to be buying another one - yet. I've made too many bad decisions in life so I'm not rushing into making another semi-permanent big one. I'm getting divorced and changing careers. I need to clear my head. I love nothing more than waking up in woods smelling camp fires.
Anyway - my concern. Hot long can I go without dumping black water. Gray water and fresh water are an in issue but a bit less of one. I plan on splitting my time between a couple of full service camp grounds, a couple of state parks that have no hookups, and a couple of family member's yards that can supply fresh water and power but that's it. Winter is going to be tough and that's when I'm going to start all of this. Not by choice, life says so.
What are my challenges going to be? Let's assume that I will be at each location on rotation for two weeks at a time.
Fresh water - I'll top off when I can with a heated hose. I am not opposed to putting a 40 or so gallon tank in the back of my Jeep for "water runs". I can always get water somewhere and pump it in to the RV.
Gray water - the majority of waste water. How long does a typical tank last? It's me and my 5 year old who will be spending about 1/3 of her time with me. Any ways to make it "OK" to dump? I know on boats we used to use every thing "eco" based so it was OK to let gray go overboard. Soap and such things. But I sure wouldn't empty a tank on someone'e property and also wouldnt want to do so in a state park.
Black Water - Eww. Only one place I'll be going to has hookups and they are the only year round place to dump tanks as well. Does anybody run auxillary type tanks? I was actually thinking about getting a small utility trailer with a couple of tanks mounted on it, maybe 200 or 250 gallons in total. Something I could offload the rv into and then easily drive to a dump station.
I obviously dont have things worked out yet and there are a bunch of things I am sure I'm not taking into consideration. I'm not a total noob, but I promise you wont insult me if you provide basic info that I already know. I don't have experience going past 3 days at a non-hook up site. Thanks for any help.
Cory
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