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rhagfo
Portland, OR
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JimK-NY wrote:SCADAMAN29325 wrote:
As for the water meter, I'm just curious as to how much water we are using. I want see how much we're using, so I'll know for any boondocking. Like how many gallons for 3 days and 2 showers...
You can use as much or as little water as you like. When I am in the desert SW away from amenities, I get by with 3 gallons of water a day. That is cooking, drinking, and a daily shower. When my wife is along the daily is about 5 gallons a day. Instead of a gallon of water for a shower, she needs to rinse out long hair and uses another half gallon for that. If you try to continue to live as you do at home, the consumption can easily be 30 gallons a day.
Regarding all the misc items, I leave my RV stocked with misc at all times. That includes items such as cleaning supplies, basic cooking staples, bedding, spare bedding, towels, toothbrushes/paste, laundry soap, etc, etc. My permanent RV stuff includes basic 3 seasons clothing, raingear, flip flops, swimsuit, hats, extra boots, charging cables, bug repellent, sunscreen, basic tools, extension cord, etc, etc. I supplement based on the season and specific trip that is planned but I always have the basics. If you do not keep the basics in the RV, for each trip you will need a huge checklist, lots of time to plan and load and lots to carry to the RV. Regardless of experience, you will always forget some essentials and most of those will be inconvenient or difficult to replace.
This is how we kept our 5th wheel stocked before we went full time. It makes getting ready a snap. We did a weekend once with about 1.5 hours between me leaving work and putting hitch in truck, airing up tires, getting necessary food out of house refer, and pulling out of storage lot headed for a relaxing weekend.
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Our RV is left pretty well stocked with everything except food/beverages and clothing; mostly everything else stays put. When we load/unload, we use a laundry basket to carry stuff between house and RV.
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Martyn
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I use a small in-line water meter on the inlet to my black tank flush. I have a 30 gal tank and like to get it almost full with the flushing spray in order to get a good wash out. I use the meter to tell me when I have 25 gals in the tank.
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nickthehunter
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Martyn wrote:I have a 30 gal tank and like to get it almost full with the flushing spray in order to get a good wash out. I use the meter to tell me when I have 25 gals . why? You going to store drinking water in it next trip? It’s a black tank, it doesn’t need to be squeaky clean - and it’s a waste of water.
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Martyn
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nickthehunter wrote:Martyn wrote:I have a 30 gal tank and like to get it almost full with the flushing spray in order to get a good wash out. I use the meter to tell me when I have 25 gals . why? You going to store drinking water in it next trip? It’s a black tank, it doesn’t need to be squeaky clean - and it’s a waste of water.
I like it that way. It makes the tank sensors work every time. That alone is good for me. We can agree to differ.......
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NJ
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Similar excitement 20 years ago with the new Winnebago. Don't sweat it just take off and leave the worries behind. Keep your motor running out there on the highway.
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I don't even pay attention to the water meter at home.
For driving, we get up and get on the road and stop when we want to stop. Being a Class C, once I shut the engine off I am setup other than connecting shore power. With 2 drivers we can go as far as we want, 600+ miles if we want.
My tank sensors work but an idiot installed them so I don't trust the levels. The gray I have to trust the full sensor but for the black I will open the toilet valve and look down with a flashlight to gauge how much space I have in the top of the tank. I typically have another 4 inches of tank volume once my sensor reads full.
Back in the day we started with the pop-up and just loaded out stuff from home to the camper so it was a chore to get ready to leave. As we upgraded stuff at home the old kitchen gear went to the camper and eventually we just boxed and palletized our loading so all I had to do was raise the roof enough to open the side door. Now with the C its so much easier as we just make a packing list of food and misc and mark it off as we haul it out. A couple of reusable totes and we are GTG for hauling out to the camper. We will pick it up from storage on Thursday and bring it home for a Friday departure. That gives me time to get fluids filled and cool the fridge / freezer over night so I can take stuff straight from inside to outside.
As you gain time at the campfire you will figure out what works best for your methods for camping.
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