Do you tow your AS with a full fresh water tank?

[369goose]

Originally Posted by SeaLevel

Not all of Florida. We have a very good water system in Jupiter, which utilizes both reverse osmosis and nanofiltration.

Same improvements here in the Tampa Bay Area.

[m.hony]

Sometimes. It seems to tow a lot more smoothly with a full water tank.

[VT Wanderer]

Most of the time when we travel it's on multi day trips, so having a full fresh water tank is the way to go for us. 1. We like using our bathroom rather than a highway rest area. 2. We can take showers when needed. 3. We eat using our galley. Many of our nights are at Walmarts, Cracker Barrels and truck stops. When we need dumping tanks, more water, etc. it's on to a campground.

[larryglarson]

I need you as Bar Tender, I can only get a pint out of a pint. I travel with what ever is needed in my tanks.

[BAB]

We've learned that a full water tank is (for us) the way to go. We can hang in with marginal everything, EXCEPT water. So, unless there's some overriding reason not to, we pull out with a full water tank every morning we're on the road.

[rvb]

I always travel with a full water tank and empty black and grey tanks. My water tank is in the front, black and grey are behind the axles and my tongue weight is on the light side.

I have camped at 2 campgrounds where the water pressure was so high it caused problems even with a pressure regulator on the hose. At one they even used it as a reason to try sell regulators. I don't know how high it was but the pressure defeated the hose regulator, the pump check valve, filled up the water tank and water was running out the fill door. It also bulged the reinforced flex hose to the pump and started leaking at the connections.

I no longer hook up to city water and just refill the tank with the hose when necessary and run off of the pump. I like water from home better and we practice water conservation even with hookups which makes it 2nd nature when we don't have them.

[Moflash]

A Airstream is designed to tow with a full tank.

[Loden]

I have checked mpg with full and empty water tanks on my 27' Eddie Bauer and found no measurable difference. I also have found that sometimes having that extra water is a really good idea. We had a breakdown and spent three days in the vacant lot next to the dealership. If we had been traveling with empty tanks we would have had to spend them in a motel, eating in restaurants. Instead we were comfortably in our "silver Twinkie" (as my wife calls it) eating home cooking and enjoying the experience (relatively).

[Alphonse]

Do you tow your AS with a full fresh water tank?

Yes, far better than having 5 or 10 gallons hammering to and fro and side to side. The tank has no baffles.

[Tater]

We always travel with a full tank of fresh water and about 5 gallons in the black and gray tanks. We don't want the black and gray tanks to get dry and the small amount of sloshing will be good for them.

[switz]

Full fresh water tanks and several gallons in each of the black and gray tanks with the chemicals. That works for us and allows for contingency stopping if we need to.

[HCR]

After 15+ years full-time, I know that RV campground water can be unreliable. Full tank also, I have been told by experts, dampens road shocks to trailer. I'm certain this latter comment can be argued, as with tires, etc.

['55 Airlight]

Originally Posted by TBRich

Always travel with a full tank .. but then the tank on a 19' Bamrbi is not that big! .

My 15' Airlight has a 12 gal fresh water tank. We use it to flush the commode to wash up.

[wvstreamer]

Generally full on fresh till on our way home then let it go down as we travel home. But always a few gallons in black tank to slosh with treatment. Never in 40 years had a problem. Diesel TV doesn't care either way. Handy to have the convenience.

[4RXLA]

I always tow with my water tank full which insures trailer stability when towing as it puts more weight between the axles and the tongue. I also keep it full for disaster preparedness here in California where an earthquake, fire or flood is possible.

[Will_Brule]

Once, going to a campground I was familiar with, that has tasty water, I didn't fill (just that 5 gal or so like some recommend). Picked up a friend at the airport in Little Rock (plane was late). Arrived after dark in a rainstorm. Water to the campground was off for a couple of days (repair). Never made that mistake again. I travel full. Drain when I return home.

[Fred L]

Have always heard tanks need to be full or empty due to weight shift from sloshing ?
So we travel empty in the tanks, but always have a case of water bottles stored on board for emergency use and have never been left wanting.
I also carry either one or two 7gallon jerry jugs empty, so if we do get stranded, its easy to go fill up the jugs. If I do that twice, I pretty much have a full fresh tank.

[VT Wanderer]

We travel with full water tank, and it's there for whenever we need it - drinking, washing, toilet, etc. We do a lot of long distance driving - VT to FL - VT to WY & CO etc. and do many overnights in Walmarts, Cracker Barrels, etc. It 's nice to have your "house" stocked with your basic needs, and what's more important than water.

[Adventure.AS]

We travel with a full fresh tank (29 US gallons) so that we have potable water for drinking, washing etc. no matter where we stop. I have noticed that the gas mileage does not drop having the full tanks as once you get the rig rolling at speed it doesn't take much energy to pull the water too. I have also noticed that the whole rig is more stable with the weight of the water low and centred on the axles.

[Mollysdad]

No. I don't want to drag around another 300 pounds.

I keep enough for a few days of dish washing and showers.