New Van

Judes and Bazz · Senior Member

New Van

Mark · Senior Member

I ALWAYS travel with water, you never know when you may be in need of it, and if you do have an unexpected stop-over, you have the luxury of being able to wash, cook, and make a brew!! Obviously you must take into account the weight allowance you have and whether a tank of water is within your weight limit, remember a litre of water weighs a kilo, so if you have an 80 litre tank it's 80 kilo's off of your weight allowance, 2 x 80's = 160 kilo's etc...etc...

hope this helps.

Cheers

Dunmowin · Guru

With close to 300 litre water capacity, we rarely travel full, unless we know our next destination will be a free camp. Our dedicated drinking tank always has plenty of water, but we keep the other 2 x 100 ltr tanks with less until needed. We do this to reduce the weight of our van.

Old Crofter · Senior Member

We have a policy when travelling that what should be empty is, and full full, Especially if you are going down the eyre west coast. Coffin and Venus Bays are both worth a visit.

enjoy

rosco532 · Senior Member

Firstly Judes & Bazz.....Congratulations on the purchase of your new van...''Lots of great times ahead''

I'm almost word for word with myzscottie ......But as Mark mentions....just be conscious of your weights......I'm a little naughty sometimes and do travel over weight ...especially when I know that we are heading into a ''stinky'' water area (St George comes to mind....Water stunk of Sulphur...yuk)...And we do try & freedom camp as often as we can.

Just adding to that, We also use a ''Pre filter'' when filling the tanks as well as having a water purifier over the kitchen basin...clicks onto the filling hose.

Also,,Her-in-doors likes to wash her hair often...and that does hog through the water......Being ex Kiwi's we really haven't learn the art of being miserly with water....Her Mother on the other hand can wash in a cup full

We have a 23ft Windsor which are quite a solid van and don't really notice much difference between travelling full or with the water level down.

Cheers

Rosco

-- Edited by rosco532 on Monday 16th of September 2013 05:38:29 PM

myzscottie · Newbie

Hiya Jude and Bazz, I used to have a van, and I always towed full. Last fill of quality water is always nice especially if you go to a place and the water is not so great. Also when travelling, you might come across a great free camp site and decide to stay a wee while, no probs as you have plenty water.
I also have helped folks out with water in emergencies for them and their vehicle, so would never travel dry. Van also sits nicer on the road when in tow. We have a Motorhome now and do exactly the same just sits nicer on the road.
Hope that gives you some food for thought and safe travels.

aussietraveller · Guru

The decision to travel with tanks full can also be impacted by the load you have in the van, a lot of vans don't have a great margin for extra load and each litre of water is an extra kilo of weight so 90 liters equal to extra 90 kilo or 180 kilo with two tanks of load nearer to your maximum load, I travel empty except where I know the water in the area is suspect or anywhere that there is a risk of limited water supply.

justcruisin01 · Guru

You can survive for a long time without most things, but WATER, disbelief , water is life. With a loaded van you wont even notice a tank of water in fuel or travell conditions.

Gerty Dancer · Guru

justcruisin01 wrote:
You can survive for a long time without most things, but WATER, , water is life. With a loaded van you wont even notice a tank of water in fuel or travell conditions.

Absolutely jc. If you gotta travel without water for weight considerations, you need a bigger/stronger tug!