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I once had a long conversation with someone who full-timed in a sprinter van, mostly all boondocking. He had some good insights into water management - he said he tries to use his water twice, like using dish water to flush the toilet, and so on. The Pebble is an interesting concept, but I look at it as just that - an interesting concept. It wouldn’t work for me for a number of reasons, but it’s going to work for others. And in a few years they may come out with one that would be perfect for me. I was able to go 2 weeks dry camping with 45 gallon tanks (all 3 of my tanks were 45), but that’s about it. My new trailer has 40 gallon grey and black, 45 fresh, so I’m thinking 10 days is the max. I did a little more than that once, but the last 5 days were somewhere with restrooms, which I used part of the time. -
Testing your boondocking limits where you have full hookups available makes it less stressful. I wish I had done that because I always wondered how much longer I could have gone if I'd been willing to push the limits. I did once have my gray water back up into my shower but I never waited for the toilet to burp. Linda -
The owner's manual should give you the proper answer. If not, call the factory's customer service number. I actually removed the one that came with our trailer for a time. We were installing an electrical upgrade, so many other things were replaced, too. I now have a true battery disconnect switch that is mounted very close to the batteries. -
Bruce, you nailed it with your first paragraph. What works for you may not work for me, and what works for me may not work for you. The biggest problem I see with both of those trailers is that they are designed by EV engineers, not campers, and certainly not by full-timers. I didn't poke around on their websites much, but I didn't see much about weights, tank capacities, etc. How will these things perform on cloudy or rainy days? What about wooded campgrounds, like may State parks? Water usage varies quite a bit. We met some Airstreamers last year that say they go 7-10 days on a tank of water, but I noticed that they were making several trips each day to use the campground facilities. How long would their water last if they didn't use other water? Next week we're going to experiment some. Sunday afternoon I'm going to fill and dump, then we'll go as long as we can using as little water as we can while still using only our own water. That will tell us how long we can boondock.
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That would be at CO 149/US 50, right? Weathershare.org only shows heavy traffic there so far.
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