How to manual fill fresh water tank

[Padgett]

Note: when dry camping do not fill 6 gallon portable tank (from the mart at the wall) over 5 gallons. 40 lbs of water is all I can hold in place to pour. Need to investigate a small pump.

Fridge working fine, is at 38-40f / 14F in freezer with 85F OAT.

Westy running the AC just fine, after 2 days on 2nd tank of 87 PON. Is able to pull coach 20F down in under an hour.

Life is good.

[Bill]

Originally Posted by Padgett

Note: when dry camping do not fill 6 gallon portable tank (from the mart at the wall) over 5 gallons. 40 lbs of water is all I can hold in place to pour. Need to investigate a small pump.

You are right. No need to lift and pour. A kayak bilge pump is a great solution if you are willing to use a manual pump. If you want electric, there are any number of small 12VDC pumps. How about a used Shur-Flo pump similar to the one inside the trailer? Visit

http://www.trailmanorowners.com/foru...ead.php?t=1797

Bill

[Padgett]

Having cats I save the square nestable 42 lb kitty litter pails from Sams. A stack of 5 matches the height of the water inlet & can hold about 100 lbs.

Just saying.

[Craigrrr]

Manual multi pump works great and very inexpensive http://www.harborfreight.com/multi-u...ump-66418.html

[Roy in Texas]

Don't forget the deck plate solution proposed by MT Camper. No need for a pump. I did this when I saw this post. See the picture with Post 3.

http://www.trailmanorowners.com/foru...ght=deck+plate

[tentcamper]

We fill our water tank when we arrive at the CG, using the mod that trailmanor man shared a few years back. The mod that does not require to lift the shells and fill from the holding tank drain hose.

As far as adding water once we are set up. In most cases we only stay for 3 days and don't run out. But when we need to add water, I have a 3 and 5 gal container and pour it in.

[LoveToCamp]

Correction to tentcamper's post - the mod to fill through the fresh tank drain hose does not require you to lift the shells. I have done this mod to mine, but have not filled this way, yet. It will take longer, as the drain hose is smaller than a normal fill hose.

So, while I can fill without opening my shells, I likely would not, simply due to time factor.

[TrailManorMan]

My forty gallon tank fills in 6-7 minutes on most state park water pressures I've encountered. Never thought it takes too long......

[tentcamper]

lovetocamp,

Thanks for the correction "it does not require lifting the shells". We are at about the same time to fill as trailmanor man. Sometimes much quicker and a few times longer. All depends on water pressure.

PS I corrected my previous post.

Skip, yep when you arrive at the CG and to sit and wait 5-8 minutes, it sure fells like it taking a lifetime. But much nicer then hauling water by the 5 gal jugs or lifting the shell to fill.

[Brittany Dogs]

I have a few ways to fill my 20 gallon tank depending on the length of stay or other conditions. For outings that I expect to fill the tank more than three times I have a SurFlow that I mount next to the filler cap and the suction hose is like 3' long that attaches to a 3/4" PVC pipe about 2' long. I fill up the 6 gallon jugs and carry them to the trailer, put them on the ground and then stick the PVC pipe into the water jug. The output of the pump goes into the filler cap of the trailer.

But here is the other method Bill might be interested in. Camp World sells that 40 gallon water bladder thing that looks like a mini water bed. I put that on top of the truck and just run a white hose to the TrailManor filler cap. Most times the height of the bladder is higher than the filler cap and I let gravity just fill up the tank. Most times I do this without standing there and do inside things like getting dinner ready. I watch the water tank level from the inside.