

| Subject: | Re: Ideas for lifting water into the Westy water tank? |
| From: | Mark Drillock |
| Date: | Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:43:49 -0700 |
I think you guys are nuts. At home before a trip I drain and then FILL the tank at a store with one of those purified water machines outside. I have 2 reusable 2 gallon water bottles I purchased years ago for just this purpose. For about $3 I have a full tank of water that I trust. I could use the hose water at home but it is not that tasty in my town. When I am on the trip and the tank is getting low, I look for a market with a similar water machine when I need groceries anyway. Then I buy a 1 gallon plastic jug of water along with my other purchases. I dig my funnel out, put it in the tank filler fitting on the Westy and pour the gallon in. Then I take the bottle back and forth from the machine until the tank is full. $2 or $3 and good for another 5 days or so. On a 2 week trip we might drive 1500 miles and use $200-300 in fuel. Like amounts in camp fees, and like amounts in meal costs. So $600-900 overall and less than $10 for clean good tasting water. Mark Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > I use one of those clear collapsible water jug thingyies and I put a longer hose on the (usually > red) nipple (of the 'on' 'off' screw top) and then place the water jug on the counter top and let > it drain into the top of the water reservoir. No fuss, no muss. > > I also try not to lug water from one campsite to the next, so I try to have just enough water in > the reservoir to do lunch dishes for the day. Malcolm > > >>I wonder if a Westy owner who has worked up an easy way to do this might >>share his/her solution? > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >
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