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Reply #20 –
Use dawn too.

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Reply #21 –
We travel with lots of fresh water, as it is one less thing to hook up each night if we are in travel mode.  We dump and use the great tank flush systems.  With the clear connector/back flusher on the waste connection, I know when my tanks are clean.  Have heard of people that dump, then back flush, and dump a load of ice into the empty black tank to scrap the bottom clean as they travel.  Great idea if you have a working ice maker.

Traveling with a full black tank seems a poor solution.  If you get waylaid, or have a break down, you are going to be one very unhappy camper, or at least my wife will.  Plus we don't hook up our sewer hose or water hose every night, just power as we make just a one night stop.  The last two weeks with 3 on board, we dumped the black every 4-5 day, then the grey to clean the hose.

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Reply #22 –
The amount of fresh water I Carrie depends on what where doing. When we where on the road for 6 months going from camp ground  to camp ground with stop overs at Wallmart . We went with full fresh water and empty black and gray. When we drive straight through from like Texas to Michigan or Mich to Florida black and gray empty and only about 30 fresh. That saves about 540 lbs of dead weight, and I have never felt any difference in the ride.Gam

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Reply #23 –
But at what  benefit. I bet you did not get that much better milage.  Stopping would be the only realizable benefit and that might not even make much difference if your GVW was not over the limit.

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Reply #24 –
Quote from: MR B2 –
I really hate the taste and smell of Chlorine in the water,

I will get a small pump and fill from the creeks and rivers here, We do have the cleanest water in the world,
But they put Chlorine in the water as their pipes are that old, They also put in Flouride as well,

Some states, their reticulated water is just off, So a creek or river is much cleaner and nicer to drink, and no additives added.

We use a whole house filter with a sediment section and an activated charcoal section, this gets the chlorene out.  We use it when hooked up, but use city water unfiltered when filling the tank with anticipated storage time.

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Reply #25 –
Quote from: Dakota Slim –
No additives in a creek or river? You are kidding, right?

Reticulated water has all the additives,

Creeks and rivers have none, Just upstream from farms, Etc, Other wise you will have additives,

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Reply #26 –
Quote from: Dean & Dee –
                    Like John we travel empty. After dumping We will dump a pail down the hopper with a mix of 20 Mule Team Borax and a big squirt of Dawn Dish Detergent on occasion and travel with that sloshing around to keep it clean and smelling much better. Same with the grey tank.

                                    D&D
Adding a bag of ice down the toilet while going down the road will also help loosen things up.

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Reply #27 –
My 85 definitely steers better with a full tank