Easier Water Fill
Recently saw a fellow MHer using what looked like a drain pipe foot or elbow inserted into the lookable opening on the side of his van. This allowed for a much easier filling when using a potable water 'Jerry' type container, no wet feet or trousers! Does anyone know where the correct fitting can be purchased or the dimensions for that snug fit?
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Oh, you pour things!
I'm not with my van at present so can't measure up for a few weeks and don't fancy the T&R as that may cost me more than watering can!
It just seemed like a clever solution and I could keep my present water carrier!
The answer must be out there some where!
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i actually use one of these when needed.....got one from Plumb Centre or B&Q.....
I just wrapped one end in Mammoth tape until it was the required size.....
as said, fits snuggly in the water inlet and makes pouring the 10 ltr Jerry can a lot easier.
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I use a plastic elbow. I just needed to chamfer the end that fits the van inlet to enable a push fit. My jerrycan is 25L and I have learned from experience that it is hard on the arms to hold it steady whilst pouring if completely filled, so I do 15L at a time.
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Mind if I ask why folks are using other than a hose to fill a MH tank? Is it so that you don’t have to move off pitch, which I can understand?
We used to top up our onboard caravan tank, but just use a hose in MH. With van, we used a flexible spout funnel, with a removable suction hook and a tie up to keep it steady. Both hands free to pour and steady container.
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We only ever fill our aqua roll when first setting up on arrival on site after that we have two 7ltr watering cans and a small container for drinking water,and have found that when ever one of us,goes to the loos or service point ,just take one of the watering cans then top up the aqua roll each trip,our friends who at the moment, still have a motor caravan now do the same and also have a wastemaster under the waste tank outlet, so it saves being in the queue when leaving
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I can understand if folks use a lot of Club Sites. We had to queue to dump our waste water at YRP last year. Mind you, it’s a very badly placed MH point, you have to drive around whole site, and was made worse by a plonker who had pulled his van out into roadway around site and then decided to do all his preleaving checks and final storage of items. He had dozens of folks muttering at him, held everyone up. We couldn’t get out even if we didn’t dump waste, so decided to do it anyway.
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Hope your van arrives soon, just been looking at how your Thule was fixed. We didn’t find having onboard tank too much of an issue, there’s always a way round it, not least the easy option of a long hosepipe😀We did make mistake of not emptying it on one tow home, not something we ever forgot again, the tail started to wag the dog! Hope things go well with your van. Are you covering seats again?
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It depends very much where I'm 'vanning TTDA ! Some very basic sites such as Altnahara { oh bliss, oh joy } have watering points where the van cannot go !! So out with the watering can, take a couple of deep breaths and get to work
P.S. -- I do like your new pillow
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Fingers crossed for you, and hope it proves better than your old van, it will certainly get some use. I had forgotten about loo flush, mind our vans didn’t have plumbed in loos, only the old porta potty! Never gave us any grief though, not like these electronic and auto flush!
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Madam likes to be comfy. They are just cheap cushion covers. Just realised that photo is taken in our van, not the MH, so Herself is stretched out in full comfort. She does love touring🐾🐾🐾🐾💗
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I ditched all my water carriers except for two multi-purpose flexible buckets. I have use the flat hose a few times or service points and in three years have never had the need to carry water. I expect it will happen in which case I’ll manage with the bucket I guess! 100 litre tank lasts us several days.
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I tried the elbow shaped plumbing pipe approach last year as it was on another forum. It works and is very useful when pouring in water from a water container. Bought mine from Homebase [plumbing area] having measured the inlet. You have to be wary about your inlet angle as my fitting didn't work on another van.
In the end, I decided it wasn't for me. I carry a 10l food grade watering can [on offer at the time] and two lengths of food grade hose. I'd uprated the van to 3850kg and have enough payload to carry a full tank of water if need be [axle weights are fine]. For now, I find the hose/watering can easier.
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I understand and recognise that we are all different.
We travel light, never fill our tank and only use that fresh potable water which comes from the tap. Plastic bottled water I do not see as anything but a rip off and one which contributes to pollution and energy wastage. We therefore put only that water needed in our tanks which we will use during one full day. This generally takes just a few minutes a day and if on a site without a shower block this day take a little longer or we adopt a different but equally effective form of personal hygiene.
Each to their own, mind but that's our way hope that's okay to say!🙂0 -
yes, different circumstances require different approaches....
arriving at most sites, the MHSP and hose is a straightforward start...
...but sitting on a pitch long term and not moving the van (other transport, awning set up etc) will require the mountain to come to Mohammed and (if taps out of reach) the elbow/container/watering can system works well, especially if water volumes are lowish....using site showers etc.
OTOH, a continent crossing trip, stopping on aires/car parks (some without water) will require a decent fill when available to cover several showers....this fill will inevitibly be with a hose....or even two joined together if the tap is distant.
similarly, the waste generated from the above input has to be managed, and this will vary from drive over points (sites/aires), to plumbed in serviced pitches to some sort of container 'management'...
when the latter is required, we've found the more compact Fiamma 23 ltr rollatruck is far easier to work with and store than a Wastemaster......
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In the 1980s I had a Target caravan which was one of the first to come with an on-board water tank. The only way to fill was through a lockable cap on the side of the caravan, very similar to the fuel filler point on vehicles of the day. Perhaps that was why accessory shops then stocked lopsided filler funnels with a long spout. Still available on the Internet.
With that stuck down into the tank the top of the funnel sat level, and pouring was easy - if only 7 gallons at a time. What was not easy was remembering to step back before standing up, as there was often an open window above one's head due to children being fascinated by the gurgling noises.
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) as far as the watering can goes 
