Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

My plumbing system sttrictly adheres to the K.I.S.S. principle.

1. The water tank is a 7-gallon Aqua Gallon jug.

a. The spigot is gravity fed. No pump to fail. It will work even if the battery is dead.

b. It's inexpensive - costs less than $10 at Wal-Mart.

c. It can be filled remotely. We camp in state parks that rarely have water hookups. The jugs can be filled at a near by fawcett and brought back to the site.

d. Water storage capacity is easily and cheaply expanded. Just buy more jugs.

2. The sink is a plastic dishpan.

a. Conserves counter space. Stowes easily when not in use.

b. Allows dishwashing to take place away from galley. Keeps that dirty water away from my galley

c. It's inexpensive.

3. Water his heated in a large pot on the propane stove.

I have a sink and a pump and tanks and a water inlet when water is available. It sure comes in handy when I drop my beer mug in the dirt. Don't have to go far to rinse it off. I was skeptical at first but sure turned out to be handy for such emergencies and the wife is happy and then so am I

We a jug (7 gallons) with a spout and bowl to catch the spills. Cheap, easy and nothing to break. I have been on boats where the pump for the sink breaks and can be problem. Gravity always works.

I don't know if it is just me but it seems like the spigots on both of my Reliacne jugs refuse to point down. It will stop at 90degrees. One of the screw caps is cracked from someone (probably me) trying to get it to point down.

I plan on installing a sink but I have to figure out where the plumbing will fit. It is kinda on the back burner though, not a big priority.

I had a Sink & running water (via a hand pump) in one of my tears and found it to be an obsticle. It cut my counter space, clogged one of my cabnets, and yes once it leaked and got all my bedding wet. And I found I didn't use it very often either. One thing I did though was instead of getting a regular sink-sink (for about $100). I went to the Dollar store and bought a 12" stainless steel salad bowl. Now I use a 2 gallon water jug and rubbermaid wash basin placed on the picnic table OR an old TV tray. Works great.

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Happy Trails

Len

Both my teardrops have 15 gal. water tanks electric pump and sink with faucet. You need alot of water in the desert plus I take extra water for my shower and pota potty.

We'll use 5 or 7 gallon water jug and dish pan. We like to take dish washing to the dirty dishes on the picnic table. No gray water system.

Roger and Lois

I will ware a barbers shaving bowl on my head like
Don Coyote now there was a true hero.

Ron D.

I'm still building but I've installed a sink and 11 gal pressurized system.

Dean in Eureka, CA wrote:I've got another question to bring up about the sink. Originally, I had the placement of the sink, right in the corner next to the drivers side wall.
In my latest plan, I've got the sink and water tank centered. My reason of thinking for this change, was to center the overall weight of the package and to have counter space on each side of the sink. (I was a bit concerned about the weight of a full water tank being all the way to one side of the trailer)
I've got my latest design posted in my ALBUM.

I have located my tank as far left as possible. 11 gals of water works out to about 100lbs. I have an optima battery, inverter, 12v PS, & pump that are to be located on the right side to balance out the weight. The battery alone is 69lbs. I'm targeting keeping my tongue weight under 100 lbs.

I was thinking about water the other day for my planned teardrop (just orderd the KC Comet plans). Besides the wash up water and showers found at the campsite I like to keep my drinking liquid in handy 12oz containers.

Chip wrote:I run to the store and get a jug of water,, or run to the water sourse at camp and get a container full of water,,

Does this constitute running water in my trailer,,

NO NO NO NO NO! LMAO The water has to be the one to do the actual running.........

Chip wrote:I run to the store and get a jug of water,, or run to the water sourse at camp and get a container full of water,,

Does this constitute running water in my trailer,,

chip

Very very good pun chip

Ron D.

I only have the frame on order. I think that I will have some sort of Grey Water holding system. Running water - hand pumped to small pan. In some Provincial and National Parks where animals are an issue, they require you to carry your waste water to the washroom. In fact in Banff and Jasper quite a few camp grounds were closed to any tent or soft sided camper.

I have a small sink to install and a Rocket hand pump faucet on order. I'm going to put an outside fill into a small water tank probably 10gallon. I'll run the sink straight out into a bucket to dump it out. I'm hoping it's going to work out for me. Guess I'll find out.
Philip