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The campground we are staying at in August has great sites right on the river. Those sites have water and electric, but no septic. If we were only staying a few days, no problem .... just dump out on the way out. But .... we are staying a week, so I will need to use the blue tank at least twice. For me, it's worth it to have a site on the river. Most places, when staying more than a few days, we would just get a full hook-up site.
I just looked up the spec on our fresh/gray/black tanks and it looks like their capacity is 75/60/40 so they seem fairly large. Is that a typical size and ratio?
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Tank sizes can vary quite a bit based on the make and model, our Eagle has 75 fresh, two 35 grey and 35 black. The old toyhauler had 120 fresh, 60 grey and 40 black.
We typically stay at full hookup sites, so the tank sizes are really not an issue for us. I try to travel as dry as possible due to the trailer and tongue weights being so high on our TT, but we are looking ahead at doing some non hookup stays at a few wineries next year, we should be good for a long weekend without hitting grey or black limits.
We typically stay at full hookup sites, so the tank sizes are really not an issue for us. I try to travel as dry as possible due to the trailer and tongue weights being so high on our TT, but we are looking ahead at doing some non hookup stays at a few wineries next year, we should be good for a long weekend without hitting grey or black limits.
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Thats crazy!
We stay at a no hookup site. Our fresh, gray, and black last the whole 10 days we are there. I believe it is 40 fresh, 40 black, and I am unsure about the gray but that never comes close to filling up.
It does help that the campground has toilets so the girls use them periodically when not close to the TT.
We stay at a no hookup site. Our fresh, gray, and black last the whole 10 days we are there. I believe it is 40 fresh, 40 black, and I am unsure about the gray but that never comes close to filling up.
It does help that the campground has toilets so the girls use them periodically when not close to the TT.
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That looks like a nice big site, we stayed at a KOA in Pigeon Forge that had postage stamp sized sites on the last trip, my one living room slide actually hung over the neighbors water and cable connections and the EX had to really squeeze to fit in the site with the TT.
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Kids chose yak colors, son goes to ncstate so he wanted red. The kayak launch is nearby and the water is in a sheltered cove.
The site is huge, camper is flat with one block under the left wheels. So flat that the a/c water is draining off the middle of the gutters. Full LTE, 5 minutes from the beach and stores. There is even a go kart track and mini golf course very close. Heck, Lowes hardware is even close by.
There ia alot around but the place is quiet, very clean and the people are nice.
The site is huge, camper is flat with one block under the left wheels. So flat that the a/c water is draining off the middle of the gutters. Full LTE, 5 minutes from the beach and stores. There is even a go kart track and mini golf course very close. Heck, Lowes hardware is even close by.
There ia alot around but the place is quiet, very clean and the people are nice.
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We have the sit-in style that tend to be a little thicker and three is our limit on top of the EX, I tried to mount 4 up top but they were all rubbing each other and not sitting in the J cradles correctly. Wider cross bars would solve that issue but then they would be potential head knockers when exiting and entering as the bars would extend out past the EX's sides. Getting them up and down resembles a circus act as it is, our EX's roof is high.
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I built my rack, I only needed to hold our two so I made it only for 2. 3 would be no problem, 4 would be rough and quite a lot or weight on the roof. Even my two (one heavier sit on top fisher) are on the edge of being to much on the front section.
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Sorry I don't have a better pic of my rack, but space-wise, four would be doable. Like Tom says... the crossbars will need.to be wider than your roof. Not wider than the truck, but wider than your roof. i don't know how tall Tom is, but he must be one tall dude {
} if he is knocking his head on his crossbar. I'm only 5'10".... but my head is NOWHERE near hitting my crossbars. Unfortunately, like Andy said.... weight will be what kills the deal. When I have my tandem on the roof (and a single on the opposite side) , the roof will buckle over a big bump. My rack even has four feet per side. I do think you could get away with three... weight-wise.
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Lol, I'm only 5'11" but what I was saying about the bars being head knockers was for entry/exit from the rear doors/second row seating, if someone were to step up onto the running board getting in/out a long bar there could be an issue.
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I was curious enough to go out with a flashlight and tape measure.... the ends of my crossbars are about 7' 3" off the ground. OK, so on a 2wd Ex, they won't be that high. Tom, tomorrow I will get in and out of the back and test your theory. You have me curious.
What's funny is........ before I added the Js on the outside of my basket, I called Surco to see if they made longer crossbars for my rack. They said they didn't, and wouldn't recommend adding longer crossbars because it would be a safety issue. They said people walking past my truck might hit their head. I said, 'Ummm ......... yeah, I'm not that worried about people hitting their head on my crossbars". I ended up buying the 96" Thule crossbars and cut them down.
What's funny is........ before I added the Js on the outside of my basket, I called Surco to see if they made longer crossbars for my rack. They said they didn't, and wouldn't recommend adding longer crossbars because it would be a safety issue. They said people walking past my truck might hit their head. I said, 'Ummm ......... yeah, I'm not that worried about people hitting their head on my crossbars". I ended up buying the 96" Thule crossbars and cut them down.
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Just curious, what is the weight capacity of the roof? For some reason 100lbs sticks in my mind.
I tried to see if my carrier would mount side by side on the cross bars and it misses by 1/2 inch.
I tried to see if my carrier would mount side by side on the cross bars and it misses by 1/2 inch.