We had a great time at Dead Horse Ranch near Cottonwood, AZ. This was my first time with a camper that had water tanks, toilet and shore power. It went very well overall. The only issue was that some trim inside is loose and one of the dinette seats had a support break due to poor build quality.
Any suggestions on adding forward stabilizer jacks?
I could also use suggestions on saving water. We ran out of the 28 gallon fresh water pretty quick with 3 adults and 2 kids. Dishes seemed to be the biggest use.
Congrats! We are spending our first trip in our Colman 263bh and are loving it!
Sorry to hear about the issues. We’ve seen a few small issues With the interior trim as well, but nothing too serious so far. I’m sure yours will get covered by warranty.
You could always carry extra water in 5 gallon jerry cans made for water. Walmart should have these in the camping section. While not that friendly to the environment, you could always go with paper plates and plastic flatware.
We normally have a wash basin set up out side and fill that with soapy and put use pots, pans, etc in that until we wash.
As for washing ourselves, maybe try baby wipes in between showers. However showers will consume ALOT of water. I normally just shower when I get back to civilization. It can be gamy for long trips Boondocking, but normally everyone is the same by day 5. Have fun, and try to get off the grid and go BLM or US Forest. It’s the best fun you will ever have.
We use paper plates and paper napkins (can be burned for kindling) and plastic cutlery (can be recycled). We have a big blue jerry can made for water and a funnel, which we can use to refill our tank – the campgrounds here have spigots with fresh water. We try to cook on our portable BBQ as much as possible. At the end of the trip we do dishes once, and clean the grill off. Navy showers only – if we are hosting people each person can do 1 navy shower per trip. Being able to refill the water with the jerry can was a game changer though.
I was looking at one of these guys. How much did you snag it for?
I changed the sink aerator to a lower flow. Same with shower head. We use some paper plates. Most of the dishes get a scrape with a paper towel in to the trash first then a slow flow of water to soap and clean. We can stretch water this way.
