Date:         Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:34:37 -0600
Reply-To:     Richard A Jones <jones@COLORADO.EDU>
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From:         Richard A Jones <jones@COLORADO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: How is the Westy water tank inlet routed?
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> With regards to leaving home with the water tank full, and a bunch of
> spare water along, I suppose I'd do that if I lived in the flats. But
> from coastal San Diego, pretty much everything out of here is uphill --
> sometimes a lot uphill. And we get some pretty darn hot weather. Lugging
> an extra 40 to 60lbs up the mountains in hot weather just feels wrong.

water = 8.3 lbs/gal
water tank = 10.6 gal or 13.2 gal
weight = 88 lbs or 110 lbs

('87 brochure on the web has 10.5 gal, but my camper manual
with my '87 states 13.2.  Another (maybe '80?) brochure has
10.6 gal.  Does anyone know the accurate numbers?)

Richard
Boulder