Date:         Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:24:51 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
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From:         Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Ideas for lifting water into the Westy water tank?
Comments: To: BA <oddstray@ODDSTRAY.COM>
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I won't dispute it, I am nutz. But not because I won't build a pump,
hose, and battery setup to drag along so I can fill my water tank with
water I know is unsafe to use and also drag along and use special
treatments to reduce that risk when safe water is easily available and I
have a vehicle that was built to carry several days worth.

Because of hose length limitations I would have to camp or stop and fill
where people with motor vehicles can get real close to the water,
knowing that some of those people have little or no respect for what
should and shouldn't go in that water.

Since our vehicles weigh about 5000 lbs loaded for trips the addition of
an extra 50 or 75 lbs of water is pretty minor in my nutty estimation.

I also prefer not to cut my on board resources so finely that if
something should happen or we should change our itinerary that we won't
have an adequate supply of such a basic necessity as water with us at
all times. I don't mind that others do so but I think them nutz for
doing it on purpose.

Mark
Vanagon nut

BA wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:43:49 -0700, you wrote:
>
>
>>I think you guys are nuts. At home before a trip I drain and then FILL
>>the tank at a store with one of those purified water machines outside.
>
>
>
> And (with all due respect) we think y'er nutz.  :-)
>
> Serously, the thing is that we're (in SoCal) generally moving water
> from approximately 500' elev. possibly down to approx. 200' below sea
> level and then as high as 7000' feet.  That's our geography.  And
> water is heavy.  So it's worthworthile to optimize water haulage.
>
> If we were still in the (relatively flat) midwest we probably would
> pre-fill the water tank and not worry about where to get water.
>
>
>
> B&S
> '87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
> So Cal
>