Deal done, caravan to motorhome

the answer is that you can do what ever suits you....MHing is all about flexibility.

Sites have fresh water so you can wait and fill there if you like, or if you might be stopping for a cuppa on the way, put some in at home.

oh, where do you keep the van, as this might make suggestions more (or less) appropriate.

we keep the van at home, its rarely on the drive for a couple of weeks so we dont drain down (unless a prolonged period of frost) so we always have some water on board.

for filling, we have a couple of food grade hoses that can be joined together if needed, also a 10ltr container and a 'funnel' for ad hoc filling.

re the waste, generally we use the site drive over waste but also have a longish hose which connects to the waste outlet and can be run into a hedge (on a cl) or onto a drain on a serviced pitch. 

we used to have a wastemaster but it is just too cumbersome so have recently got a fiamma roller container which is far more compact and a regular shape for storing in the MH garage.

any questions, please come back.

Dougie, it's as BB says. Just do what suits you best. What might be best for me, might not be for you. The advice I'd give you is to keep things as simple as you can.

Enjoy your MH

Same as above. Except we also carry a bucket for grey waste, only got a smallish tank. Top tip.....always use a wash up bowl, and catch bits and grease in this, rather than down waste pipes into tank. Saves a lot of bother, keeps things smelling sweeter. All that comes from our grey waste is hand wash and shower water.

You will be amazed at how much quicker set up and pack up is with a MH, once you have ditched as much clutter as you can! 

Enjoy!

I fill the fresh water tank about a 1/3full ,and depending on what site we go on we sometimes take a waste water container if the M/H service point is a pain to get to ( Setthorns) is a good example 

the other point worth noting is remember the height of your .M/H when you are out and about in it , remember you were used to driving around in a car and probably never gave low bridges a second thought 

Think motorhomer ,ultimate freedom 😀

Thanks all for taking the time to reply to my post. Motorhome will be at home so filling up with fresh water isn't a problem.

I was not sure if I could fill up with 100 ltrs of water due to the weight. This is all new to me but I'm learning a lot by reading up on here.

Great info here regarding hose pipes for filling and emptying grey waste and to have a container for filling or emptying.

Yes this was one of the reasons to move to the motorhome. Quicker to set off after finishing work on a Friday evening and quicker to set up on site.

Yes I will need to check the MH height.

once again all thanks for the great info I'm sure I'll be on here asking other questions.

You're going to enjoy it 😆. We keep the height and weight on laminated paper on the sun visor so if there's a low bridge or width restrictions there's no need to panic just check on the visor 😉 the lengths on there too but never needed that in an off the cuff situation!

First year we had a motorhome I was obsessive about carrying as little water in the fresh tank, waste tank and toilet because all that extra weight must make a difference. Then I became less worried and traveled with fuller tanks when I found my payload allowance was very generous. Now I don't worry because it never made any difference to fuel consumption, performance or handling. Over time you will get to know how much water you need every day and how long your grey waste tank will last.

 Grey water can be dumped in a drive over drain on larger sites when available but otherwise we use our waste bin, saves carrying an extra bucket. Try not to tip milk or fat down your sink or you get smells back up from the grey waste tank.

Good tip to keep height and width reminder on the sun visor.

Welcome to the motorhome fraternity. My tip, do make out a check list of things to do before moving off and use it. It is all too easy to forget to do something before driving off.

peedee

All above very good advice, we too have a routine for moving off and a list. We have always kept our vans on the drive packed with clothing and at least two evening and two breakfasts onboard so we were ready to go at anytime. When working we had quite a few favoured sites no more than an hour away from home and many was the time on Friday after work, with fine weather promised, we would just make that impromptu decision to go, and went, so very easy!

Thanks again for the tips and advice. I loved our caravan time but recently I kind of lost the notion as it was a bit of a choir to get the caravan ready to go after work on a Friday then on arrival at the site to set up. I'm hoping that with the motorhome it's going to be so much easier to get up and go and quicker to set up on site.

Im getting excited now......motorhome off production line this week and dealer hopefully will have it shortly and we have a handover date of 12th May.

keep the tips coming in I really appreciate it 👍🏼