Fresh Water filling

I believe that is not uncommon. There is a “sticky” on the Autosleepers forum about what to do in that situation.

We always travel with empty tanks and fill up at the service point on arrival. We have a selection of Hozelock fittings on food grade hose. We also have a HEO Solutions water connector, this is put in place of the water filler cap on the motorhome, it has a hozelock male fitting and makes it an easy one man job with no 'splash backs'

We carry a couple of containers should we need to fill/empty whilst on site. A small fold down trolley is very useful. An external submersible pump is also an asset

just for balance, once 'on the road' and touring, we generally travel full or fullish.

some of our stops won't be on sites so will be using our own shower.

if water is available prior to leaving en route to another, we empty waste and fill with fresh for the next stop... 

two lenghts of hose and a variety of connectors as many do, tap fittings do vary from place to place.

Couple of watering cans is all you need. Ours is 120 Litre tank so take six trips to fill. Its far easier to carry two cans than one and you cut down the walking distance.

Watering cans unlike hosepipes FIT all taps

it's also a darn sight easier to fill a 120ltr tank from scratch with a hosepipe than 6 watering cans...

however, like most others, we do have a similar thing in a 10ltr carrier which I do use from time to time...

Agree two watering cans are easier to carry if you have the space to store them. Why make two trips to a tap when you can do one. I also carry two hoses, a short 10m one and a longer stretchy one. They can be joined together if necessary and with the tap adapters I hope I have everything covered. I usually travel with some water and fill up on arrival. Not had a problem yet.

I also carry two 10L collapsible buckets, got them for £3.99 each from Home Bargain Stores

peedee

One of the reasons for us swapping to a MH was to do away with the need to fetch and carry water and waste. No way do we fill or empty the tanks with buckets/cans unless it’s a dire emergency. What could be simpler than driving to the tap and drain?

"What could be simpler than driving to the tap and drain?"

a tap on the pitch?

our long term breaks (which may include a stop or two of a week or much, much more) are likey to be 'away' and the vast majority of pitches there are full/part serviced....so no effort at all.

in the uk I don't do serviced pitches and our longest stays here are likely to be on THS (definitely not CC site) where I can choose to fetch water myself (although we are good for 5/6 days even showering) or take the van to the tap if staying (much) longer.

there won't be a drive over waste at this sort of site either....but we happen to like them for their locatations and terrific value.

I'm a big advocate of decent drive over MHSP and when leaving a site I'll use them to empty waste and fill with fresh, but not all places have them.

its just nice to have the choice. 

You often have no choice on a CL. or other sites with inadequate dump areas. One reason why I think the Club should open its sites to members to come off road and use site MSVPs albeit for a fee.

peedee

There’s always a drain of some sort, PD, which can usually be reached with a hose if necessary.