Driving with "full" water tank ?

I have plenty of payload but rarely travel with full water tanks ( I have two holding a total of 300 litres) unless I know water might be difficult to obtain. Why carry extra weight if you don't have to, all it does is increase fuel consumption.

peedee

Write your comments here...Given the weight of all that water and the effect it could have if it slopped about in transit I would agree with you. We have a far smaller tank though and do not normally bother.

WW, MH water tanks are not as you would imagine them.. ...certainly the larger ones...they arent one big cuboid, but are either irregular (many cubes joined together as ours... or they will be baffled in some way....)

water does not 'slop about in transit' though Peedee is right.. 300 ltr of water is a lot to carry about...

but, then again, your style of camping (always on a site with ehu and a tap) isnt for everyone. some MHers travel from aire to wild camp to aire and may not necessarily be able to pick up water at each stop.....and if you're ising the ban to shower, youll need water on board...

When I have driven with full tanks I have never noticed any differnece in handling although it does tend to bounce around on the suspension a little more.

peedee

The main thing i notice when driving with a full fresh water tank, is that the fuel gauge goes down a lot faster. I usually only ever drive with about 20 litres in the tank, for loo flushing and just enough for an unscheduled overnight stop, without both showering. Never drive with a full waste tank.

I  certainly  don't  travel  with  waste  tanks full  or  even  partially  so  if  it  can  be  avoided,  but  the  full  fresh  water  has  never  given  me  any  problems,  no  more  so  than  full  fuel  tanks  do !