Water transfer

Thanks everyone for you help, think I'm getting there, slowly. Asking another question about best sat nav, in new post!!

We just fill the internal water container in the caravan with a watering can -  no aquaroll, no external water hog, no pump, no pipes, no ball valves, no connections to taps, no paying for special serviced pitches.

In what now seems a different universe far, far, away I caravaned with a wife and children who made innumerable visits each day to the site toilets. We had a small plastic jerry can (about half a gallon so even the youngest could carry when full) that went on most of these visits and returned full of water to top up the onboard tank. As the fill point resembled those for road fuel on a motor vehicle there was no Aquaroll capability.

We seldom ran out - the only problem was refereeing the fights as to whose turn it was to carry the water!!

We choose to always use fully serviced pitches so despite our U3 Cartegena having an on board tank it never gets used. Some are making this sound very complex and cumbersome when its actually very very simple.

Hose from tap to float valve on side of quaroll, submersible pump in aqaroll to caravan. Job Done. ?

We choose to always use fully serviced pitches so despite our U3 Cartegena having an on board tank it never gets used. Some are making this sound very complex and cumbersome when its actually very very simple.

Hose from tap to float valve on side of quaroll, submersible pump in aqaroll to caravan. Job Done. ?

We also like service pitches. However, unless you are not going visit certain places, you will will not always be able to take advantage of them.

ET.....I would think that those of us with the onboard tanks are more likely to also have the separate shower compartment and therefore more likely to use the shower in the van, so that uses a fair amount of water, then there is the washing up, and of course cooking and drinking.

We manage the onboard and Aquaroll water so that we don't have huge amounts of excess water when we come to the end of a stay.

We generally leave 10 litres  in the tank for use en route.

If the OP reads this last comment - please ignore it & do not under any circumstances tow a caravan with water left in an onboard tank - instability is an under statement !

There is even much repeated advice to empty toilet flush and wast tanks for the same reason - though that does defeat the idea of going on the go!  However, 10 litres goes seem to be a bit in excess for a few cups of tea.

It was only an approximation!

No stability issues as far as we are concerned, you don't notice an extra 10l of water in a big twin axle, but could be a problem in a lighter or badly loaded van.

We also keep the toilet ready to use, and of course we are carrrying all the fluid and water in the Alde heating system.

It was only an approximation!

No stability issues as far as we are concerned, you don't notice an extra 10l of water in a big twin axle, but could be a problem in a lighter or badly loaded van.

We also keep the toilet ready to use, and of course we are carrrying all the fluid and water in the Alde heating system.

it's not the weight, it's the weight that's sloshing around. Fire tenders carry umpteen gallons/tons of water, but the tank is full, so it's like carrying a solid block. If it was only half full, then half of umpteen tons would easily affect the handling of the same tender. I carry water for a brew in a gallon container but do leave the toilet ready for use ...... don't have Alde heating 

I confess that I once set off with both hot water tank & cold water tank full because they had Milton in ...... I forgot. I did wonder why it felt different 

That is us to a tee Molly. I know we have the same type of caravan.Once I did forget to drain the tank and yes I knew about it on the road,so pulled over and drained the tank. Have you got your motor back.......hope so.

If your tank is central and over the axle, the effect of water left in will be far less than if it is to one side and away from the axle. It’s a lot easier to gain a central position in a motorhome because the floor is raised and there are two axles to share the load between. In my case I have three conjoined tanks, so that any ‘sloshing’ is considerably restricted. Some tanks have baffles.