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Topic ClosedBlack tank fell from r-pod - Event Date: 03 Nov 2016
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    Posted: 03 Mar 2018 at 2:32pm
Originally posted by ronahue

I usually travel with a full fresh water tank and an empty black water tank. I learned while travelling through Alberta, BC, Yukon and Alaska last year that potable water and dump stations can be difficult to find at state, provincial and some national parks.   


Same reason for me.
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Posts: 3219 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Mar 2018 at 8:34pm
Totally agree with ronahue and geewizard.  We boondock most of the time so 300 lbs for good well water is a given.  As far as mileage is concerned, I have recorded a 5 hr trip in Michigan where one way I carried 300 gallons of water and on the way home, returned empty.  Zero difference in mileage and as far as elevation goes, no difference there either.
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Mar 2018 at 9:04pm
I believe weight is a VERY minor issue. Aerodynamics is THE issue. When we got the Lance, we towed over a couple of long trips we had detailed numbers for from the previous couple years. The Lance, which weighs almost twice as much as the Pod, we got about 1-2% different, calculated MPG. That's easily within the weather/traffic variable.

The best mileage towing a TT we ever got was the Airstream, and at 34 feet and 7000lbs, it was also the largest/longest/heaviest of our 3 TTs. But it was the best, aerodynamically. We averaged about 2 MPG more then either the Pod or the Lance.
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