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Taz said:At our place in Baja, Mexico we have to haul our own water. We haul it in 3 or 4 55 gal water barrels with screw tops. Those barrels ride in the back of the pickup. The water is then transfered to a 600 gal black tank via a 12 volt pump plugged into the 12 volt outlet in the cab of the truck. From the big tank it is pumped via a 12 volt pump that is powered via the RV. It gets transfered into the 80 gal water tank in the RV and from there its pumped, again via 12v, to sinks, shower, washingmachine,etc. The tanks in Mexico run about $300 and can be hauled in back of pickup. The valves, etc., come with the tanks. Many there have an old truck that the water tank sits in all the time and they pump directly into house or RV from that tank. We have to drive to town where we get free water or if you have a friend up on the highway where the water is pumped from town. And yes the town water is drinkable, however we don't drink it as its salty as the wells are pretty close to the beach. We buy our drinking water at Culligans stands that are all over the town. It costs us $0.77 for 5 gallon jug. The jug sits on the counter in the RV and has a hand pump on it. BTW you can paint the black tanks any color you want using latex pain. Some down there are really works of art. Our tank sits on a level bed of sand.
Taz
When Dennis suggested 'pea gravel', I was thinking sand before that was brought up. This will be my first foundation for a heavy load item (1st. foundation period) and I wonder what would be better... ???? ...