nwcamperguy
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Ok, as it says what are your recommendations, wet or dry? And by the way, I have a single axle truck.
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DSeckt
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As far as I'm concerned there is no debate.. We have the camper for travel. Wouldn't be much good if we couldn't use the bath room and make coffee in the morning..
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Golden_HVAC
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Ummm . .
You live in Washington and want to travel only when it is dry?
And you must have great balance to travel with only a single axle truck.
In some campers, without the fresh water tank full, the center of gravity goes rearward, so the COG could be farther back, near the rear axle, making the truck a little nose light.
Anyway if I am going to be dry camping, I want a full fresh water tank. But if I am going to drive 500 miles before getting to the campground, I might only bring 1/2 tank, and fill up at the campground or nearby gas station before getting to the campground.
If I will be driving to a campground with full hookups, then 1/4 tank is plenty of water, in case I might have a flat tire and want to take a shower along the drive. Or if I find a scenic area in route, and decide to take an extra day to get to my final campground, and want to take a shower that night.
As far as stocking up on food, I usually bring along 2-3 days worth, and pick up the rest locally, unless my destination is far away from town, then I plan the whole vacation's meals in advance and bring along an extra day's worth of food just in case.
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rjsurfer
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I never leave without at least a few days food and water and gas for the genny.
You never know when you will get stuck somewhere.
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mpfireman
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Fresh water 1/4 full. unless we are planning on dry camping, then it is full. Why carry that extra weight around with you unless you have to use it.
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silversand
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...I'm not exactly sure what you are after here...however, I'll take a stab and say:
-hauling full water and sewage across-country could get rather...um, expensive;
-haul food without water in it, too (i.e. buy wet food at your destination, carry only dry foodstuffs);
-hauling extra fuel in jerry-cans x-country can get expensive, buy it just before you set off into the wilderness to boondock;
-...that's all I can think of for the moment. I think I may have saved you 400~600 LBS of cargo hauling if you follow my suggestions, above 
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wayward1
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Always full of fresh water from the spring at home. I will refill only when I'm out of water from home. We weigh 11800 ready to leave, the little I will save on gas is not worth crappy water from where ever. Once you get used to good water, mass produced water only works as a last resort.
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MasterBoondocker
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Always FULL .. because I never go to CG's.
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silversand
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Quote:...the little I will save on gas is not worth crappy water from where ever.
Absolutely agree. However, we go through 4~6 tanks of fresh water when we travel (often traveling 1-month at a time), so bringing a tanker-truck with tag-axle full of spring water from home would be impractical 
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skipnchar
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If they were meant to be dry it would make a lot more sense to just leave the tanks out. I'd ALSO suggest you try to find a second axle
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