Wow, 126 gallons gray!! That's a big tank. You would have to try really hard to fill that up unexpectedly. The above posts have some good points.
use paper plates,
use plastic tubs to wash dishes
use the facilities to wash dishes like the tent campers do.
You can shower in your rig, but with a 42 gallons fresh water you will have to take navy showers (get wet, turn off water, soap up, turn on water and rinse, turn off water.) You would be better off using the bath house if one exists.
Breaking camp to dump is the same whether it's for black or gray water. Either way you have to move the RV. Depending on your driving style though, you don't necessarily have to pack up as if to hit the highway. Just be aware of what could fall over and break and take some precautions. Otherwise just drive slowly to the dump station, dump it, and put it back in your campsite. You can even leave your spouse in the campsite to hold down the lawn furniture.
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opnspaces wrote: Wow, 126 gallons gray!! That's a big tank. You would have to try really hard to fill that up unexpectedly. The above posts have some good points.
use paper plates,
use plastic tubs to wash dishes
use the facilities to wash dishes like the tent campers do.
You can shower in your rig, but with a 42 gallons fresh water you will have to take navy showers (get wet, turn off water, soap up, turn on water and rinse, turn off water.) You would be better off using the bath house if one exists.
Breaking camp to dump is the same whether it's for black or gray water. Either way you have to move the RV. Depending on your driving style though, you don't necessarily have to pack up as if to hit the highway. Just be aware of what could fall over and break and take some precautions. Otherwise just drive slowly to the dump station, dump it, and put it back in your campsite. You can even leave your spouse in the campsite to hold down the lawn furniture.
Agreed,that is a HUGE grey tank, I've seen class A's that only have 85 gal.
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It sounds like you are going to be a state park since most of Maryland's only have electric. Of you really have that big of a grey tank, you should be ok if you are judicious in your use of water. Your biggest issue is going to be your fresh water. Get a 5 gallon water jug and refill your water as you use it. I would use the bath house for showers and you should be able to make 5 days without dumping.
The large barrel is 30 gallons, I picked it up used for $10 with the bungs. It sets on an inverted cut-down shipping pallet (free.) The top vent is a ¾” street “L” and plug, remove the plug when filling or emptying, screw it in finger tight for transporting the drum. The lower fitting is a ¾” plastic ball valve, pipe nipple, and garden hose fitting. This is the fill / drain port.
I use a Harbor Freight 12V marine pump. And the trailer has a sewer cap with a garden hose fitting. The hose was some worn-out ¾” garden hose due for replacement. I did need to make a female-female hose for the trailer side of the pump.
Hook up the trailer to pump line, then the pump to barrel line. Open the ball valve, remove the vent plug, and open the gray water valve. Clip the pump wires to your battery, pull them when the barrel is full. Close the ball valve and put the vent plug in finger tight. Take the pump to barrel hose with you, this is the gravity dump at the dump station. I did away with the clear hose shown in the photo, it's all garden hose now.
The small barrel is a new 15 gallon one for fresh water. It too is a gravity / siphon feed into the trailer fresh water fill. But since you’re fillit off a faucet no pump is required. If you go this route BE SURE TO REMOVE THE BARREL VENT PLUG BEFORE FILLING THE BARREL!!! I’d hate to see a 15 gallon barrel of water explode.
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With a 126 gallon gray tank, you should be OK. One idea I've done with my rig because both gray and black tanks are the same size is when the gray nears full, empty a bit into a five gallon bucket, then pour that down the commode. Repeat that a couple times. Only downside of that is that once the black tank is full, the vacation ends unless you can dump somewhere. However, moving some water from the black to the gray tank does help prolong a dry camp stay if done right.
WOW, that thing is 41'10" long. Hope you fit into where ever your headed. Online pics look beautiful.
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Just two of us but when we're snowbirding we empty the black tank once a week and we do not use the campground restrooms for that. We always have full hookups so the gray valve is always open. Without sewer, we'd shower in the campground facilities.
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I just bought a 22 gallon blue tote. love it. 3 of us. no sewer hookup for 8 days. We took off the pressure of the black tank with only 1 dump and made it fine til we left and hit the dump station. did not empty grey or galley. we were conservative.
you should do fine. it is just a matter of learning to be conscious of HOW much goes in the tanks. we didn't skimp on the black tank. we used it and came out ok with just one blue tote dump. it rides in front of the 5th wheel in the truck so I am so glad we bought one before this trip.
Nice looking 5er. I had my two grandchildren (4 & 10) out at a CG that had no electric and no water or sewer at the site. They did have a very nice shower house with laundry. We stayed from Sunday afternoon to Friday Night ... in our T/C. I have 40 gal of fresh water, 10 gal of grey and 10 gallon of black. I do use 1 gallon pure water for cooking and drinking. Thinking ahead, I did take my 22 gal blue tank and dumped it twice from the gray water and a 26.5l water jug.
I only had to run my generator for an hour in the late morning and for two hours just before dark. That was long enough to keep the kids entertained, especially on the two days that it rained all day.
It can be done. Have fun..............
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That's a big tank. You would have to try really hard to fill that up unexpectedly. The above posts have some good points. 
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