Foy
Resident Geologist
Gents and ladies,
New here, and seriously inspired to join the FWC "club". Been looking at such equipment for 4-5 years, but only now serious about pulling the trigger. Here are a few simple questions:
It appears the only tank on the FWC is a fresh water tank. Any gray water from the sink, or from a newer Keystone's inside shower "enclosure" simply drains outside, where I've seen pics some of you have posted for a bucket system or other (responsible) collection methods. Is this correct?
I mentioned the Keystone's inside shower set-up due to some contemplated use for overnighting in winter at ski hills in MT and ID. Might want some rudimentary showering in the heated interior. I imagine catching the gallon or two from each quick shower would be simple enough, and in-offensive disposal simple enough, too. My present thinking along these lines is probably not more than 2 nights in a row in the camper, three at the most, with a night or two in a motel in between. Will I just be catching the drain outside the camper, like sink gray water?
I envision hard winter use, particularly where the camper would be unoccupied w/no heat running during the ski day, would preclude use of the fresh water system altogether. It's not unusual for the daytime highs to reach only the teens or low twenties at ski area parking lot elevations. Is this your expectation?
I wonder what the cassette toilet (what we in North Carolina call a Suitcase Full of.......) operations might be in Rocky Mtn winters. I think myself and the wife, or self and ski-bum buddy, would certainly need to access conventional toilet facilities in the ski operations buildings to the fullest extent possible, but most of these offbeat ski mountains close up tight by sunset and don't open for the next day's skiers until 9:00-9:30am the next day. Having a cassette or a porta-potti seems mandatory, but what about freeze-up?
Has anybody experimented with a little (and quiet) Honda gennie mounted on a hitch-haul rack mounted in a front receiver hitch? I wonder if overnight power from such a unit might run a 1,500 watt oil-filled heater to provide some overnight heat, where keeping a forced-air furnace lit in windy ski mountain conditions might be a challenge, and where I just have some trouble getting comfortable with propane appliances inside a camper unit.
Any answers, thoughts, ideas, personal experiences much appreciated.
Foy
Newbie from NC
New here, and seriously inspired to join the FWC "club". Been looking at such equipment for 4-5 years, but only now serious about pulling the trigger. Here are a few simple questions:
It appears the only tank on the FWC is a fresh water tank. Any gray water from the sink, or from a newer Keystone's inside shower "enclosure" simply drains outside, where I've seen pics some of you have posted for a bucket system or other (responsible) collection methods. Is this correct?
I mentioned the Keystone's inside shower set-up due to some contemplated use for overnighting in winter at ski hills in MT and ID. Might want some rudimentary showering in the heated interior. I imagine catching the gallon or two from each quick shower would be simple enough, and in-offensive disposal simple enough, too. My present thinking along these lines is probably not more than 2 nights in a row in the camper, three at the most, with a night or two in a motel in between. Will I just be catching the drain outside the camper, like sink gray water?
I envision hard winter use, particularly where the camper would be unoccupied w/no heat running during the ski day, would preclude use of the fresh water system altogether. It's not unusual for the daytime highs to reach only the teens or low twenties at ski area parking lot elevations. Is this your expectation?
I wonder what the cassette toilet (what we in North Carolina call a Suitcase Full of.......) operations might be in Rocky Mtn winters. I think myself and the wife, or self and ski-bum buddy, would certainly need to access conventional toilet facilities in the ski operations buildings to the fullest extent possible, but most of these offbeat ski mountains close up tight by sunset and don't open for the next day's skiers until 9:00-9:30am the next day. Having a cassette or a porta-potti seems mandatory, but what about freeze-up?
Has anybody experimented with a little (and quiet) Honda gennie mounted on a hitch-haul rack mounted in a front receiver hitch? I wonder if overnight power from such a unit might run a 1,500 watt oil-filled heater to provide some overnight heat, where keeping a forced-air furnace lit in windy ski mountain conditions might be a challenge, and where I just have some trouble getting comfortable with propane appliances inside a camper unit.
Any answers, thoughts, ideas, personal experiences much appreciated.
Foy
Newbie from NC
