How to get water into my A Class

[SheikhLala]

As previously mentioned in another post from a galaxy far, far away, I was stressing about getting water in my motor home.
I’ve bought enough hose to connect continents together and so far all has been dandy. We’re at Sandringham this weekend and we are sited nowhere near any water source. My assumption of a fully serviced pitch meant water and electric, here it appears to be electric and WiFi.
A local caravan dealer sells aqua rolls and generic 12v pumps, can these be hashed together?
Any thoughts or suggestions welcomed.
Thank you

 

[Lenny HB]

You have wheels and engine just drive it to the service point that's what we do. No point in tying to use it like a caravan.

 

[Badknee]

A local caravan dealer sells aqua rolls and generic 12v pumps, can these be hashed together?
Any thoughts or suggestions welcomed.

Don’t waste space and money, buy a 10ltr watering can. Exercise and you know how much your using as a guide. I put one or two in every day usualy

 

[AndyPK]

Yes - get a watering can as Badknee suggests…..!

edit: you can get a ‘Harrods’ branded one if you’re worried about appearances…….

 

[15edward]

We use an aqua roll and pump in certain situations eg residence room up fir a few days stay which usually means grandchildren and consequent large water usage
Works well

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[Verteuil Man]

As Lenny HB said. Drive over to the service point. It will give you chance to empty the grey water tank.

Life too short to carry water in cans.

 

[SpeedyDux]

I keep a spare water hose in the gas locker but it is still in its original plastic bag because I only use the 10 litre watering can method as mentioned by Badknee.

 

[Aspenshaw]

Follow Lenny's advice above. Most sites will have a 'motorhome service point' that enable you to fill your tanks. You will also be able to empty your grey water tank and likely to have a nearby place to empty the toilet waste. Look on the internet for a site map of where you are staying and see where the MSP is located.

 

[kevenh]

Fill up is via a food grade hose on our drive (that hose so it’s at least a different colour hose to our garden one if we can’t agree on other benefits).
On pitches, we’ve a 20lt floppy bucket that we can use a 12v pump with or a funnel if I need more upper body work out

 

[GMLS]

We fill up on arrival using a hose on a reel and these;

Brass Fittings Set

100mm spray nozzle. 2x 1/2" quick connectors, one with water stop. 3/4" BSP tap adaptor fits 1/2" outdoor tap.

www.toolstation.com

and then top up regularly with one of these

Watering Can Green 10L | Toolstation

• Contemporary design • Complete with detachable sprinkler rose to control water flow • Features a handy storage point for the rose when not in use • Wrap around handle for easy to pour use

www.toolstation.com

We use a separate container for the small amount of drinking water we need which saves messing around cleaning the tanks after every trip. Simples

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[JJ]

Life's too short to carry water in cans.

Oh no it isn't.

Carrying your own water is good for the soul...

JJ

 

[Verteuil Man]

Oh no it isn't.

Carrying your own water is good for the soul...

JJ

Not with a walking stick it's not.

 

[JJ]

Not with a walking stick it's not.

I use my walking stick to assist my walking... not to carry my water with!

JJ

 

[James-Alex]

Don’t waste space and money, buy a 10ltr watering can. Exercise and you know how much your using as a guide. I put one or two in every day usualy

We have never moved the van to get water or empty waste. Watering can filled if using facilities and a bucket for waste. Soooooo much easier than moving van

 

[TCG]

we carry a couple of these for use when required, take up no space

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[Stealaway]

We have never moved the van to get water or empty waste. Watering can filled if using facilities and a bucket for waste. Soooooo much easier than moving van

I have better things to do in day than wander up and down campsites with various buckets.
Far better to move the van every 3/4 days and do it all in 20 minutes

 

[NigelNovice]

We tend not to stay on site or same site all the time and will tour the area (we're not enough effluent to have a towcar and not sorted any bikes out although we do have a rack) as such we can drive to/past the service point in fill with a hose with one of those adapters you can get from classified ads section, in our opinion (and don't shoot us, each to their own) if your going to settle down on a site for a week say, then you might as well get a caravan or a Static

 

[jongood]

We tend not to stay on site or same site all the time and will tour the area (we're not effluent to have a towcar and not sorted any bikes out although we do have a rack) as such we can drive to/past the service point in fill with a hose with one of those adapters you can get from classified ads section, in our opinion (and don't shoot us, each to their own) if your going to settle down on a site for a week say, then you might as well get a caravan or a Static

Is that a chinese towcar

 

[kevenh]

I have better things to do in day than wander up and down campsites with various buckets.
Far better to move the van every 3/4 days and do it all in 20 minutes

I don’t like short trips in motor vehicles and when we’re on pitch we don’t move until checkout.
We use cycles, shanks pony or busses.

If we did move around, maybe there’d be an option to add water as we drove by the fresh water tap.

I’ll use a 20lt bucket while I’m still fit enough to walk the 10 to 80m to & from the fresh water tap.
Next we’d use a rolling container.
Hmm! Then we’re stuck without moving

 

[meanders]

Leave the roof vents open in a storm.

At least it worked for me in our first coachbuit.

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[Kannon Fodda]

To return, slightly, to the original post. I think the OP thought the pitch was full service so water and waste would be at the pitch. In practice I think C&CC call those super pitches.

For those of you with big MH drive every couple of days to the service point may make sense with your mega sized tanks. For us littleuns with paltry 60litre easiest to accept a stroll a day to the water point and keep topped up. I like the Colapze watering cans with an extra bit of hose on the spout. 2 of these and I've added 20l in one trip.

 

[nicholsong]

I think Jim should have an indicator against each thread title so each OP can say whether the thread is aimed at campsite or off-grid users, or either.

It would cut down reading too many inapplicable threads/posts.

 

[CutThroatJake]

As previously mentioned in another post from a galaxy far, far away, I was stressing about getting water in my motor home.
I’ve bought enough hose to connect continents together and so far all has been dandy. We’re at Sandringham this weekend and we are sited nowhere near any water source. My assumption of a fully serviced pitch meant water and electric, here it appears to be electric and WiFi.
A local caravan dealer sells aqua rolls and generic 12v pumps, can these be hashed together?
Any thoughts or suggestions welcomed.
Thank you

Out of interest which site are you on?

I have just looked and couldn’t see where either of the club sites have serviced pitches at Sandringham

 

[Woodgates]

There are no Super Service pitches at Sandringham, just Grass only, Grass with electric, or Hard standing with electric. Wi-Fi is available across the site from various masts which are not pitch specific, if I recall correctly.
We use a watering can to fill up if staying on site and can’t be bothered to drive to the service point,

 

[SheikhLala]

Thanks for the replies.
I think being extremely inexperienced in these matters has only added to my confusion regarding what a serviced pitch actually is. Though I appreciate that throwing money at an issue doesn’t always make for the most practical of solutions, I really don’t have the ability to be lugging water containers of any description around, let alone lifting them to the water inlet.
I got an aqua roll from a local caravan shop and have the colpaz usb thing going to an Amazon locker tomorrow, job hopefully done.
Cheers

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[Tombola]

Fully serviced should mean water, drain, and leccy

ask the office if they have you on the right pitch

 

[Captain Yoghurtpot]

Don’t waste space and money, buy a 10ltr watering can. Exercise and you know how much your using as a guide. I put one or two in every day usualy

Bang On!
And I also check on how much waste water each day (thrown away via a collapsible bucket under the grey waste tank) I have genwrated and refill with fresh accordingly.
Little and often is Sooooo much easier!
Simples

 

[nicholsong]

Bang On!
And I also check on how much waste water each day (thrown away via a collapsible bucket under the grey waste tank) I have genwrated and refill with fresh accordingly.
Little and often is Sooooo much easier!
Simples

Then we travellers would have to find more taps.

 

[SheikhLala]

I appreciate all the input but the chuck money at it solution worked a treat. We had all the water we needed and it didn't cause me any pain/discomfort.

 

[acropolis22]

As previously mentioned in another post from a galaxy far, far away, I was stressing about getting water in my motor home.
I’ve bought enough hose to connect continents together and so far all has been dandy. We’re at Sandringham this weekend and we are sited nowhere near any water source. My assumption of a fully serviced pitch meant water and electric, here it appears to be electric and WiFi.
A local caravan dealer sells aqua rolls and generic 12v pumps, can these be hashed together?
Any thoughts or suggestions welcomed.
Thank you

Sounds like you should have bought a caravan.