RV water extender makes boondocking more fun

To limit fuel expenses, full time RVers Dale and Lisa Forsythe try not to travel too much. They save money by staying at Bureau of Land Management dry camping areas during winter. To assist them with their boondocking lifestyle they added an additional solar panel, doubled the battery bank and added a smaller inverter to use with electric appliances that didn't require the use of the larger inverter. But the most significant upgrade was the addition of a 65 gallon fresh water tank to the back of their Pick-up. He hooks up this auxillary tank directly to his fresh water city connection. In order to move the fresh water from the back of his truck through the city connection he installs a water pump between them. He taps into his 12 volt battery bank with these jumper cable type clamps. Then he hooks the hose up to his rig and the big tank and flips the switch. The 12 volt water pump is a demand pump so it only runs when they turn on the water inside the rig. The big tank fits neatly behind the truck cab just in front of the 5th wheel hitch. When they go to town to shop they stop and fill it up. Having the extra 65 gallons makes their boondocking lifestyle much more enjoyable. They've been at this going on five years now and are having a blast. Squeezing every drop out of the RV adventure - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing