Rickb RV Chronicles

Woke up this morning – empty freshwater tank.

I had water last night, I left the pump on as normal – empty tank, this morning.

Folded everything up, hauled the trailer over to the fill station and put in about a third tank of water and turned on the pump – sure enough, water is gushing out of the city intake hookup.

I had this fixed, just before I left, or so I thought. Now, it’s New Year’s Day and I can’t call my dealer to get the skinny or at least vent my frustration. Oh, well. Just another episode in the saga of the new Bighorn. I’ve had plenty of them in the year I’ve had it. I’ll be listing a chronology, soon.

Meanwhile, I’ve cut off a hose end, plugged it up, and stuck it on the city intake, along with an extra washer. I’m using an old light bulb base backed up with some saran wrap and locked in with a hose clamp. It’s more or less doing the job, but I’m having a difficult time getting it to seal completely. So, in the interim, we’re just turning off the pump between uses.

That’s a problem, too, because there’s so much water necessary to pressurize the system, a lot of water drains before it’s depressurized (and the leaky plug) stops leaking.

Have to come up with a better solution, but this makes things usable, at least, and we don’t have to pull into a park (ptui…).