Tent Trailers: Pop-up Camping

Top 898. Sep 27, 2000 9:47 AM

» mrnate - Gray Water

Hello,

I hope someone can help me out. I have been to several camp sites this year and can't really find a place to dump my gray water. I have a popup with a shower (and we use it a lot). Thus, we have lots of gray water. I purchased a gray water container and when it fills up, I 'roll' it to the nearest restroom and dump it in the toilet. Questions: is it okay to dump the gray water away from the camp site? If not, how do most people empty their gray water (beside the dumping stations)? Thanks for your assistance. I want to do the right things but don't know what the right things are.

-- posted by mrnate

Top 899. Sep 27, 2000 12:25 PM

» NanseyB - gray water

If you are in a full hookup site, you naturally can use that to empty your gray water. We keep the gray water open all the time when we have a full hookup.

Most places (at least in our state parks) have a site for emptying gray water so it is not necessary to use the restroom. We have found that we seldom fill our black water tank, so we use a small plastic tub to wash the dishes and then pour it into our RV toilet. It helps keep things flowing there too! :-)

Others will tell you they just pour it out when no one is looking, but I think the soap, etc. might harm the animals or vegetation, so I abide by the rules. Nancy

-- posted by NanseyB

Top 900. Oct 1, 2000 10:06 PM

» Tom_Stephens - Gray water

It is very important to abide by the rules Nansey--way to go! If there is no other place to dump our gray water, we dump it down one of the toilets or down the shower drain. Of course, we never dump grease or food stuff in our trailer's gray water tank.

Yours,

-- posted by Tom_Stephens

Top 901. Oct 2, 2000 9:08 AM

» mrnate - Gray Water - Thanks

Thanks Tom and Nancy - looks like I was doing the right thing dumping my gray water down the toilet. I will keep up my good practise.

-- posted by mrnate

Top 902. Oct 2, 2000 9:49 AM

» coconuts - Viking "vinyl vs Coleman "sunbrella"

Hi; I'm looking to buy a new pop-up. I like a viking because it has an all vinyl tent material. I'm afraid of the colemans because of the sunbrella material. My wife has extreme allergies to mold. Even though the material is moldproof, it looks & feels like it might get musty after a while. What is your opinion? Thank-you
John Coccorese

-- posted by coconuts

Top 903. Oct 3, 2000 8:00 AM

» Lablover - Coleman Models

We just sold our Coleman 84 Columbia and are waiting to sell our 85 Roadtrek campervan which we used for our summer Western Adventure. Now we are looking to buy a newer and larger Coleman. We have 2 girls, 8yo and 5yo and 2 Labs, so 6 all together. In my research I have looked at several different models and after reading all 902 messages, I would like comments from owners of Yukon, Avalon and SeaPine owners. Please give your input re: what you like about them and what you dont like about them. I was sad to sell our Columbia and camped in it, by myself, and in our front yard, the night before it sold.

-- posted by Lablover

Top 904. Oct 3, 2000 10:25 AM

» campgirl - Vinyl vs. sunbrella materials

Coconut,

I've been looking at campers for sometime now, and finally settled on a used Coleman with the sunbrella material. The primary reason that I opted for this, is because the material can breath. If you're camping and have wonderful weather, neither fabric should give you a problem. However, if you happen to have a rainy weekend, and all of the windows are closed up, and you have all vinyl/plastic materials... there is no way for the tent to breathe. It will build up moisture just from breathing, and have no way to escape. The sunbrella material on the other hand can breathe. As far as mold... I think if you just insure that the material is dry prior to closing up, you will be pretty safe.

My 2 cents worth. Good luck,

-- posted by campgirl

Top 905. Oct 4, 2000 1:09 AM

» Rav4Rosie - re: Coleman Models

We have a 2000 Coleman Sea Pine. Since you've had Coleman before I don't have to tell you how well made & efficient they are. We've only been out 3 times with ours so far. I'm not sure what the box sizes are of the other two models you are looking at but with 2 adults, 2 kids, 2 dogs you should look at the biggest one of them. The Sea Pine is 10' and its perfect for 2 people. I would also strongly suggest you get the optional toilet put in. I don't really have negatives about the Sea Pine I just don't know if its the one for family camping. Hopefully others can address that issue.

-- posted by Rav4Rosie

Top 906. Oct 10, 2000 2:28 PM

» RAMMER - New Coleman purchase

First of all, this site is great. Very helpful. I have just purchased a new 1999 COLEMAN UTAH from a local dealer(our first pop up). My wife and I did alot of research and decided on the COLEMAN brand because of reliability and word of mouth from other owners and friends. We looked at numerous used pop-ups before deciding on the Utah. We were at the dealer looking a used ones, when the salesman suggested we look at the Utah, it has the slideout dinette,3 way fridge,furnace,cassette potti,awning and a/c will be added. Including the brake control and ball installion we got it for $9000 on the road. The dealer even promised a packet of camping discount coupons and a hour long class on setup and all features when we pick it up. I feel we got a good deal with full factory warranty. All of the used ones in this area (Baltimore, MD)at dealers only carry a 30 day warranty. The wife wanted the factory warranty, can't wait to pick it up this Saturday and use it this weekend. Sorry to ramble on.
I have a few questions 1)I am concerned about the roof sag problem. I was told by a different dealer that this problem only applied to early to mid 90's models. Mine is a 1999 and it will have the roof a/c unit. Has anyone in the northeast experienced this problem? since it was stated that it is more common in warmer climates.
2)I have read about a recall on the 3 way refrigerators, I believe it had to do with cracked gas fittings. Anyone have any info?
3)I wanted to have bike racks installed on the roof,but the dealer told me due to the a/c only 3 could be installed, I'm not sure if weight or space was the problem. I need space for 4 bikes. I have seen 4 bikes on Colemans with a/c before, is it because of the roof sag problem? Thanks again GREAT SITE smile

-- posted by RAMMER