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Hey everyone...new member...cool tribe...
Anyway i have a few questions...I had planned on setting up a yurt in the desert for a full time residence...However a cousin of mine has a 2002 27' travel trailer that he has never used and he hs offered to sell it to me t good price since he and his wife re expecting twins and he could use the money...well i was wondering about a few issues...i know there i satellite internet available and that i could pretty easily convert the electrical from the generator to solar power and that i could usea mailbox service as a permanent address but there are still a couple more things...for the most part it will stay parked on private desert property but WILL be used once in a while for travel...if i had it hooked up to well water how easy would be it to just unhook and go back to the internal fresh water tank? and also a for the black water tnk...how would i go about handling that? my original plan for the yurt was to use a composting toilet...if i installed one i would need to make some modification to the chassis for the vent pipe that would have to run to the outside...or is there some other alternative? i want to e as eco friendly possible...
Anyway i have a few questions...I had planned on setting up a yurt in the desert for a full time residence...However a cousin of mine has a 2002 27' travel trailer that he has never used and he hs offered to sell it to me t good price since he and his wife re expecting twins and he could use the money...well i was wondering about a few issues...i know there i satellite internet available and that i could pretty easily convert the electrical from the generator to solar power and that i could usea mailbox service as a permanent address but there are still a couple more things...for the most part it will stay parked on private desert property but WILL be used once in a while for travel...if i had it hooked up to well water how easy would be it to just unhook and go back to the internal fresh water tank? and also a for the black water tnk...how would i go about handling that? my original plan for the yurt was to use a composting toilet...if i installed one i would need to make some modification to the chassis for the vent pipe that would have to run to the outside...or is there some other alternative? i want to e as eco friendly possible...
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Re: bunch of newbie quetions
Tue, June 12, 2007 - 8:15 AMTalking off the top of my head, here, but...
Since you're designing hookups, you can make them the way that works for you - I'd suggest you design it like campgrounds; RVs there stay for a long time if it's the campground host's home.
On the bathroom, I have a funny bias - since mine's small (ex-uhaul) I go by the Romany rules - cooking and bathrooms are *outside*. I figure they've done this so long they know what the heck they're doing. With you in one place, I'd build a shelter for those activities, and when you have to move you put the composter inside to transport it then use a shower tent for it...
My opinion only, of course!
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Re: bunch of newbie quetions
Tue, June 12, 2007 - 10:13 AMThanks for your reply...i was just discussing the shower size with the owners wife as matter of fact...i'm 6'4" so i'm a big guy and havn't actually been to see the unit...not until this weekend...i was concerned about being able to get into the shower...it's a 2002 Mallard 27H andi believe that it does have the outside shower...but before i head to the desert i will be spending a little more time here in Michigan...Possibly another year living in the unit...Hopefully at an rv park nearby thtis open year round...i wouldn't really be able to use the outdoos shower there esp in the winter...so then i would have to use the public showers...are they usually clean? and i was wondering if i would also be ble to do any modification to the shower to make it igger if it does end up eing too small?
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