Propane sources

[16ACE27]

Originally Posted by dkoldman

Are you saying you used 21 gallons in 10 days, or you just happened to go empty when you got back?

That would be a lot of propane to use in 10 days. It was just time to fill - last fill up was a year and a half ago.

[lwmcguir]

Interesting how many of you still find camping sites without meters

Most of the ones we find without meters are 30 amp

When non metered and cold we sure use the space heaters and electric Aquahot

With current diesel price it would depend on the KW price at the campground

[16ACE27]

Originally Posted by lwmcguir

Interesting how many of you still find camping sites without meters

Most of the ones we find without meters are 30 amp

When non metered and cold we sure use the space heaters and electric Aquahot

With current diesel price it would depend on the KW price at the campground

I've seen lots of commercial campground sites with meters (I've never see a meter at a government campground site) but as a transient camper I have never been surcharged with metered electric. The meters are for the long term residents that get the sites at longer term discounted rates (month, 6 months, etc)

[lwmcguir]

The long term meters have been in place for years

Our first encounter with daily metered was 8 years ago in Wichita Ks

https://www.aircapital-rvpark.com/

Meters are read on arrival and departure and you are billed for using above the allocated KW's

Hot days will easily put you into the overage

We have been to many others since that either charge up front for 50 amp or have meters

Government or state as you noted don’t have meters but have increased rates the past two years and typically don't have full hook ups

[dkoldman]

Originally Posted by lwmcguir

Interesting how many of you still find camping sites without meters

Most of the ones we find without meters are 30 amp

When non metered and cold we sure use the space heaters and electric Aquahot

With current diesel price it would depend on the KW price at the campground

Wow. Not only have I never seen a campsite with a meter, I have never even heard of it until your post. I am 100% certain, that we would never stay at a campsite that said it was going to be metered

To take it a step further, we tend to pass on campsites / parks where it is obvious that people just live there. This another reason we rarely EVER reserve campsites in advance unless they are State Parks or similar. I can't tell you how many times we saw a RV park on the route and passed by on actual trip only to go OMG, we would never stay there. On the other hand we have stayed at the some of the nicest off the map places. I will never forget driving through small town call Memphis, Texas. We pulled in a nice looking restaurant for dinner. My wife went in and ordered while I found a good spot to park. Food was good and live football game was on in the RV. So my wife asked if we could spend the night and they not only said yes, gave us a note in the event authorities came by. I assume they must have really liked her tip So for us we boondocked. AGS was set and quiet time was off. In my RV, now that I have T Mobile Home Internet, wherever I park my RV is my home. When I travel; I only worry about the below and in order.

1. Gas
2. Overfilling gray tank
3. Where is nearest Wal Mart or similar for overnight. This no longer applies because we have Wi-Fi 24/7 now, we can stop almost anywhere.

It has been impossible short of willful neglect to overfill our black tank or run out of propane.

[Scubawise]

Originally Posted by dkoldman

Wow. Not only have I never seen a campsite with a meter, I have never even heard of it until your post. I am 100% certain, that we would never stay at a campsite that said it was going to be metered

To take it a step further, we tend to pass on campsites / parks where it is obvious that people just live there. This another reason we rarely EVER reserve campsites in advance unless they are State Parks or similar. I can't tell you how many times we saw a RV park on the route and passed by on actual trip only to go OMG, we would never stay there. On the other hand we have stayed at the some of the nicest off the map places. I will never forget driving through small town call Memphis, Texas. We pulled in a nice looking restaurant for dinner. My wife went in and ordered while I found a good spot to park. Food was good and live football game was on in the RV. So my wife asked if we could spend the night and they not only said yes, gave us a note in the event authorities came by. I assume they must have really liked her tip So for us we boondocked. AGS was set and quiet time was off. In my RV, now that I have T Mobile Home Internet, wherever I park my RV is my home. When I travel; I only worry about the below and in order.

1. Gas
2. Overfilling gray tank
3. Where is nearest Wal Mart or similar for overnight. This no longer applies because we have Wi-Fi 24/7 now, we can stop almost anywhere.

It has been impossible short of willful neglect to overfill our black tank or run out of propane.

Same here ..we now feel we can go anywhere with t mobile home internet and have wifi for tv and emergency calls.
Wife records on YouTube tv which is unlimited and watches her our programs using t mobile ..so she is THRILLED