Howdy Y'all.
Over the last 8 years, my little camp has grown to a very large village. We haul water from reno in 55gal drums in a few trips every year.... but would like to simplify this facet of our lives and get POTABLE water delivered *to* our 55gal drums on the playa.
I saw a few companies out there last year doing just this, and am curious if anyone has a recommendation?
Also, if this requires a contract... are there any of y'all who would want to join in?
Thanks!
John
Potable Water Delivery On the Playa... advice / interest ?
As long as you can get a water truck to come out to the playa then you should be able to do this. You will have to prearrange with entry folks the time when your delivery will arrive and you will have to be there when the truck arrives at the gate (which, I believe, will have to sit in the entrance line too). You will have to pay the ticket money for each passenger in the delivery truck and they must be out of the city within 2 hours (i think) in order for you to get your money back.
Come to think of it, it would probably be cheaper for you to rent a flatbed truck and haul out hundreds of gallons yourself than pay someone to go through the above ordeal.
Come to think of it, it would probably be cheaper for you to rent a flatbed truck and haul out hundreds of gallons yourself than pay someone to go through the above ordeal.
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i'm working on a parallel service for the Seattle burner community. trying to decrease the number of gallons hauled 700 miles over 2 mountain passes 
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in talking with a friend from Boston (let's call him Larry) that gets potable water delivered to his RV, Larry had this to say:
1. arrange in advance if you can
2. be prepared for the truck not to arrive when promised
3. expect to spend a full day getting this accomplished and to pay in cash on the playa. then you'll just be pleased as punch if everything actually goes as planned.
Larry's experience was that the drivers of the water trucks were more responsive to people waving them down in the streets of BRC and less concerned about their scheduled deliveries (which i personally understand). when Larry's anticipated delivery didn't come on Wednesday afternoon or Thursday, he spent all of Friday morning flagging down water trucks until he found one that would follow him to his RV and fill him up.
and it might be different for larger orders. i think RV's have tanks of only 40 to 50 gallons. and this might be different day to day, year to year, company to company.
but this has been true for Larry.
best of luck!
.in talking with a friend from Boston (let's call him Larry) that gets potable water delivered to his RV, Larry had this to say:
1. arrange in advance if you can
2. be prepared for the truck not to arrive when promised
3. expect to spend a full day getting this accomplished and to pay in cash on the playa. then you'll just be pleased as punch if everything actually goes as planned.
Larry's experience was that the drivers of the water trucks were more responsive to people waving them down in the streets of BRC and less concerned about their scheduled deliveries (which i personally understand). when Larry's anticipated delivery didn't come on Wednesday afternoon or Thursday, he spent all of Friday morning flagging down water trucks until he found one that would follow him to his RV and fill him up.
and it might be different for larger orders. i think RV's have tanks of only 40 to 50 gallons. and this might be different day to day, year to year, company to company.
but this has been true for Larry.
best of luck!
Zealot
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I'd love to have a few hundred gallons delivered, but would never trust that it would all go as planned.
It's much wiser to carry your own supplies.
RVs don't all have similar tank capacity. It depends on the rig. Bigger ones generally tend to have larger tanks.
I wouldn't do it. There's WAY too many ways it could get screwed up. I carry my own in 30-gallon barrels instead of 55s because they're easier to handle.
I don't carry my water all the way from Seattle, I fill up closer to the playa, usually in Alturas, CA. That means I still have to carry it up Cedar Pass, but if your rig is in good shape (as it damn well better be for a BM trip!) and you shift down and take your foot off the floor and just ease up the hills you'll be fine. The old "leave it in Drive and hold your foot on the floor" routine is what will get you.
It's much wiser to carry your own supplies.
RVs don't all have similar tank capacity. It depends on the rig. Bigger ones generally tend to have larger tanks.
I wouldn't do it. There's WAY too many ways it could get screwed up. I carry my own in 30-gallon barrels instead of 55s because they're easier to handle.
I don't carry my water all the way from Seattle, I fill up closer to the playa, usually in Alturas, CA. That means I still have to carry it up Cedar Pass, but if your rig is in good shape (as it damn well better be for a BM trip!) and you shift down and take your foot off the floor and just ease up the hills you'll be fine. The old "leave it in Drive and hold your foot on the floor" routine is what will get you.
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