city water hookup in campground

[Casinojunkie]

While on a camping trip this week we encountered a situation and wish to know how to handle this.
At the one campground for overnight, we pulled in and found that they only had one fresh water spigot for 2 sites. There was one camper already parked next to our space and had already hooked his water line to this spigot, which did not allow me to use the my water line.
I felt he should have used a (Y) on the spigot which would have allowed 2 campers to use the same spigot.
I knocked on his door and they were not home.
Needless to say I had no water for the night.
I know now I should fill my fresh water tank to eliminate this problem.
How would you have handle this situation?
Thank you, Dallas

[Casinojunkie]

mat60 wrote:
I ordered a Wye today. I wont be the guy that didn't leave his for others.:)

Thanks to all who responded. It gave me new light as options that would be OK to use. Thank you.

[mat60]

I ordered a Wye today. I wont be the guy that didn't leave his for others.:)

[4x4van]

Crowe wrote:
Fill yours, put away your hose, reconnect his and move on. No need to go without water when they are not even there.

Absolutely. Not your place to punish the people already there because the campground did not have adequate facilities. We always carried a "Y" but if you didn't have one doing to above would have worked fine.

:h How is it "punishing" the people already there by installing a Y so that you both had water?:h

[Crowe]

Fill yours, put away your hose, reconnect his and move on. No need to go without water when they are not even there.

Absolutely. Not your place to punish the people already there because the campground did not have adequate facilities. We always carried a "Y" but if you didn't have one doing to above would have worked fine.

[JaxDad]

Fulltimers wrote:

camper19709 wrote:
yes. everyone needs a Y.

Why?:h


Sorry, couldn't resist.

Or in this case, it was more correctly "Y not"......


Touche.

[2gypsies1]

Lantley wrote:

2gypsies wrote:

garmp wrote:
We always fill our tanks at home. This way we know the quality of the water we use. To venture out empty seems risky to me.

:h What do you think full-timers do that don't have a home except the one they're driving?
Yes, we always traveled with at least a half tank of water so we could stop wherever we wanted and not have to worry about hookups.

You gambled and hoped that the water supply would be decent. I know my supply from home is good no risk/wonder involved

We don't gamble. 🙂 We use suitable filters.

[tatest]

I put on my Y valve if necessary.

[sgfrye]

Lantley wrote:
I would have disconnected their hose and installed a my own wye and then reconnected every thing. Moral to the story always have a wye?...maybe

x2
if you paid for site with water then this is what i would have done. doubt neighbor camper would have problem with it. if they did they could get over it.

[Matt_Colie]

From My Point of View:

Casinojunkie left an very important piece of information.
Did he sign up for a slip with water or no?
If yes, then the campground owed him water. They should provide same, either by having a dedicated tap or supplying a Wye.

As it happens, we carry a wye as part of the coaches kit. This is because our chapter that is full of smaller coaches often negotiates better prices by using a single slip for a pair of coaches. While the chapter does have Wyes, this way I don't have to chase one down.

Matt

[Lantley]

2gypsies wrote:

garmp wrote:
We always fill our tanks at home. This way we know the quality of the water we use. To venture out empty seems risky to me.

:h What do you think full-timers do that don't have a home except the one they're driving?
Yes, we always traveled with at least a half tank of water so we could stop wherever we wanted and not have to worry about hookups.

You gambled and hoped that the water supply would be decent. I know my supply from home is good no risk/wonder involved

[2gypsies1]

garmp wrote:
We always fill our tanks at home. This way we know the quality of the water we use. To venture out empty seems risky to me.

:h What do you think full-timers do that don't have a home except the one they're driving? Over 16 years of constant travel we got our water from many different sources and never had an issue with quality. We drank and cooked from the water in our tanks.

Yes, we always traveled with at least a half tank of water so we could stop wherever we wanted and not have to worry about hookups.

[garmp]

I would have to disagree that it is the owners responsibility to have dual spigots. Unless they advertise water at each site. We always fill our tanks at home. This way we know the quality of the water we use. To venture out empty seems risky to me.

[ktmrfs]

Old-Biscuit wrote:
I would have:
Knocked on their door....nobody responds

Then I would have disconnected the hose.....connected mine, filled my fresh water tank and then put theirs back on if I needed to put water in my tank.


I run off of Fresh Water tank/pump exclusively
Travel with FULL Tank...always.

exactly!!

[bukhrn]

SoundGuy wrote:

troubledwaters wrote:
They guy that was already there and set up didn't have a need for a wye, you did.

The OP said - "we pulled in and found that they only had one fresh water spigot for 2 sites".

That being the case it's the campground owner's responsibility to supply two outlets on each spigot, one for each of the two adjoining campsites. Although I don't use our trailer's city water inlet I will draw from a nearby tap if it's handy to fill the trailer's fresh water holding tank and for that purpose I have a number of water fittings on hand just in case I need them, including a Y like this.



In the OP's case he made a reasonable effort to address the issue by first knocking on his neighbour's trailer door, but finding no one home I'd have disconnected his hose, installed this Y, reconnected the neighbour's hose to one leg and my own hose to the other - in other words doing what the campground owner should have done in the first place by providing two outlets on every spigot.

X-2 I'd have notified the office.