water tank

[Bigfoot1]

I am rebuilding our old 1980 Coleman Gettysburg pop-up. I never go dry camping in the pop-up, so I am considering removing the water tank, and just get all water from the outside connections. Do you have any advice?

[wavery]

Unless the tank is giving you a problem, I would recommend leaving it. If the pump's old, remove it and the hoses, if they take up storage space. They can always be easily replaced.

The only advise that I can think of is to be sure to use a water regulator.

[tlhdoc]

Unless the tank is giving you a problem, I would recommend leaving it. If the pump's old, remove it and the hoses, if they take up storage space. They can always be easily replaced.
 
The only advise that I can think of is to be sure to use a water regulator.

I am guessing that it has a 10 gallon tank and that takes up a lot of room in a PU.  
 
If you want the extra storage room then remove it, but I would keep it.  If you decide to sell the PU, having the water tank will make it more sell-able.  Many people would not buy a camper without a water tank.

[jbolling76]

I was considering the same thing for mine. I don't have a electric pump with the tank, Just the hand pump and don't like the faucet very much. I was considering either leaving the tank or taking it out and keeping it in case I do
decide to get rid of the popup anytime soon. I am considering getting one of those instant point water heaters from Lowes with a 2 gallon tank and replacing the hand pump with a regular style faucet. I stay in a campground by the lake and probably wont ever do any dry camping so using city water would be fine for me. Then only place I may take the pup is Myrtle Beach and I'm sure they have city water hookups at the campgrounds there. But keeping the tank in case I sell is a very good idea. Or maybe even leave it in place just block it off if I replace the faucet. Not from the outside tho, just where the hand pump takes water in.

[popupcop]

We found that we never used the fresh water tank on our 96 Coleman Bayport so we removed it and the connecting tubes then stored everything in a plastic trash bag.  We really liked the extra space.  

We kept two of 5-6 gallon jugs (with a spigot) filled with water and set one on the counter over the sink and the other outside. We still hooked up to fresh water from time to time but often found the small portable tanks more useful inside and a water hose with a hose nozzle more useful outside the camper.  
 
We did not hook up to water and therefor did not winterize the last two or three years.  Earlier this spring, we sold the PU and the tank/hoses went with it.