Fresh water remaining
0%
60 usable gallons at the start
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Full-time logistics
Estimate how often your tanks force a dump or water run, what those runs cost, and how many paid fallback nights belong in a full-time route.
Full-time logistics
Free camping only works when the service loop works too. This planner estimates how fast fresh, gray, and black tanks move by person, then prices the dump/water run and paid fallback nights.
Current answer
Plan a service stop about every 5.5 days. Over 14 days, that means about 2 service runs before the final move.
First service trigger
Fresh water
5.5 days
Service runs
2
$26.20/week service cost
Free-night target
11 nights
3 paid fallback nights
Fallback budget
$105
For planned paid backup nights
Fix fresh water first, then search for dump and potable water stops close enough that service runs do not eat the savings.
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Cost reality check
$157 in this windowIf the service loop is far or paid fallback nights are frequent, a "free" route may cost more than a low-cost reset stop.
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Plan a service stop about every 5.5 days. Over 14 days, that means about 2 service runs before the final move.
Quick answer
Recommended route move
Fix fresh water first, then search for dump and potable water stops close enough that service runs do not eat the savings.
Service and fallback budget
$157 in this planning window
Assumptions and confidence
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Planning boundary
Do not use this estimate to ignore land-manager rules, dump legality, potable-water safety, tank sensor uncertainty, or payload from carried water.
Tank pressure
Daily fresh/gray/black: 11/7.2/1.4 gal
Fresh water remaining
0%
60 usable gallons at the start
Gray tank full
100%
45 gallons of gray space at the start
Black tank full
49%
40 gallons of black space at the start
Live service candidates
This uses public OpenStreetMap tags as a candidate finder. It does not verify closures, fees, water quality, rig access, or overnight permission.
Candidate types
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Why this exists
The romantic version is finding a free place every night. The practical version is knowing how fast your tanks move, where legal overnight options actually exist, and when a paid reset night is cheaper than a long service loop.
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Use this when a free pin needs land-manager and stay-limit verification.
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Use this when power, solar recovery, and tanks all need to be compared together.
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Use this when you want the bigger picture: rig, money, work, tanks, and backup plans.
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| Spec | What it answers | What to verify |
|---|---|---|
| Tanks | How many days until fresh, gray, or black forces service. | Actual tank size, starting levels, sensor accuracy, and water habits. |
| Service towns | How much fuel and fee money dump and potable-water runs add. | Dump hours, potable-water access, rig clearance, hose threads, and current fees. |
| Free nights | How many nights you are trying to keep free inside the planning window. | Land manager, stay limit, road access, closure status, and fire restrictions. |
| Fallback nights | What a paid reset night costs when free logistics get brittle. | Laundry, showers, internet, dump, water, weather, and fatigue all in one stop. |
Full-time logistics math
The planner does not promise live dump stations or legal overnight parking. It gives you the cadence and budget pressure so the search starts from a realistic service interval.
Fresh water, gray tank, and black tank days are calculated separately from starting levels, actual tank sizes, and per-person use. The shortest tank limit sets the service rhythm.
The planner counts fuel for dump/water runs plus entered dump and potable-water fees, then converts that to a weekly support cost.
Your free-night target is compared against the planning window so paid reset nights show up before the route depends on perfect free camping every night.
Avoid these traps
Dump stations close, potable-water spigots get shut off, and overnight rules change. Use the search links to build candidates, then verify before driving.
A free campsite can stop being cheap when the dump and water run is far enough to burn fuel, daylight, and patience every few days.
A 60-gallon fresh tank is not a 60-gallon plan if you arrive at 70%. Gray and black sensors are also imperfect, so conservative starting percentages are safer.
Treat this as route-planning math, then verify dump access, potable-water status, overnight legality, road conditions, and fees before moving the rig.See assumptions
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These handoffs match the calculator family, not a one-click prescription. Verify fit, specs, clearances, and install limits before buying.
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Turning calculator output into a pre-trip checklist
Use this when the result exposes a multi-system planning gap instead of one simple product decision.
Preview binderFrequently asked
No. It generates search links and tells you how often you need service, but it does not verify live fees, access hours, closures, water quality, or overnight legality.
For careful boondocking, 4-6 gallons per person per day is a reasonable starting range. Families, daily showers, pets, and sink-heavy cooking can push that higher quickly.
Full-time travel gets easier when a paid reset night is treated as a planned pressure valve, not a failure. It can solve water, dump, laundry, weather, internet, and fatigue in one stop.
Use this for full-time service logistics by person. Use the stay-length calculator when you also need to compare power, solar recovery, fresh water, gray tank, and black tank against one stay target.