We have tankless. While it does take a second or two to warm up, the waste is negligible. Sure beats using your entire 6 gal of hot water and having to wait for more.
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Hatbox answered the question. He is correct. And the further from the tap the tankless heater is, the more water you have to move before you start to get the hot water. Just like at home. The difference being, you shut off the water and the heater goes off, you start the process over again. Now some units have incorporated a return valve that allows you to return water to the tank until the hot water starts. This is only on the showers however.
Advertised weights are a lie but you should have plenty of room to carry the lies...
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I like my tankless WH. Just turn it on and dont fuck around while you shower.
Have a buddy that always bitched about waste. I told him to put a bucket in his shower and run it into the bucket until it got hot... use the small amount of water in the bucket to flush the morning duce.... he does.
My WH is mounted just below my shower /kitchen sink so the pipe run is minimal.
Brinkley has a nice product and uses better materials than most but build quality does not always match the sales price.
Im not a fan of the squared off scheme.. Just my opinion though.
Enjoy what you buy!!!!
Have a buddy that always bitched about waste. I told him to put a bucket in his shower and run it into the bucket until it got hot... use the small amount of water in the bucket to flush the morning duce.... he does.
My WH is mounted just below my shower /kitchen sink so the pipe run is minimal.
Brinkley has a nice product and uses better materials than most but build quality does not always match the sales price.
Im not a fan of the squared off scheme.. Just my opinion though.
Enjoy what you buy!!!!
The MSRP pricing on RVs is a game manufacturers and dealers play to bump up the total value for banks/insurance. Nobody has ever bought a mass production RV for MSRP. They make the MSRP artificially high then mark in huge discounts. When people with no down payment want to buy the bank will still finance it because it looks like you are only trying to finance 80% of the value because every dealer lists every trailer at 20% off MSRP.
Just price compared to what other dealers are offering and what other similar floor plan trailers are priced at.
I Have ad trailers/5th wheels with and without toppers. I definately like having a topper and as far as the wind its not been an issue for us. The installation was fairly easy with the Brinkley so long as you have an extra pair of hands and/or ladders. Some people on the Brinkley site like the other type of slide topper, it acts like a wiper blade when the slide comes in and is a lot more involved to get jnstalled. Here is my write up from last fall on the Brinkley site.
I-265 Slide Topper Install
Just installed my slide topper for the 265. It took three orders two of which were from Amazon before it finally showed up. Packaging was good but could have been better insofar as the topper itself was just packaged in a plastic bag within a large tube without padding on the topper end pieces...
brinkleyowners.com
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As far as the tankless system before we hop into the shower we just set the thermostat to 106 or whatever temp you want and only turn on the hot water. This way it never fluctuates once its at temp. I also changed out the Brinkley rain head and the wand ead to 1.5 gpm aerated sprayers which work great.
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FYI my tongue weights for our 265 based on Cat scale.
I-265 weights from Cat scale
Truck 2024 Lariat Ultimate 6.7, full tank, with wife, cat, dog, diamond back HD tonneau 3932 lb load capacity Trailer, 2/3rd fresh, 1/3 black, gray x2 empty. Vatrer 460ah battery + storage box, basement has MORryde slide out drawer, BBQ, hoses, tool tote, leveling blocks, case of water, full...
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They are good to go.
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Same. Bit of a pain climbing up there every time. Especially because I don't have an integrated ladder
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Yeah, just do some dishes first to get the thing going and then take your shower and you won't waste as much, if any.
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I need more information on this return valve setup
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whats the toungue weight on that puppy? Would love to get a toy hauler one day.
I"m sorry, but you're going to be no where near 850 tongue. Once you're loaded and weight balanced, don't be surprised to see 1300 on the tongue. I run 1200 or more on the tongue of our I275 depending on our trip length. More stuff packed, heavier it gets. Bringing the bikes? Need to offset 200lbs on the trailer hitch. 850 is a starting number.
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I’m partial to the toy haulers myself. They almost always have bunk beds in the back for the kiddos and can me raised to fit all your gear. Almost all of them come with generators too. My last one was the Genesis Supreme and I loved it. 100 gallons of fresh water, 100 gallon grey tank, and 50 gallon black tank. Only downside was it is a heavy trailer. Tongue weight I think was around 1800+ pounds which would put most SRW trucks over the limit but I never got caught.
I also think the weight the post on the trailers are BS and the dealers know it. When I bought my 5th wheel the manufacturer clearly stated the weight but the dealer wrote on the registration it was something like 9800 pounds because if it was over 10k pounds (my numbers might be off) but if over a certain weight I had to have a class B license or maybe it had to be towed by a commercial vehicle. I don’t remember exactly what it was but the dealer knew it and fudged the weight on the registration. Yes I know it would be 100% my fault if something happened because ignorance don’t matter but it just goes to show the dealers / sales reps will do anything to sell a product because the liability is not theirs it’s YOURS
I also think the weight the post on the trailers are BS and the dealers know it. When I bought my 5th wheel the manufacturer clearly stated the weight but the dealer wrote on the registration it was something like 9800 pounds because if it was over 10k pounds (my numbers might be off) but if over a certain weight I had to have a class B license or maybe it had to be towed by a commercial vehicle. I don’t remember exactly what it was but the dealer knew it and fudged the weight on the registration. Yes I know it would be 100% my fault if something happened because ignorance don’t matter but it just goes to show the dealers / sales reps will do anything to sell a product because the liability is not theirs it’s YOURS
Lance incorporated one in their trailers, it was great for boon dockers as you could turn a knob and the water would reciculate keeping the temp constant while soaping up instaed of letting water go down the drain. Brinkley should to do the same.I need more information on this return valve setup
Yep, which is why I posted my Cat scale link.
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So, an extra line ran back to the fresh tank from the heater?
I have a stronger pump I want to install, maybe I should run this setup while I am in there. Not that I boondock but I get tired of going outside to empty my tanks, they are very small 
Maybe a two exit valve ran to the shower? One way feeds the shower head, the other runs back to the fresh tank? Would 111° water running into the tank be detrimental for the fresh tank? Man, I need to look this up
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Interesting. I have a weigh safe hitch, so I can see the load directly. On my I275, I struggle to get enough weight on the tongue. Empty, it was barely 700 lbs and with the rear kitchen (that adds weight to the rear as opposed to a living area arrangement) I find myself trying to put weight in the front. Usually, enough water in the fresh tank does the trick. Otherwise, without the weight distribution hitch, it likes to sway some. So when I load it thoughtfully, the tongue gets about 900-925 lbs. Just over the 10% minimum.
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