tailgating dilemma

[reed69]

whats up everyone , so im planning my trip to nissan for labor day weekend, just curious , for those that bring inflatable pools to the show, how the heck do you get 72 gallons of water to the parking lot? any ideas????

[sunseeker]

In Houston, you put on a short skirt and head up to your local fire department on concert day and ask nicely.....

[Staredge]

Start stealing the 5 gallon water cooler jugs from work NOW.

[pair8head]

Assuming that you have a pickup truck, a couple of 55 gal drums should be good.

[Mr Play]

For Frisco this year I got a water meter and a permit from the city so we could tap into a fire hydrant without getting in trouble. We used 2,600 gallons that day. 1 phor the road brought the fire hose and adapters. We ran the hose under the street through the rain gutters to keep cars from running over it all day.

I've also used 55-gallon drums when I only needed 200 gallons or so. You should be able to find the plastic ones at a feed store for $10 or so, just ask what was in them and clean them out really well before you use them.

For Hoot Island in 2006, 1 phor the road brought in a 2,000 gallon water tank on a trailer to fill the hot tub and pool.

[reed69]

hmm didnt think of the 55 gallon dums, i was thinking more along the line of the 5 to 7 gallon miltary containers , but thats much better, i wonder if a simple trash can would work??

[pair8head]

hmm didnt think of the 55 gallon dums, i was thinking more along the line of the 5 to 7 gallon miltary containers , but thats much better, i wonder if a simple trash can would work??

I wouldn't think so. The problem would be spilling the water out of a garbage can. With a drum you wouldn't have any problems at all.

Do you realize how slow you would have to go to not spill any out of a garbage can?

Now if you were to say use 6 cans 1/2 full you might make it, but that's a lot of wasted space.

[PHarmGirl]

hmm didnt think of the 55 gallon dums, i was thinking more along the line of the 5 to 7 gallon miltary containers , but thats much better, i wonder if a simple trash can would work??

I wouldn't think so. The problem would be spilling the water out of a garbage can. With a drum you wouldn't have any problems at all.

Do you realize how slow you would have to go to not spill any out of a garbage can?

Now if you were to say use 6 cans 1/2 full you might make it, but that's a lot of wasted space.

Or he could shrink wrap it like we did the hot tub.

[pair8head]

Listen to Mr. Play, he's the best at this kind of thing.

[rich_big]

I was going to offer to help and sneak it in under my shirt.

[flipflopgirl]

Listen to Mr. Play, he's the best at this kind of thing.

YUP!!!! He is pretty darned good at this stuff!!!!

But Shannon's idea did work too!!!

[flipflopgirl]

hmm didnt think of the 55 gallon dums, i was thinking more along the line of the 5 to 7 gallon miltary containers , but thats much better, i wonder if a simple trash can would work??

I wouldn't think so. The problem would be spilling the water out of a garbage can. With a drum you wouldn't have any problems at all.

Do you realize how slow you would have to go to not spill any out of a garbage can?

Now if you were to say use 6 cans 1/2 full you might make it, but that's a lot of wasted space.

Or he could shrink wrap it like we did the hot tub.

are there pictures of that?!?!?

[PHarmGirl]

hmm didnt think of the 55 gallon dums, i was thinking more along the line of the 5 to 7 gallon miltary containers , but thats much better, i wonder if a simple trash can would work??

I wouldn't think so. The problem would be spilling the water out of a garbage can. With a drum you wouldn't have any problems at all.

Do you realize how slow you would have to go to not spill any out of a garbage can?

Now if you were to say use 6 cans 1/2 full you might make it, but that's a lot of wasted space.

Or he could shrink wrap it like we did the hot tub.

are there pictures of that?!?!?

Of course, silly flipflopgirl!


Before, when Leaky Tiki arrives at Tailgate Party shrink wrapped and ready to party:


After - Marnin Grita Guy and Phaw Webmistess in Tub - not a drop sloshed out:

[Mr Play]

I wouldn't use a plastic trash can, the sides get pretty flimsy when you fill them up with water.

[thelawman20]

We did a mini-pool in the back of a pickup for nissan last year. We filled it up in Georgetown and probably would have made it with plenty of water to the show if some jerk hadn't purposely cut us off and made us lose most of our water.

We found a construction site right next to nissan and got permission to refill it up there. The construction site was right behind a gas station and had a trailer on it as a make-shift office. It might still be there and be a good option, depending on how much water you need.

[AlbatrossFlyer]

don't forget water weighs 8.3 lbs/gal. hauling the amount of water you're talking about is not a trivial amount of weight.

[docandjeanie]

No advice, but good like, can't wait to see it!!!

[citcat]

OK. That's it. Now I've heard of everything: shrinkwrapping a hot tub.

[big john]

Get 72 friends to each drink a gallon of water and then wait a
couple of hours. Oh, wait a minute. Never mind.

[Frank4]

This might be one of the best questions I have ever heard. What a dilema to have.....

I have no idea of how to do that. Have 72 people bring a gallon of water each?