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08-22-2020, 05:38 PM
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Location: North of Seattle, WA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Springerdad
And to think I got to change the very first diaper for all three of my kids. After that diaper changes were easy.
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Funny thing, I grew up on a farm and shoveled cow, horse, pig, chicken, sheep, and of course dog poop. When I got married and had kids I just couldn't handle diapers. Go figure.
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08-22-2020, 06:08 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2017
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Just had my black tank clog up, dam kids. Black tank flush no help, toilet wand no help. Dam paper bunched up by valve. After many attempts with a hose shoved up backwards she broke free. Got a good dumping before i could get the slinky hooked back up.
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08-22-2020, 06:53 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Gainesville, FL
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Originally Posted by cmysstailights
Just had my black tank clog up, dam kids. Black tank flush no help, toilet wand no help. Dam paper bunched up by valve. After many attempts with a hose shoved up backwards she broke free. Got a good dumping before i could get the slinky hooked back up.
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An attachment like this would allow you to put back pressure on the jam. Obviously you don't want to backfill too much. Of course, the jam could act like a valve, allowing back fill but stopping shut again once you tried to drain it.
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08-22-2020, 06:57 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Or the reverse approach
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Originally Posted by Springerdad
Skip the gloves. Just wear a full body hazmat suit.
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At our campground, all sites have water and electricity but no sewer. So folks take the reverse approach. We generally wear nothing but a pair of flip-flops. If something spills on us, we just hose it off at the dump station.
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08-22-2020, 08:55 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chriscowles
An attachment like this would allow you to put back pressure on the jam. Obviously you don't want to backfill too much. Of course, the jam could act like a valve, allowing back fill but stopping shut again once you tried to drain it.
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Where my slinky connect the black valve is 3ft back. I did buy that with a idea of modifying it to receive a snake
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08-22-2020, 10:00 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2020
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Thanks all. We’re at a seasonal site and will tow off for trips. Guess I’ll see when it fills up. I ain’t really scared of a little poop just don’t want to make a mess
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08-23-2020, 07:06 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by boydn1
Thanks all. We’re at a seasonal site and will tow off for trips. Guess I’ll see when it fills up. I ain’t really scared of a little poop just don’t want to make a mess
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Making a mess is inevitable lol.
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08-27-2020, 07:22 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Southport, NC
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Tote Tank
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Originally Posted by IchLiebeBier
where are you going to store the tote after you use it? 
are you staying some place where they offer the honey wagon service? Might be worth asking. Save you some trouble.
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I bought a Tetford tank and a Camco rack for the back bumper.
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08-27-2020, 07:29 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2018
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TitanMike
Another member said it best. "Nothing will get on your hands that won't wear off or wash off".
I would quote him if I could remember who but what the heck, I'm old.  |
Exactly! I really don't understand all the fuss over dumping the tank. I dump the tank while hubby adjusts the WDH. Ocasionally I get a little splashback on my hands....it's really no different then changing a diaper or wiping your own butt after doing your business. I keep hand sanitizer in the side pocket of the tow vehicle and that is the last thing I do before getting back in the truck. It's really no big deal.
Becky
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08-27-2020, 08:29 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Oregon, Washington and Calif
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Those cars have a black tank?
I was in line at a dump station in Quartzsite, AZ, waiting my turn to dump. Behind me pulled up a small car, probably a Mini (BMW) that was used as a TOAD, and it patiently waited its turn behind me. Once I finished my task, I pulled away and saw the Mini was towing -- (wait for it... wait for it...)
a blue tank!
So 60 gallons of you-know-what can be dealt with, if you have a TOAD.
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08-28-2020, 12:00 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 374
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Quote:
Originally Posted by boydn1
Dump stations are easy. 45 Gal black tank and 32 gal blue buddy. Our buddy has a little pop up indicator, do I trust this or how do you know when to dump or shut off the flow?
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A really bright flashlight on the other side of the tank to see level.
Try with clean water first.
If you have kids, let them try it first. Offer ice cream!
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08-28-2020, 08:37 PM
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Just as confused as you
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: south central Wisconsin
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New camper scared of the black tank
When our camper was new we were at the campsite for a week. We had a couple with their daughter stay with us for the last three days, then the last day we had more family and friends visit us. When the toilet started belching you could say the " camper was scared of the black tank". 
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09-12-2020, 08:01 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
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I used a 45 gallon one when I was living in my RV.. didn't have the pop up warning.. I just did it on a weekly basis as part of the "chores".. it had a nice little attachment that you could tow it behind a quad.. or behind a Mini as noted above, though i'm pretty sure the wheels on them aren't meant for that kind of speed... I'd just do it on a weekly basis.. as part of a routine.. **** gets heavy!!!
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09-13-2020, 10:15 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2019
Posts: 648
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeckyMax
Exactly! I really don't understand all the fuss over dumping the tank. I dump the tank while hubby adjusts the WDH. Ocasionally I get a little splashback on my hands....it's really no different then changing a diaper or wiping your own butt after doing your business. I keep hand sanitizer in the side pocket of the tow vehicle and that is the last thing I do before getting back in the truck. It's really no big deal.
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WELL SAID.
I have never seen so many poo babies in my life. LOL
You would think it was nuclear waste and many seem to think they need a hazmat suit. LOL
Ain't nothing a little water wont wash off.
 
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