FloJet macerator

By the time you get this figured out you could have bought a tote purposely made for what you want to do. It might be more expensive but it could be the difference between 'popeyemth' and 'poopeyemth' if you catch my drift.

I have seen this used a couple of times when camping where the guy had a regular plastic tote tank on wheels stowed in his truck bed. He had a 3/4 hose adapted to the fill hose of the portable tank and used the FLOJET to empty his RV tank into this while it was still in the truck bed.


Then he said after it emptied then he would disconnect the 3/4 hose from the FLOJET side and bungy cord it high on the truck bed and off to the dump he goes...

At the dump he just uses the 3/4 hose into the dump and gravity feed the contents... No mess whats so ever...

He made a point in saying be sure the portable tote has a capacity larger than the tank you are transferring...

popeyemth wrote:
Recently bought a FloJet and would like to pump into a plastic barrel in the bed of the truck and take the barrel to the dump station and empty. What I'd like to do is adapt a regular RV dump hose to the bung on the drum and use a Valtera style valve that comes on campers.

Why in the world would you do that? :h The FloJet Waste Macerator Pump macerates anything that goes into it with a stainless steel blade so what comes out is essentially "water". Just connect a length of 1/2" garden hose to the pump and run it out to the back of the truck where you have your portable waste container(s) already sitting in the back of the truck. Use a large container and you'd have a bear of a time when it comes to emptying it so I instead use a set of 7 gal Aquatainers labelled for grey / black water use only. For greater convenience I mounted a Bargman connector next to the trailer's waste gate for powering my FloJet and wired it through a switch located on the battery box so I can control the pump while standing at the trailer tongue where I can monitor the tanks as they fill. With a waste macerator there's no need to fool around with a stinky slinky, no need for adapters, no need for a large waste tank ... keep it simple. ;)

if you screw a fitting into the bung won't it build up pressure when it fills the receptacle?
bumpy

For long term boondocking a few 6 or 7 gallon containers may not be enough, and I for one, would not want to have to lug them around. A 55 (or 35) gallon drum can be secured in the bed of your truck, filled and gravity drained without ever having to move it.

As stated above, you do not need to use a large hose when using a macerator pump. The resulting effluent will be fine enough to pass through a 1/2" inch hose but use 3/4" to be safe.

I have a 35 gallon gallon black tank and can go 10 - 15 days before it needs to be emptied. My plan is to use a macerator pump and 55 gallon drum as outlined below. This should allow us to extend our boonie time to at least 27 days and possibly as much as 40 days!

2 more new food grade barrels will be set up the same way for fresh water storage giving us 210 gallons (100 gallon tank in toyhauler) of fresh water. I will use a 12v pump to transfer fresh water from drums to on board tank.

Open top plastic drum

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Bung wrench

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Bulkhead fitting for 3/4" faucet

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3/4" ball valve faucet

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TO BUILD:

Remove top.
Install bulkhead fitting at bottom of upright barrel.
Install ball valve faucet in bulkhead fitting using Teflon tape.
Reinstall top.
Place upright in pickup bed and strap down.

TO FILL:

Remove one of the upper bung caps with bung wrench.
Place outlet end of macerator pump 3/4" hose into drum (tie or bungee in place so pressure does not make it jump out).
Turn on macerator pump and transfer black or grey tank contents into drum.
Flush hose with clean or grey water.
Remove hose when done and reinstall bung cap tightening with bung wrench.

TO EMPTY:

Open tailgate.
Hook 3/4" hose to faucet and run out open tailgate.
Place opposite hose end in dump receptacle.
Use bung wrench to open one of the bung caps to provide a vent.
Open ball valve for gravity flow into receptacle.
Flush barrel and hose with fresh water (if available at dump site)*.
Reinstall bung cap tightening with bung wrench.

* If you don't flush the drum sediment will build up and plug the faucet, so flush ASAP if you can't do it at the time of dump.

There are many sources for drums and accessories. I have used Baytec Containers with good results.

I'm using a Flojet macerator pump and have a 30-gallon recycled plastic barrel mounted in the truck bed.
The Flojet hose is 3/4" pond fountain hose, it was the lightest 3/4" hose I could find. 5/8" garden hose would work almost as well.
The top bung on the barrel has a 3/4" elbow screwed in and capped with a plastic pipe plug, this is the vent.
The lower bung has a 2" to 1-1/2" bushing, and the valve is an 1-1/2" Valterra-style (gray water valve).
On the inlet side of the valve I have a 1-1/2" Banjo QD fitting.
The discharge hose is 1-1/2" sump bump hose with a mating Banjo fitting on it.
For filling the barrel I have another mating Banjo fitting with a 3/4" garden hose fitting for the hose coming from the Flojet pump.
I originally had a 3/4" discharge hose and 3/4" ball valve but it was slow draining.
So - the barrel is filled though a 3/4" hose via the Flojet and emptied with the 1-1/2" sump pump hose.
Sorry, no pics.

mbopp,

Is your barrel laying on it's side?

Your vent setup sounds good.

Desert Drew wrote:
For long term boondocking a few 6 or 7 gallon containers may not be enough, and I for one, would not want to have to lug them around. A 55 (or 35) gallon drum can be secured in the bed of your truck, filled and gravity drained without ever having to move it.

What's the difference between a 35 gal drum mounted in the bed of a truck and five 7 gal Aquatainers? Easy answer - that 35 gal drum will weigh ~ 300 lbs when full :E while a 7 gal Aquatainer will weigh 60 lbs and is easily lowered from the truck bed to a dump station sewer pad ... tip the 'Tainer to drain it and you're done, no "lugging" anything around, no need for fittings or drain hoses. Total capacity can be as great as you want it to be, determined solely by the number of Aquatainers you have - cube shaped, easy to store as there's no wasted space. And when you're not camping what do you do with that big drum? ... leave it in the truck only to be in the way all the time? :S

Desert Drew wrote:
mbopp,

Is your barrel laying on it's side?

Your vent setup sounds good.

Yes, the barrel lays on it's side. Inlet / outlet on the bottom & vent on the top. It rests on a cut-down shipping pallet (free) flipped upside down so the barrel rests between the skids.

mbopp wrote:

Desert Drew wrote:
mbopp,

Is your barrel laying on it's side?

Your vent setup sounds good.

Yes, the barrel lays on it's side. Inlet / outlet on the bottom & vent on the top. It rests on a cut-down shipping pallet (free) flipped upside down so the barrel rests between the skids.

What is a banjo QD fitting?