totes or portable tanks
hi, i'm new at this. does any one carry a tote or portable tank with them? where do you carry it on your rv?
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I find that it is pretty easy with my C to make a quick run to the dump station from time to time. Pull in the slides, unhook the water hose, unplug and coil up the power cord; it would be even easier without slideout rooms. All such situations have been where the dump station has been close, within 1/2 mile of my campsite.
With a tote, you really need something to pull it. This would have been feasible when my towed vehicle was an old Ranger pickup (which could have also carried the tank while traveling), but not so feasible now that I'm towing a subcompact to the campground, and towing nothing when traveling.
You will find more tote users in the towable RV community. It can be more of a chore to decamp a TT or fiver, and hook it up for towing to the dump station. Users of towable RVs presumably have a tow vehicle adequate to haul the tote tank to the dump station. With a motorhome, you'd likely need to bring along a towed vehicle, or at least an ATV, to haul the tote to the dump station. Liquid waste is surprisingly heavy, in the quantities that build up in our waste tanks.
With a tote, you really need something to pull it. This would have been feasible when my towed vehicle was an old Ranger pickup (which could have also carried the tank while traveling), but not so feasible now that I'm towing a subcompact to the campground, and towing nothing when traveling.
You will find more tote users in the towable RV community. It can be more of a chore to decamp a TT or fiver, and hook it up for towing to the dump station. Users of towable RVs presumably have a tow vehicle adequate to haul the tote tank to the dump station. With a motorhome, you'd likely need to bring along a towed vehicle, or at least an ATV, to haul the tote to the dump station. Liquid waste is surprisingly heavy, in the quantities that build up in our waste tanks.
