Waste tank emptying for beginner
Hi folks. I will be a first-time hybrid owner in the spring. Very neophyte question, but I've never even seen how to go about emptying the trailer waste tanks. For example, when you're at the dumpi...
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Bumpyroad wrote:
throw away the stinky slinky and buy either a sewer solution or macerator pump and every third day or so get a FHU site.
bumpy
I disagree with this advice. And I have, and use, a Flojet Macerator, but only at home where I don't have access to a clean-out less than 50 feet away. If I have access to a clean-out, I use my stinky slinky every time.
First, it is an electrically operated motor that can fail. And it won't fail till you have it hooked up and the valve open. Then what do you do? I was lucky. The time mine failed, it turned out to be a blown fuse, but I was sweating.
Second, the thing that flushes the solids out of the black tank is FLOW. You need a high volume flow. The stinky slinky gives you exactly that. The macerator, while effective, is much slower. It introduces an significant restriction since it is going from a 4 inch opening down to garden hose size, whether that is 1/2", 3/4", or 1". Also, since it has to chop all of the solids, it restricts the opening to the garden hose even more. If you ever hope to get all the solids out of the black tank with a macerator, you BETTER have a Tornado Tank Rinser or the equivalent.
