BIG Waste Water Tote Wanted

You don't have to listen to my wife complain about having to move the recliners, pack away all the stuff she puts out, etc - to move the TT. But as I said we are full-timers, and when we setup - we set the TT as our home for the next XX days.

Honestly by the time you fiddle with all that just drag the trailer over and dump.

We are full-timers and only going to CG with sewer hookups would force use to miss many great CG/ locations.

Out of the last 451 nights camping - 117 of those have been at locations without a sewer connection. The most common place we camp without a sewer connection is also the place we stay longest at any one time - the COE campground nearest our children/ grandchildren. Tends to be 2-4 weeks twice a year. We can usually go 7 days on the grey tank, and 10 days on the black tank.

We really don't like to pull-in the slides - undo the manual leveling - and pull the rig to the dump station. Go back re-level, redeploy the slides, etc.

So I have a 27 gal Thetford.

#1 - will never buy a Thetford again - will go with Barker. They dump much better. I've replaced wheels on the caster and the rear so that it tows much better than original. I would also replace wheels on a Barker.

#2 - an almost full 27 gal is about all the weight I can handle. A couple times I've had to hook a tow rope up to the truck and the handle to get it from the dump side of the TT to the road.

#3 - I never allow the sewer tote to get completely full. I have 72 gal of black and grey capacity. Sometimes I need to make three trips to the DS. Still less time and hassle than unhooking and re-setting up the TT. I usually fill the sewer tote about 1/2 full from the black tank, then almost 1/2 full from the grey tank. It's easy to estimate how full the tote is when you use it fairly often.

#4 - Always wash out the sewer tote at the DS. After I've finished dumping - I always put a little of my toilet chemical in the sewer tote.

# 5 - wish list
1) - Class A with automatic leveling system - then I would drive over to the DS.
2) - Macerator - put the tote in the truck - fill it with the macerator and drain it easier.

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For the OP - what you want is a 60-100 gal collapsible tank, and a macerator pump. Put the collapsible tank in the bed of the pickup and fill it with a macerator pump.

Hard sided tank

Pillow tank

When we started we were told to empty the black tank first, Then empty the Baker. Secondly drain the gray tank.
Bad: 2 Trips
Good: less weight per trip
Helps clean the hose
Cleans / dilutes anything left in the Baker

Fill

We dry camp and with 4 grand kids I got the Barker 42 Gal, I put pneumatic tires on now I don't have to go at an idle and I don't sound like a tank on the road. The Barker also has a 3 inch side dump valve others you have to lift to dump. There is no way we could reach a dump site to use a macerator. The only problem is where to carry it when enroute to campground, everyone will have to figure that one .

netaq wrote:

dcmac214 wrote:
The biggest I saw on the internet is 42 gallons

The idea of a larger tank makes sense until you have to load it into your truck. Not all of the water drains out so they're always heavier than advertised.

I don't have a problem totally draining my 42 gallon Barker tote.
Yes there will always be residual water but it is much less than a gallon. The weight of the residual water is not significant.
YMMV

I use the Barker 42 and I can't imagine using anything bigger. I recall ever using it on the black, but have used it on the gray many times. Family of four can go about 4 days til the gray is full. Dumping once with the tote in a week stay takes me about 20 mins depending on how far from the dump station. I empty my 40 gal tank into my 42 gal tote and I'm done in no time. Barker is a good unit. And with pnuematic tires, it's the shizzle.

dcmac214 wrote:
The biggest I saw on the internet is 42 gallons

We have the 42 gallon barker, and it's pretty enormous. When the gray tanks are completely full, it takes two trips to get them emptied. I empty the black tank by itself so then I can use gray water to rinse the tote out.

The idea of a larger tank makes sense until you have to load it into your truck. Not all of the water drains out so they're always heavier than advertised.

Like some others mentioned I carry a 32-gal Barker in the bed of the truck & use a macerator pump to fill it. Then just drive to the dump station & let gravity do all the work! Works great...

I have a 25 gallon tote and store, I use it often whenever at limited hookups. I have a flojet and pump it right into the back of our suburban. Hookup slinky and let it fly out the back of the SUB.