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Oct 10, 2015

Check your holding tanks

After owning 3 RVs this was a fist. Last trip ready for winter, had drained tanks at park rig was level came home parked on pad which is level. Always remove termination cap and open all 3 valves to air out. about a week I smelled sewer bad. Ok closed valves drove rig up on 2 2x8sfor better drainage. I put 5 gallons water in each tank then open 1 valve at a time They all over filled the bucket and lots of bad things also. My Keystone Avalanche is two years old and have traveled about6,000 miles never completely drained looks like. So you might want to check it out. I guess the tanks are high on the drain side
Thanks Keystone so now I guess its 2x8 time if I want it drained completely. Something you might check might just be a breading ground for who knows what?
  • Since the tank is wide and shallow the trailer needs to be leveled by the frame, not a refrigerator shelf. Also, tanks develop a belly that retains some liquid. I think that most folks would find the same results if they checked like you did. My tank flusher leaves much behind, so I add water for my trip home and dump again into my sewer connection.
  • The last thing I would want to do is air out my tanks. That is like drying out all the water in your septic tank. All you have left is a bunch of hard s###.
    Dave
  • Don't make dumping waste tanks complicated.

    Waste tanks are holding tanks. There will always be some liquid left after dumping.
    Fact is after dumping and flushing you should close drain valve and then add a few gallons of water back into tank so that the bottom stays wet and anything left behind doesn't dry out, stick/turn hard and STINK.

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