Huge Thanks to Barker Manufacturing - Blue Tote

I hear you, we don't have one of their totes but have a Barker powered tongue jack and after 8 years one of the switches started to become somewhat unresponsive. A quick call and both switches were in the mail the next day, they threw in a jack cover to boot. Their powered tongue jacks are a bit pricier than most, but they are built here in the USA and their customer service is outstanding.

When I use my tote I hope I am not camped next to a cemetery because the noise will wake the dead. I wonder if Barker sells the pneumatic tires??

It is refreshing to hear a positive report. We need to support this company. Thanks

Bob Vaughn wrote:
When I use my tote I hope I am not camped next to a cemetery because the noise will wake the dead. I wonder if Barker sells the pneumatic tires??

The new 42 gallon models now come with pneumatic tires standard.

Usually you can tell its Wednesday or Sunday at our sight at the lake. You hear the totes being dragged to the dump stations. They do make a lot of noise but its so much easier than dragging the fiver.

It is good they stepped up and replaced the defective wheels. It would be better if they used better wheels to start with rather than the plastic junk they put on them. JS

Moved to General RVing Issues forum from DIY.

Yes, Barker is a great company, they stand behind their products like few others do. They've helped me several times when I had one of their TT tongue jacks on the TT we used to own, and on the tote tank we've had for several years, that still works great.

Funny you should mention the whole pneumatic wheel thing. Several years ago, me and a few others on here were the first ones to find and install pneumatic wheels on the front and back of these tote tanks. Back ones were easy to get, the front ones were a bit tougher to find. Here is a thread from some time ago where we discussed, completed this modification. Skip to 5th page of that thread, thats where we started talking about this modification (sorry, the picture links in that thread probably do not work anymore).

What was really funny about it: It was not long after we showed on this forum where to get the parts and how to do this, that Barker came out with their new units, that had these pneumatic wheels from the factory! The wheels they use look almost EXACTLY like the pneumatic wheels we used, too! Its as if they were monitoring the forum, and used our idea, work to improve their product, haha. :)

Will I remember that original discussion. I must say when I upgraded to the larger 42 gallon tote I was pleasantly surprised to find out pneumatic tire where now standard.
Barker is a great company they replaced my leaking 35 gallon tote no questions asked.
I eventually sold the 35 on Craigslist and purchased a 42 gallon model.

Lantley wrote:
Will I remember that original discussion. I must say when I upgraded to the larger 42 gallon tote I was pleasantly surprised to find out pneumatic tire where now standard.
Barker is a great company they replaced my leaking 35 gallon tote no questions asked.
I eventually sold the 35 on Craigslist and purchased a 42 gallon model.

Yeah, our tote is (I think) the 27 gallon unit. We've obviously had it for a very, very long time.

It has developed a tiny leak, as the result of a small crack in the body right where it joins with the dump valve assembly. Not surprising, as old as the tank is and how much we've used it (we've had it for almost 10 years).

I tried repairing it with some epoxy a few times, but it hasn't held. May try something else, but its such a tiny leak, and we only use it for grey water, so its not that big a deal. Have thought about contacting Barker about it, as they'd probably send me a new one for next to nothing, but its soooo old, I hate to ask them to do anything for one this old.

I too would like a bigger 42 gallon unit, and may well move up to a 42 gallon unit one day. Only problem is if we go any bigger than the one we have now, it won't fit in the storage space, places I prefer to put it. :)