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Dave_Jeanette
Explorer
Feb 05, 2019

Looking at buying a portable black tank - suggestions?

We are looking at buying a portable tank in order to be able to dump our tanks when staying at a site for more than 7 or 8 days without sewer hookup. Our black tank is 50 gallons and the largest one I see is 42 from Barker. I know some will say that we could use the facilities at the camp ground, but much prefer our own.
Thanks for any input.
Dave
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  • Dick_B's avatar
    Dick_B
    Explorer
    Feb 05, 2019
    Maybe it's my hangup but I don't use my blue tote for Black Tank contents because, IMHO, there is no way to clean it sufficiently to keep it from smelling up the area where it is stored.
  • Jebby14's avatar
    Jebby14
    Explorer
    Feb 05, 2019
    for what its worth, when you realize you want a smaller tote and are only going dump often. be VERY diligent that you don't have more in the tank than the tote can hold. otherwise you're bound to have a crappy time
  • Fizz's avatar
    Fizz
    Explorer
    Feb 05, 2019
    I have a 15 gallon, 120 lbs when full and I wouldn't want to handle anything larger.
  • camperdave's avatar
    camperdave
    Explorer
    Feb 05, 2019
    What on earth are you eating that you can fill up a 50 gallon black tank in 7 days!?! :B
  • Boomerweps's avatar
    Boomerweps
    Explorer
    Feb 05, 2019
    Only thing worse than a hugely heavy water container to move is one full of ****. You want to move and try to dump way over 300# of ****!
  • donn0128's avatar
    donn0128
    Explorer II
    Feb 05, 2019
    That 42 gallon tank when full is foing to weigh north of 350 pounds. How are you going to move it? Heck, a 20 gallon tank is a struggle over rough ground.
  • Mfan's avatar
    Mfan
    Explorer
    Feb 05, 2019
    Those are big. Think about how many times you are going to use it. I'd suggest a smaller one and empty every few days.

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