Tote question

Get a Bobber Gauge.

If you always dump when your black tank is at 3/4's full, you should be fine.
Otherwise, spring for a full hook up site with sewer.
I personally hate those totes so that's what we do.

When we camp at the lake there are no sewer connections I will dump the black tank when it half full, that's usually about four to five days for us. Once I've done that I will empty a gray to clean.out the poop toter. It's always fun to watch the poop tote parade around 10:00 am.

IB853347201 wrote:
If you always dump when your black tank is at 3/4's full, you should be fine.
Otherwise, spring for a full hook up site with sewer.
I personally hate those totes so that's what we do.

unless we book way ahead of time FHU sites are often hard to come by around here

garysol wrote:


unless we book way ahead of time FHU sites are often had to come by around here

Yes, that's true. As a habit we generally book a FHU site about every 3 days on our travels for just that reason. Always book a FHU site if we're staying in one spot for any length of time.

SOoooo, Even if you don't run over ~~ now ya got a black tank with 50G of Poo and a Tote of Poo with 42G. What ya gonna do with it, Totes are heavy & hard to move.

JM2¢ ~~ YMMV

garysol wrote:
"Blue" tote question from someone who has never used one. Lets say your rv black tank holds 50 gallons and your blue tote holds 42 gallons. Is there anyway to know ahead of time before the tote is full of poo so that you can close your RV's valve before the tote is over full?

The way you posed your question, it seems you plan to leave your valve open and hooked to your tote. Don't do that. Close your valve, then when your onboard tank is near full, go out and drain into your tote. You will see and hear when the tote is full.

I hate totes, and don't use one. We go 10 days on a 35g black. Just 2 of us. Plan dump station visits around that.

We stay almost always in state parks most with no sewer. Our trailer has 3 tanks, 2, 42 gallon grey water and one 42 black. We often stay 2 weeks and have never filled up the black tank. I do use the tote for the shower grey tank sometimes but never the galley tank.

What could one do with 42 gallons of poo at 8 lbs/gallon!

For those saying, book a FHU site - there are many many parks that do not even have FHU sites. They are still great parks to camp at, but adjustments must be made. We spent a summer using a tote. Had the biggest 4 wheel one and pulled it slowly to the dump station fastened to the hitch on our jeep. We do try not to use it though and prefer FHU when possible.