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Big_Katuna
Mar 01, 2019Explorer II
We tailgated UF football games for years and I got tired of paying and dumping on the way home.
We lived on acreage and the clean out was 70’ away and uphill.
I made a macerater with a Jabsco pump which is what everybody uses.
I made a drain line with thin wall 1” pvc from the clean out that I would drag out and hook up each time. I wish I had ran it permanently. I had a 6” hose from the macerator to the 1” and dumped that way
I had convenient fresh water and a tank rinser so the hoses and macerator were well rinsed.
Worked great. I was draining the tanks while mom unloaded food and dirty clothes and the Poodles chased squirrels.
WARNING! Macerator impellers wear out and need annual or bi annual service.
They also will not pass candy wrappers, female products etc. You have to have that conversation with guests.
I never use it when I can use 3”. It’s slower and the tank needs more rinsing.
We lived on acreage and the clean out was 70’ away and uphill.
I made a macerater with a Jabsco pump which is what everybody uses.
I made a drain line with thin wall 1” pvc from the clean out that I would drag out and hook up each time. I wish I had ran it permanently. I had a 6” hose from the macerator to the 1” and dumped that way
I had convenient fresh water and a tank rinser so the hoses and macerator were well rinsed.
Worked great. I was draining the tanks while mom unloaded food and dirty clothes and the Poodles chased squirrels.
WARNING! Macerator impellers wear out and need annual or bi annual service.
They also will not pass candy wrappers, female products etc. You have to have that conversation with guests.
I never use it when I can use 3”. It’s slower and the tank needs more rinsing.
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