Questions and doubts about Flojet

profdant139 wrote:
We tried just using the Slinky -- did not work. Our setup is too close to flat level, with a slight uphill bump at one point.

I even looked into installing a sewer cleanout on my driveway downhill from the back end of the trailer. It would have cost thousands of dollars -- not feasible.

But your suggestion prompted me to add another line to my list of "You might be a serious RVer" items:

"You might be a serious RVer, if your idea of sheer luxury is a gravity-assisted sewer cleanout on your own property!"

Wow, don't I wish!! ;)

We make use of our mobile facilities while traveling, so yes, it IS a "luxury" to allow gravity to flush our problems down the drain at home :B

Like I mentioned, you can park your rig on some blocking, even 6" of height above your cleanout will do it for your distance. Gravity doesn't work well when things are level so there IS a reason as to why it did not work for you when you tried it. Heck my TT sits real low, often the campsite drains are only 1"-2" below my drain and it still works for me.

Cleaning all that extra slinky is no worse than dealing with a pump and garden hose full of the black stuff..

Slinky bayonet connectors make life easy.

Start with black tank, when black tank is done open the grey tank, rinse black tank with fresh water and add some dish soap to grey and refill then repeat black first then grey.

When done your slinky will have lots of soap bubbles..

Close valves (don't disconnect yet), LIFT the slinky up walk your way towards the cleanout to clear the liquids from the slinky.

Once you have most of the liquids out of the slinky (at this point it is soapy water from your grey tank), disconnect from RV, use your water hose to spray water into the slinky (holding the disconnected end up a couple of feet). Then repeat the walk towards the cleanout.

Once you get to your second hose, disconnect trailer hose from the second hose and repeat the water spray then walk towards to cleanout.

When you reach the cleanout BOTH hoses will be sparkling clean.

I do lay out my hoses where they can dry out for a couple of days then pick them up and pack back into the boxes they came from..

The key IS the bayonet connectors, would not want to wrangle full 60ft of slinky in my case.. You can buy them in male/female set..





Camco 39543 is the part number for the set.

I personally would never wish to have to "fix" a broken pump filled with black water matter when it breaks..