Best Portable Black Water Tank?
Just purchased our first, mostly new, travel trailer! We are getting ready to go on a lot of trips and will be parked for several days. By my calculations, we'll need to empty the tanks every two days...
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The best solution is to use the volume more efficiently.
On a full hookup site, you want to use lots of water but off sewer, you can get away with using significantly less, so long as you don't empty the tank until it's mostly full. That will allow the solids to float out with the water.
How many of there are you that you think the black tank will fill every 2 days? With 2 of us using lots of water (on sewer sites), we get 4-5 days on the black tank. If we are careful, we can get a week without a lot of effort.
Another thought is if you are up and about, use the bath house rather than going back to your camper. Reserve the onboard system for nighttime or emergency (I have to go NOW!!!) type use.
I've borrowed them on occasion and the issue is a full tank is heavy and awkward. A 25gal blueboy will weigh upwards of 200lb when full. If your black tank is more than 25gal, you have the fun job of timing it so you shut the valve before it overfills and then clearing out the sewer hose.
On a full hookup site, you want to use lots of water but off sewer, you can get away with using significantly less, so long as you don't empty the tank until it's mostly full. That will allow the solids to float out with the water.
How many of there are you that you think the black tank will fill every 2 days? With 2 of us using lots of water (on sewer sites), we get 4-5 days on the black tank. If we are careful, we can get a week without a lot of effort.
Another thought is if you are up and about, use the bath house rather than going back to your camper. Reserve the onboard system for nighttime or emergency (I have to go NOW!!!) type use.
I've borrowed them on occasion and the issue is a full tank is heavy and awkward. A 25gal blueboy will weigh upwards of 200lb when full. If your black tank is more than 25gal, you have the fun job of timing it so you shut the valve before it overfills and then clearing out the sewer hose.
