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Bakers01
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Jul 27, 2013

Empty Black Tank

Does anyone know a trick to emptying your black tank completely? We also notices an odor when we are unable to hook up to sewer. We use the dropins, but not helping the odor over 3-4 days.

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  • Terryallan wrote:
    old guy wrote:
    back flushing is for the birds. a quickie flush is 100 times better. uses less water and it does a better job of really cleaning the tank. back flushing will leave stuff hanging to the walls.


    Define "quickie flush"

    Quickie-Flush tank spray/rinsing system.
    Barney
  • old guy wrote:
    back flushing is for the birds. a quickie flush is 100 times better. uses less water and it does a better job of really cleaning the tank. back flushing will leave stuff hanging to the walls.


    Define "quickie flush"
  • back flushing is for the birds. a quickie flush is 100 times better. uses less water and it does a better job of really cleaning the tank. back flushing will leave stuff hanging to the walls.
  • Depends where you are dumping at. If you are dumping where it's level not everything on the bottom will drain out. Which is why you should always (if possible) after dumping to fill with water and dump again.

    If you are at a CG just raise the opposite side of your RV with levelers. Then fill with water and dump and keep filling with water and then dumping a few times. That should clean out the bottom of your tank.