Old-Biscuit wrote:
That's a new trailer.....2014 model
So I take it you have done some No-Nos
Either have left the back tank dump valve OPEN when using trailer
Have dumped black tank after each use with very little water in it
Have not added a couple gallons back into black tank after dumping so bottom stays wet
Are not using a full toilet bowl (+) when flushing solids
You have the dreaded 'poop pyramid'
Your tank flusher is just a sprayer in top of tank to help rinse down the sidewalls and rinse out tank.
It will NOT power flush the tank
You will need to power flush with a stream nozzle on end of garden hose down thru toilet to blast the pyramid. Have dump valve open
The RV Digest product does work.....but takes a while.
X2.
Could not have responded to the OP's post better myself - right on point.
OP - you need to solve the poop pyramid problem first, and then after that maintenance of a properly functioning BW tank is easliy done using the butil-in tank flusher as well as the occasional complete cleanout at a full hookup site using any of the above suggested techniques.
For me, each camping trip I focus on ensuring that the BW tank is as full as possible before dumping, dumping grey water into the BW tank as needed to assure that the tank is full. That way when the tank is dumped most solids are pulled out of the tank with the sudden gravity flow through the 3" slinky. Then the flusher is used to knock out any remainders and clean the sensors. I would not worry too much about filling the tank using the flusher - that take such a long time that the flusher ceases to be fully effective long before that. It works best on an essentially empty tank.
To fill my BW tank using FW, I use a
Johnny Chock, which incidentally is what you need to use in conjunction with a toilet wand, to break up the poop pyramid.
