Use of Portable Holding Tanks

SoundGuy wrote:
No doubt I'll be very much in the minority here but years ago I bought a 22 gal Tote 'n Store not realizing just how difficult it would be to drag when full of water over a soft ground surface such as sand to the truck, nor how difficult was to later clean thoroughly, and what a PITA it would be to store for travel. After just a couple of uses I sold it to another unsuspecting trailer owner and began using 7 gal Aquatainers labelled with red electrical tape to identify them for use for grey water only. That was years and several trailers ago and I still use this method to offload grey water while camping and while simple gravity will easily do the job I prefer to actually pump it as that means the Aquatainers can already be sitting in the back of the truck and I therefore don't have to lift anything. Pretty well any 12 vdc pump will do but I had a spare potable water pump hanging around in the workshop so that's what I'm using.

Offloading Grey Water with a Pump



I also carry a set of four 7 gal Aquatainers labelled with white electrical tape for collecting fresh water and likewise use another pump to transfer it to the trailer's FW holding tank. Carrying Aquatainers is easy as they each weigh almost nothing when empty and store particularly easily since they're cube shaped, FAR easier than having to fool with a heavy wheeled tote tank.

Aquatainer Storage



Others may not agree but I'd never own another wheeled tote tank again, not when there are alternative solutions that are so much easier. :B