nicpaige wrote:
I have an all aluminum trailer that I am turning into a toy hauler. The floor framing is 12" on center and I beam construction. This only leaves 8-9" width to fit the tanks in between the rails. For any kind of volume the tank would have to be quite tall. I do not want my storage tanks 7" from the road for obvious reasons. So......
Is it just craziness to think about running the drains to the waste valves and straight into those portable tanks you can roll to the dump station? I realize I would need one for grey and one for the black tank.
What am I missing in this process? Or is it feasible and been done before?
Thanks,
Rick
Never heard of it before. Filling and dragging tote tanks to wherever the dump station is (and they can sometimes be far from your site) is a big PITA. And the larger the tote tank is, the more of a PITA to use. We have a smaller 18 gallon one that both DW and I can lift into the truck if needed. Not that they ever work well, or at all, but you obviously won't have sensors in a tote tank to tell how full the tank is.
I assume you've looked into what's available in standard RV holding tank dimensions like
here for example? Narrowest is 11" wide but only up to 25 gallons. They have a 7.75" wide 32 gallon one but is 21.5" tall. :E Would it be possible to relocate the joists to gain more width? Possibly double up the joists on either side, providing the sub-floor is thick enough?
I would say 32 gallons is about as small as you want to go for holding tanks, for a black tank anyway so you're not running to the dump station every 2 or 3 days.
A macerator pump *might* be an option but would still need a holding tank for the pump to pump out of. Could maybe get away with a small holding tank that way?? Then pump into a tank in the back of your truck?? Maybe you could be the honey wagon service in a CG that way and make a few bucks! :)
Interesting comment above about RVIA requirement!
