BurbMan wrote:
This is like Campers' Confessional LOL, sub-titled "Stuff we all do but won't admit to because we would never advise a noob on a public forum to do likewise"
You are wiser that you know. Just because you can do something, with a decade or two of experience, that you know is far from textbook, and you know MIGHT bite you in the butt next time you do it, doesn't mean it was a good idea to pass the idea on to others. Just because you have done something that you know is dangerous, stupid, or leaves you shaking your head, as you think back about it, doesn't mean you need to brag about it. Oddly, some folks take these life experiences and decide that they would make pretty good advice to pass on to others, regardless of the damage it may cause.
Sure you can back staight back with a tow bar, I've done it for hundreds of feet, with no issue. OTOH, I also assisted another camper as we sledge hammered his bar enough to get it to release from the car, after he destroyed it, backing up. I also cringed as a CG owner told me of a guest who didn't have a clue as to what he was doing, and directed his elderly wife to sit in the toad and steer, while he backed up. He broke her arm. I'm certainly not telling anybody that the manufacturer is wrong, and there are no issues with backing up, since I did it sucessfully.
Sure you can leave your black tank valve open, and maybe everything will be fine. You can also create the dreaded "Mount Poosouvious" where the dried pile of solids creates a cone under the tank inlet, that grows until it clogs the tank. Does everyone have the skill and experience to prevent this mess? Further more, why create this opportunity to create a mess in the first place, and finally, why recommend the practice to anybody else?
Some tales are best left to those times you are sitting around with friends, and not offered on forums like this, where thousands of noobs show up every year looking for help doing the right thing.
