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06-27-2017, 04:25 AM
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Black Tank Dump - Low to The Ground
Any tips or tricks when emptying a black tank that is low to the ground? Our X213 has very little ground clearance and our current camping spot's waste station sits quite a bit higher. It was very labor intensive to get my tank emptied this past weekend... lots of closing the valve, "walking" the hose, opening the valve etc... Thanks.
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06-27-2017, 05:00 AM
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Lost in the Woods
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sergeum
Any tips or tricks when emptying a black tank that is low to the ground? Our X213 has very little ground clearance and our current camping spot's waste station sits quite a bit higher. It was very labor intensive to get my tank emptied this past weekend... lots of closing the valve, "walking" the hose, opening the valve etc... Thanks.
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Unless you can change the laws of physics, $hit will always roll downhill. 
Other than the obvious like finding a different place to dump, owners like us with the x213 will always have more difficulty emptying the tanks.
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06-27-2017, 05:22 AM
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Glad I'm not alone... Thanks.
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06-27-2017, 05:40 AM
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Some use a small portable ramp to raise the tank
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06-27-2017, 05:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnWedell
Some use a small portable ramp to raise the tank
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So.... hook up TV and pull TT up on a set of ramps (both sides) before dumping/leaving the site?
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06-27-2017, 07:12 AM
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Drive up on your leveling blocks at the dump station, that should raise you a few inches?
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06-27-2017, 08:18 AM
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My Surveyor SV264 was on TorFlex axles and sat low. I once used 8X8 blocks to get it high enough because the park plumbing was a few inches higher than it should have been... and we were going to be there for a week. I thought of installing a lift kit on that camper but sold it instead.
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06-27-2017, 10:01 AM
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Had a Jayco hybrid three units ago that the dump was only about 6" off the ground. After the second or third time of having the same problem that you are having, I bought the FloJet Macerator Pump. Never a problem since, and I still use it with my current 5er!
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06-27-2017, 10:04 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire_Instructor
Had a Jayco hybrid three units ago that the dump was only about 6" off the ground. After the second or third time of having the same problem that you are having, I bought the FloJet Macerator Pump. Never a problem since, and I still use it with my current 5er!
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Love that solution! Thanks!
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06-28-2017, 02:35 PM
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Which pump?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire_Instructor
Had a Jayco hybrid three units ago that the dump was only about 6" off the ground. After the second or third time of having the same problem that you are having, I bought the FloJet Macerator Pump. Never a problem since, and I still use it with my current 5er!
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I have the X213 as well and have always had an issue at most of the sites trying to get high enough for the dump to work well. I like the idea of the FloJet Macerator Pump. However looking for them I found several different models and also fixed mount, and portable. Which one are you using?
Thanks,
John
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06-28-2017, 05:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jmoors
I have the X213 as well and have always had an issue at most of the sites trying to get high enough for the dump to work well. I like the idea of the FloJet Macerator Pump. However looking for them I found several different models and also fixed mount, and portable. Which one are you using?
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I have the quick-connect version, with the same fittings as a standard sewer hose. I use it when I need to pump-uphill into a dump location, and I use it when I'm set-up for long stay on a site with no services.
I put my "blue-tote" in the bed of my truck, pump into it, and then drive the truck to the dumpsite. It takes an extra 3" gate-valve to do this (for the tank) to keep from spilling anything, but with the right fittings, it works great in those places with on services and a long or rugged run to the dumping site.
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