Randu
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I'd seriously consider burrying the pipe from the parking spot to the tank. Then it's just a easy single connection like at the RV parks.
Buring 3" PVC would be the route I would take since you already have a down slope. I don't think you would need to be any more that a few inches below the ground if your not driving over it. I have about 100 feet from drive to tank on flat ground so getting enough drop and the distance stops me from burying pipe or dumping at home. Depending on tank, you might be able to cut hole in top of tank and cement around the PVC so direct in tank. Randu
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gbopp
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Another option is to build your own Macerator Pump.
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EricGT
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Wow, brilliant ideas! This gives me some great ideas for a spring project.
I was going to run PVC underground, but I have a sidewalk in between.
I also had somewhat spec the job out. But we were talking $750. Once again, $750 to move P@@H 30'!
I think the hose idea sounds to be the cheapest. I can hook it up, place it under the cement lid, empty, remove and place the tube in my barn.
Some great ideas to think about. I am in agreement that the macerator is the best idea and could probably have it run to our clean out which is about 50' from the driveway. But to be quite honest I just don't know enough about macerators or how to hook them up...so I have bypassed that idea so far. What is a good basic one that can be easily hooked up and removed? I am assuming I can run alligator clips over to my coach batteries to power it?
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tie a rope around the end and stake it to the ground.
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$750 seems like a lot to run a line to the septic. I would run 4 inch dia pvc. Hire a couple of neighbor kids to trench it out a couple of feet deep and put in the pvc yourself. I ran a 4 inch drain line from my shop rain gutter into a field that was about 50 or 60 ft and I don't think it cost more than about $75 for the pvc pipe and fittings.
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Sandbags or, they actually sell this: A Water Pig. A big plastic pig you fill with water and put over your sewer connection to hold everything down.
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smokedummy wrote:Sandbags or, they actually sell this: A Water Pig. A big plastic pig you fill with water and put over your sewer connection to hold everything down.
Oops, it's actually called a "Sewiepig".
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EricGT wrote:Wow, brilliant ideas! This gives me some great ideas for a spring project.
I was going to run PVC underground, but I have a sidewalk in between.
I also had somewhat spec the job out. But we were talking $750. Once again, $750 to move P@@H 30'!
I think the hose idea sounds to be the cheapest. I can hook it up, place it under the cement lid, empty, remove and place the tube in my barn.
Some great ideas to think about. I am in agreement that the macerator is the best idea and could probably have it run to our clean out which is about 50' from the driveway. But to be quite honest I just don't know enough about macerators or how to hook them up...so I have bypassed that idea so far. What is a good basic one that can be easily hooked up and removed? I am assuming I can run alligator clips over to my coach batteries to power it?
I have a Flojet Macerator RV kit. It required a lenth of 10ga wire to connect to the battery. If you are lucky enough to have an unused FUSE position in your power panel...you can do what I did. I installed a weatherproof outlet on the frame of my camper...right next to the dump handles. I used marine grade wire due to the fact that the power panel mfg. specified 105 degree celcius insulation on the wire...
Anyway...It makes plugging in the macerator a breeze.
The macerator basically hooks onto your sewer outlet. It has a steel chopper blade, and vane pump...which chops up your tank contents and pumps it through a garden hose at 10gpm...
I connect mine, using a 6' section of clear polyethelene tubing to an underground 2" pvc pipe that goes the 90' distance to my sewer system.
A macerator is just another tool. I really enjoy having it at home. If the lines at the dump station are too long, or it's raining cats and dogs...I just come home and dump at my leisure. We carry the macerator kit with us incase the road to the dump station is challenging (too far/too rough) and we don't want to drag our Blue tank on the hitch ball. I can put the tank in the bed of the truck, and use the macerator to transfer the tank contents up to the tank...making it easier to drive the tank over bad roads to the dump station.
I've even heard of people using them when staying in a relatives driveway to route a hose through a window and into a toilet to dump their tanks.
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My Rhinoflex kit came with a threaded adapter. If I connect one end to the camper and thread the other end into a cleanout...I don't really need anyone to hold anything. We have the 15' kit and the 5' extension. That's the longest I've had to reach in a campground so far. If it gets longer than that...I'll just go back to the macerator pump.
If you're looking into Macerators...you might do a froogle.com search. They retail for a ridiculous price...but you can usually find them on SALE or at a discount rv place for a bundle of savings. Not cheap...but I prefer the ability to dump my tanks at home from where I park the camper. I loathe the idea of driving 20 miles round trip to the closest Private park...and paying them $15 to use their dump station. Usually can't even connect a flush hose at these places.
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chuggs wrote:
I have a Flojet Macerator RV kit. It required a lenth of 10ga wire to connect to the battery. If you are lucky enough to have an unused FUSE position in your power panel...you can do what I did. I installed a weatherproof outlet on the frame of my camper...right next to the dump handles. I used marine grade wire due to the fact that the power panel mfg. specified 105 degree celcius insulation on the wire...
Anyway...It makes plugging in the macerator a breeze.
The macerator basically hooks onto your sewer outlet. It has a steel chopper blade, and vane pump...which chops up your tank contents and pumps it through a garden hose at 10gpm...
I connect mine, using a 6' section of clear polyethelene tubing to an underground 2" pvc pipe that goes the 90' distance to my sewer system.
I read your review in another thread.
I can't believe I am going to say this, but that sewer pipe install is a thing of beauty! 
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EricGT wrote:chuggs wrote:
I have a Flojet Macerator RV kit. It required a lenth of 10ga wire to connect to the battery. If you are lucky enough to have an unused FUSE position in your power panel...you can do what I did. I installed a weatherproof outlet on the frame of my camper...right next to the dump handles. I used marine grade wire due to the fact that the power panel mfg. specified 105 degree celcius insulation on the wire...
Anyway...It makes plugging in the macerator a breeze.
The macerator basically hooks onto your sewer outlet. It has a steel chopper blade, and vane pump...which chops up your tank contents and pumps it through a garden hose at 10gpm...
I connect mine, using a 6' section of clear polyethelene tubing to an underground 2" pvc pipe that goes the 90' distance to my sewer system.
I read your review in another thread.
I can't believe I am going to say this, but that sewer pipe install is a thing of beauty!
Thank you...
I don't know how much sand, clay, rock you have in your soil...but running pvc under a sidewalk can be very easy. You dig your trench on either side right up to the sidewalk... I was inserting 2" pvc under a concrete slab...so I took a section of 1" pvc...made an adapter for one end to take a garden hose...while holding the 2" pvc section up to the ground you wish to penetrate...insert the 1" pvc inside the 2" pvc...turn the water on...and there you have it...a hydraulic (water) drilling device. Of course in Florida, it's very sandy...so it dug thru very quickly. I know they make a steel sidewalk probe that does the same thing...but is designed for more difficult soil conditions. Maybe a local rental place would have one of those.
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