phurley
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I am going to go on a 2 week trip where I will not have a sewer hookup. I have a tote-n-stor but my clean out is lower than the height of the tote-n-stor. I don't know what Rockwood was thinking. Ugh.
Anyway, how do I get the waste out when I have to go uphill without having to purchase any expensive flojet? I am getting ready to invent something because I am sure I am not the only one that has had this issue.
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2oldman
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Not sure I get the picture here.. how do you dump? Your dump pipe connection is THAT low to the ground?
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routeforty
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I have the same problem on my coachmen. I just hook the hose up to the blue tank(don't have a tote-n-stor) and pull the valve. The tanks on the rv are higher than the blue tank and will drain into it. When the flow stops just lift the hose a few times until it all drains into the portable. It's a 'pain' but whachyagonnado? Gary
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HpyKmpr1962
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I feel your pain, mine is lower than the top of my 30 gallon blue tote also.
If staying long enough to need to empty grey water, I put equal amounts of leveling blocks under each wheel to raise the entire TT 4 - 6 inches. Most of the times this works just fine, just remember to check before unhooking.
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Beaker
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Once you use the Flojet and pump it up to the tote IN your truck, it becomes not so expensive.
Got mine on Ebay. Just kept bidding low until I got one.
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phurley
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Beaker wrote:Once you use the Flojet and pump it up to the tote IN your truck, it becomes not so expensive.
Got mine on Ebay. Just kept bidding low until I got one.
Good idea!
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Bearnkat
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You could also look at purchasing a "Sewer Solution." You can find them on eBay as well and they're much cheaper (less than a $100) than a Flojet. Just a thought. They do a great job pumping up an incline.
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Bumpyroad
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Bearnkat wrote:You could also look at purchasing a "Sewer Solution." You can find them on eBay as well and they're much cheaper (less than a $100) than a Flojet. Just a thought. They do a great job pumping up an incline.
fine if you are pumping into a sewer but not if you are pumping into a blue tank since you are adding water.
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JJBIRISH
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making one isn't all that hard... one guy in the CG here has a blue barrel, that he has added some fittings to... it lays down on it side and has wheels like a normal tote... in the end he has a gravity drain valve for emptying at the dump station on the bottom... on the top of the end he has a fitting to connect the hose from the trailer to... and on the very top he has another fitting that has a cap on it... after hooking up the hose from the trailer and pulling the dump valve he removes the cap, and hooks up a 6 hp sears shop vac to it... it will empty a 40 gal tank in just a couple minuets...
a little cumbersome to take on the road but for a seasonal none sewered site it works great...
he then pulls it to the dump station with his golfcart and gravity flows it to empty...
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o2bpadln
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Routeforty has it right. It will work. It appears to flow uphill. How bout that.
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