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Post by vintagebruce on Aug 5, 2015 7:12:10 GMT -8
Just a thought. If you have different tanks at different locations with different volumes, not only will you have to consider added weight if they are all near full capacity, but I would firmly suggest not travelling with tanks partially or near fully loaded, because they build baffles into tankers for a reason. If you need to stop quickly and hit the brakes fairly hard you are going to start wave action in partially filled tanks that will roll to the "front" hit that bulkhead and then the equal and opposite reaction will send the wave towards the rear, to continue the cycle for a number of repetitions. Just a thought. I know 15 gallons or so in a tank is not huge, but...
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Post by ladywendolyn on Aug 5, 2015 11:57:38 GMT -8
One of my dads smudged ruins was to just have one black tank and drain everything into it. This was common he says back in the day. In the end I have decided on a black tank that sits inside the trailer under a step in the bathroom. They have low toilets to work with this. Then I am having a grey water tank custom built while the trailer is down to the frame. I will make it as big and long as will fit in the space between the frame pieces. I'm hopping to bring the outlets out just behind the axel which will give me the most clearance I will get in this trailer
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Post by ladywendolyn on Aug 6, 2015 9:45:03 GMT -8
One of my dads smudged ruins was to just have one black tank and drain everything into it. This was common he says back in the day. In the end I have decided on a black tank that sits inside the trailer under a step in the bathroom. They have low toilets to work with this. Then I am having a grey water tank custom built while the trailer is down to the frame. I will make it as big and long as will fit in the space between the frame pieces. I'm hopping to bring the outlets out just behind the axel which will give me the most clearance I will get in this trailer Sorry.. should say "One of my dad's suggestions..." lol good old auto spell
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Post by rockerarm on Aug 6, 2015 12:07:41 GMT -8
The sink and shower drain have no valve and drain directly to the outlet under the toilet, and the toilet has a valve but no tank. I'm new to this and its a little confusing.
I think I will have to" at least" add a black water tank and perhaps a gray water tank to make things work. It sounds like you have a park model that was made to hook to a sewer line. They had no holding tanks. I figured out that there IS a black water tank in my trailer. I could not detect it from the top or from the bottom. I started dumping water into the toilet, 2 gals at a time and it took 5 buckets, (10 gal) to fill to just below the flush valve. I was really releved to see that. It didn't make sense there would be no black water tank. No leaks either.....
It still has a dump outlet with no ears to connect a dump hose to. Has anyone seen a adapter that would do that.....?
Will.
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Post by bigbill on Aug 6, 2015 13:07:06 GMT -8
I don't know for sure but you probably are just filling the drain lines you would be surprised how much water the hold. If you had a holding tank you would be able to see it if you can see the lines you could see the tank. You can do the math and find out exactly how many gallons they hold.
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Post by rockerarm on Aug 6, 2015 19:58:33 GMT -8
I don't know for sure but you probably are just filling the drain lines you would be surprised how much water the hold. If you had a holding tank you would be able to see it if you can see the lines you could see the tank. You can do the math and find out exactly how many gallons they hold. With the drain valve open I can look straight down through the toilet flush valve at it, about 2'. In between there is a open box area. It holds 10 gals, which should be plenty for our use. Just not visible from the outside underneath, or from the top. There is no gray water tank.
I did locate a 3" slide on adapter to fit the waste outlet and allow me to attach a "twist on" cap and/or hose.
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Post by ladywendolyn on Aug 6, 2015 20:33:55 GMT -8
I don't know for sure but you probably are just filling the drain lines you would be surprised how much water the hold. If you had a holding tank you would be able to see it if you can see the lines you could see the tank. You can do the math and find out exactly how many gallons they hold. With the drain valve open I can look straight down through the toilet flush valve at it, about 2'. In between there is a open box area. It holds 10 gals, which should be plenty for our use. Just not visible from the outside underneath, or from the top. There is no gray water tank.
I did locate a 3" slide on adapter to fit the waste outlet and allow me to attach a "twist on" cap and/or hose.
Probably your sink drains into that box too. Some older trailers did that.
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Post by bigbill on Aug 7, 2015 4:45:56 GMT -8
That box is your holding tank. Most old trailers don't have a gray water tank.
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Post by rockerarm on Aug 7, 2015 7:01:43 GMT -8
That box is your holding tank. Most old trailers don't have a gray water tank. Correct. I have two gray lines, one sink and one for the shower drain. They empty into the dump area on each side after the black water dump valve, so they just run out onto the ground. With the adapter I located I can install a 3" cam lock cap that has a 3/4" hose connector in it and direct the gray water into a remote container with a std hose. Second best thing to a gray water tank, I think. Will.
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Post by bigbill on Aug 7, 2015 13:54:17 GMT -8
That was the plan originally but some campgrounds won't allow portable tanks. In the old days you just used a bucket.
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