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What? You might ask,

The walk to the Elsan point of course, yippee another toilet thread ;)

It never bothered me when we didn’t have a black tank but what a bonus it is now that we do, and the other tanks are a decent capacity as well.

Filled up with water before a week at Topsham and black and grey still only 50% at the end of the week, fresh water the same, serviced before we left so anything else we can take home (or might dump before we leave this site but no panic ;))

I only mention it because I am sat chillin with a glass of red watching a steady stream of people getting their daily exercise.
 
David and Sally said:
Can I ask please. How do you empty a fixed black tank? Just curious.
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At Topsham for example there was a lid to lift and then just a short pipe and “bombs away” other places the pipe might need to be longer and some need no pipe at all, especially abroad.

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Does your black tank have a macerator on the inlet ?

ours does, excellent apart from the noise, ours is only a small tank though, not too sure why Hymer bothered

But still agree better than carrying a cassette, although I do and have decanted once in 8 years when no ground level dump available 👍
 
funflair said:
What? You might ask,

The walk to the Elsan point of course, yippee another toilet thread ;)

It never bothered me when we didn’t have a black tank but what a bonus it is now that we do, and the other tanks are a decent capacity as well.

Filled up with water before a week at Topsham and black and grey still only 50% at the end of the week, fresh water the same, serviced before we left so anything else we can take home (or might dump before we leave this site but no panic ;))

I only mention it because I am sat chillin with a glass of red watching a steady stream of people getting their daily exercise.
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Can't wait to join the club, waiting for DOMETIC to get their finger out and deliver toilet stock to their dealers. Tank is fitted and waiting.
 
David and Sally said:
Can I ask please. How do you empty a fixed black tank? Just curious.
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You drive home, give the keys to a staff member and say, empty the black and grey, fill the fresh water and LPG and wash it please.

Obvious!

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pandas said:
Incinerating the black waste has go to be the way forward.
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On Yanks there is the option for ‘Highway Disposa’ (HD)

Poo is macerated, and injected at high pressure into the exhaust manifolds.

Now my V10 Ford engine manifolds glow Cherry Red when hot, so the poo and wee ‘mash’ is vaporised, blowing out as steam over the following cyclist and motorbike riders
 
Chris said:
There is a Robin Williams film on that which had me cracking up
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Been there, done that.

I was new to Marine Toilets, we had a 36ft Georgie Boy which had an 80 gallon waste tank that was brimming! Well, I'd been told I needed a Tote. This was like a wastehog that caravanners use but much bigger. It had the 3 inch sewer connectors and cost me £300 along with a shiny new sewer pipe. Then I would be able to wheel this away and empty like any regular motorhomer with a cassette

Very early one morning on a meet, I connected one end of this short 3ft pipe to my black tank outlet, the other to my 10 gallon tote. I pulled the handle to release some of the 80 gallons. What happened next was funny, but only looking back.

You see, unbeknown to me, the hose I bought was expanding hose, and the pressure made it twist, thrash and writhe, like an angry attacking snake, until it was full and at least 12 foot long!. If you've seen those pictures of the large python that's just swallowed a baby zebra, that's what my hose looked like.

I shut the lever off, but was now stuck. There was no way out of this. If I disconnected the hose from the RV, I'd need to get the Tote and the snake to the Elsan point. If I disconnect from the tote, I'd need to raise the hose quickly and higher than the tank outlet. Which after a lot of time stood there looking gormless is what I did? Yes recreating that classic RV moment, holding a full sewer hose above my head.

I had end caps I could get on the hose, and eventually got these on and wrestled this 12 monster to the empty point, but I was covered in shit and so was my pitch. To make things worse I discovered. Scotjimland had watched the whole thing giggling. After I'd cleaned up he remarked "most of us RVers have a short hose to offload to a tote, why did I use the long one?" :doh:
 
Jim said:
Been there, done that.

I was new to Marine Toilets, we had a 36ft Georgie Boy which had an 80 gallon waste tank that was brimming! Well, I'd been told I needed a Tote. This was like a wastehog that caravanners use but much bigger. It had the 3 inch sewer connectors and cost me £300 along with a shiny new sewer pipe. Then I would be able to wheel this away and empty like any regular motorhomer with a cassette

Very early one morning on a meet, I connected one end of this short 3ft pipe to my black tank outlet, the other to my 10 gallon tote. I pulled the handle to release some of the 80 gallons. What happened next was funny, but only looking back.

You see, unbeknown to me, the hose I bought was expanding hose, and the pressure made it twist, thrash and writhe, like an angry attacking snake, until it was full and at least 12 foot long!. If you've seen those pictures of the large python that's just swallowed a baby zebra, that's what my hose looked like.

I shut the lever off, but was now stuck. There was no way out of this. If I disconnected the hose from the RV, I'd need to get the Tote and the snake to the Elsan point. If I disconnect from the tote, I'd need to raise the hose quickly and higher than the tank outlet. Which after a lot of time stood there looking gormless is what I did? Yes recreating that classic RV moment, holding a full sewer hose above my head.

I had end caps I could get on the hose, and eventually got these on and wrestled this 12 monster to the empty point, but I was covered in shit and so was my pitch. To make things worse I discovered. Scotjimland had watched the whole thing giggling. After I'd cleaned up he remarked "most of us RVers have a short hose to offload to a tote, why did I use the long one?" :doh:
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We’ve all made schoolboy errors

Tote, Terios, NEC

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funflair said:
What? You might ask,

The walk to the Elsan point of course, yippee another toilet thread ;)

It never bothered me when we didn’t have a black tank but what a bonus it is now that we do, and the other tanks are a decent capacity as well.

Filled up with water before a week at Topsham and black and grey still only 50% at the end of the week, fresh water the same, serviced before we left so anything else we can take home (or might dump before we leave this site but no panic ;))

I only mention it because I am sat chillin with a glass of red watching a steady stream of people getting their daily exercise.
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It's great to see a thread celebrating the chance to add a lot of extra weight to your motorhome. Those Funsters who spend so much time worrying over load limits are so last year . . . . :giggle:
 
DavidG58 said:
Does your black tank have a macerator on the inlet ?

ours does, excellent apart from the noise, ours is only a small tank though, not too sure why Hymer bothered

But still agree better than carrying a cassette, although I do and have decanted once in 8 years when no ground level dump available 👍
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Yes same'ish as yours David with a Macerator and then we have 160 litre tank so a couple of weeks should be possible, ours is only noisy if I put my hearing aids in, not noisy outside really though.

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TDub49 said:
It's great to see a thread celebrating the chance to add a lot of extra weight to your motorhome. Those Funsters who spend so much time worrying over load limits are so last year . . . . :giggle:
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You are right the porcelain toilet is not exactly light :unsure: :giggle: we can still worry about loading limits though it's just the numbers that are different, I don't mind weight at the back as the front axle was quite heavy when it was new and empty'ish.
 
Jim said:
Been there, done that.

I was new to Marine Toilets, we had a 36ft Georgie Boy which had an 80 gallon waste tank that was brimming! Well, I'd been told I needed a Tote. This was like a wastehog that caravanners use but much bigger. It had the 3 inch sewer connectors and cost me £300 along with a shiny new sewer pipe. Then I would be able to wheel this away and empty like any regular motorhomer with a cassette

Very early one morning on a meet, I connected one end of this short 3ft pipe to my black tank outlet, the other to my 10 gallon tote. I pulled the handle to release some of the 80 gallons. What happened next was funny, but only looking back.

You see, unbeknown to me, the hose I bought was expanding hose, and the pressure made it twist, thrash and writhe, like an angry attacking snake, until it was full and at least 12 foot long!. If you've seen those pictures of the large python that's just swallowed a baby zebra, that's what my hose looked like.

I shut the lever off, but was now stuck. There was no way out of this. If I disconnected the hose from the RV, I'd need to get the Tote and the snake to the Elsan point. If I disconnect from the tote, I'd need to raise the hose quickly and higher than the tank outlet. Which after a lot of time stood there looking gormless is what I did? Yes recreating that classic RV moment, holding a full sewer hose above my head.

I had end caps I could get on the hose, and eventually got these on and wrestled this 12 monster to the empty point, but I was covered in shit and so was my pitch. To make things worse I discovered. Scotjimland had watched the whole thing giggling. After I'd cleaned up he remarked "most of us RVers have a short hose to offload to a tote, why did I use the long one?" :doh:
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I think Robin Williams had the same issue in his RV film. Also very funny.
 
pandas said:
Incinerating the black waste has go to be the way forward.
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Incineration with all my methane blowing in the wind? I'd need the Fire Service on permanent standby ... '2 adjoining pitches, please'. One for me and Mrs Marchie, the other for a Fire Tender and 8 Fire Service crew. Discount for bulk? [add your own punchline] ... :oops:

Steve
 
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