T-Handle extension for sink gray water

[ohiocougar]

We are seasonal campers that pay to have our tank dumped as needed. The campground no longer wants to dump the gray tank for the kitchen sink because he has to scoot under our slide out to pull the handle. It is no doubt a bad design idea. I am looking for suggestions for a modification so that the handle will come out far enough for him to pull the handle without crawling under the slide out. The campground wants us to pull the slide out in every time we need a cleanout but we have concrete bricks stacked by the tires that will interfere with that. Also, the handle would have to be removable at the end of the season for us to haul it to storage. Any suggestions? (Sorry for the long post) TIA

[jsmith948]

You might try extending the handle - my concern would be the extension flexing and bending/kinking when you push the valve closed.
You could try making a grabber - maybe from a garden hoe or hook? If the tines of the hook are close enough together, then they would make contact with the T handle on each side of the rod when opening and simply push the valve closed with the "head of the hoe when closing?
Or, bolt a flat piece of 1/8" steel perpendicular to the end of a wooden broom handle. Then add a couple of heavy duty eye bolts that have been spread open. Pull the valve open with the hooks - push the valve closed with the flat bar at the end of the broom handle.

Yeah - I know - in the service we called it "field expedience" (make do with what you have handy.

[MarkEHansen]

How about electric dump valves?
https://www.etrailer.com/RV-Sewer/Valterra/E85-8.html