Black Tank Cleaning
I have read about many people who add 5 gallons or so to their black tank while traveling to help keep it clean. I do the same thing and it works great, but I wanted to share an experience I had once. I dumped my tanks, used the black tank flush to clean, and then added the typical 5 gallons or so and some dawn to let it do it's work while I drove home. When I got to the location near my home that I would typically dump the cleaned tank the line was several RVs long. I was going back out again in a couple weeks, so I decided to just leave it in the tank until my next trip. I put the RV on the storage lot and never gave it another thought. When I pulled the RV out for the next trip I discover that some JOKER thought it would be funny to go pull the black tank valves on all of the RVs on the lot. What do you do when you have a drain pipe full of back tank residue and the only way to hook up a drain hose is to remove the cap??? I put on my gloves got out a couple 5 gallon buckets and prayed it didn't go everywhere!!
If you have exposed handles and store on a public lot, be sure to dump your residue completely before putting it away. I'm thankful that my new RV has the handles locked away behind the storage door.
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Brent
2013 Alpine 3500RE
2019 Silverado 2500HD Duramax
U.S. Air Force Retired (25 yrs)
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