Tagalongs As Permanent Homes...

[SirJoey]

<br /><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Just a few miles from where I live is a fairly large lake. Surrounding one of the boat marinas is a charming, small community of permanently-set-up tagalong campers. They are all very nice, &amp; completely underpinned, just like tiny mobile homes. Most have attached and/or enclosed porches, some have add-on rooms and/or carports over them.</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>However, they don't appear to have any access to get underneath, which would mean they're leaving their dump-tank valves open all the time. If that's the case, how do they avoid "pyramiding" in their black-water tanks?</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Perhaps they have a small access panel I haven't noticed, where they can reach underneath &amp; work the valves, IDK.&nbsp;</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Since this little community is only about 8 miles from where I live, I occasionally ride down there on my moped &amp; hang out, sitting on the boat dock, just to pass some time &amp; enjoy the water, watching the boats, skiers, and the likes. Wish I had a boat, even one of those tiny little pedal-powered paddle boats. Maybe I'll take my cam &amp; snap some pics next time!&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" /><br /><br /></strong></span>

 

[dragonflyinthesky]

They probably have their blackwater hoses coming from the holding tank to a plumbed sewer. Even my 1961 tt is plumbed to dump.<br />Could you post some pics of the little community? I would love to see it since I have a small camper too.

 

[Mortisha]

Would love to see this community as well. My family owned a tag along that was parked in a community like you are talking about called Lake Wahoo in Ohio. They since closed it and I know when my parents sold the tt they sold it as is and where it sat. I have not been up that way in years but would be fun to see if someone else bought that area and if the tt are still all there. Not sure how the poop went out though LOL HuggZ

 

[SirJoey]

They probably have their blackwater hoses coming from the holding tank to a plumbed sewer.

<br /><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Well, that much is certain, but still, leaving your gate valve open all the time is gonna lead to "pyramiding", <br />U know, a big pyramid-shaped pile of U-know-wot in your black-water tank!&nbsp;<img src="/images/boards/smilies/eek.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" /></strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Unless, of course, they just do away with the black-water tank altogether, <br />&amp; plumb them directly from the toilet to the sewer pipe, like a mobile home.<br /><br /></strong></span>

 

[yesican]

They have a place like that here in Soldotna right on the Kenai where people live year round in their campers full time.&nbsp; Not something that interests me since your neighbor is 5 ft from your door or walkway.&nbsp; Also, my ex in-laws had a quaint site in a small campground next to a pond where everyone kept their campers hooked up year round.&nbsp; There had to have been 50 to 100 sites, but it was well kept with activities during the summer.&nbsp; I thought it was expensive 20 years ago.&nbsp;&nbsp;But, they also would of had to pay storage in the winter for their camper if they didn't keep it there so it "all came out in the wash" so to speak. If you don't like to travel its not a bad choice if you don't mind neighbors real close.<br /><br />Rae<br /><br />

 

[SirJoey]

...its not a bad choice if you don't mind neighbors real close.

<br /><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Yeah, close neighbors are definitely not for me. I was just wondering how they all dealt with their sewage situations. I'm gonna be living in my ol' antique Class C, starting in just a couple weeks, but it won't be underpinned, so I figure I can let the black-water tank hold the stuff for awhile each time, so it has to chance to dissolve somewhat, then pull the valve.&nbsp;</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Unfortunately, I've never used this thing before, so I just hope it doesn't leak! Eeewwwww....</strong></span>&nbsp;<img src="/images/boards/smilies/eek.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Of course, if it DOES, I already have one of the Luggable Loos on hand as a backup! I'll use it if I have to, but it's just that it would be so much nicer to actually have a flushable toilet!</strong></span><br /><br />

 

[yesican]

Can't they just leave the drain hose hooked up and only open the valve once the blackwater container is full and close it again once it's empty and rinsed?&nbsp;The gray water tank valve may be able to remain open since there is no solids accumulating. &nbsp;I'm not real familiar with drainage of waste tanks, but that seems feasible.<br /><br />Rae

 

[SirJoey]

Can't they just leave the drain hose hooked up and only open the valve once the blackwater container is full and close it again once it's empty and rinsed?

<br /><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>Well sure, if they can get at the valve handle. That was my question from the beginning... I mentioned I didn't see any way to access underneath these things, so either they have some kind of small, access panel which I didn't notice, or maybe they're just plumbed directly from the toilet to the sewer, bypassing the black tank altogether, although I've never heard of that.</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;"><strong>One other possibility of course, is that maybe they just pull out a section of the underpinning occasionally to reach the valve handles, IDK.&nbsp;<br /><br /></strong></span>

 

[Ravensoracle]

We lived in a travel trailer that had been parked on some land with full hookups. Since the sewer and water were hooked up full-time we would just flush with extra water. About once a month we'd also use a black tank wand through the toilet to make sure there was no buildup.