Tote Tank
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Topic: Tote Tank
Posted By: flarimer
Subject: Tote Tank
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2020 at 4:11pm
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Looking for ideas for carrying a tote tank. I was planning using a cradle that bolts to the 4" bumper on the 179. Just watched a Ytube video and learned there is no rear bumper. Silly me. The size of the tote tank becomes a big issue. Fred (179 on order)
------------- Fred 2021 Rpod 179, 2016 Honda Pilot E2 wds/sway |
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Posted By: SC for Huskers
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2020 at 7:01pm
 Good luck, You might consider putting it in the back of the your pick'mup truck. I'll beat everyone, What kind of tote? ------------- Happy Traveling, Tom 2017 172pod 2011 F150 STX |
Posted By: fwunder
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2020 at 7:17pm
What are you going to tote? 30 gallons of tootie tote (black tank) is a lot of toot to tote. A couple of 5 gallon buckets will easily handle gray water issues. ------------- 2014 RPod 178 => https://goo.gl/CV446f - MyMods and Buying Habits 2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
Posted By: flarimer
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2020 at 7:23pm
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We have an SUV so that won't work. The tote tank is https://www.amazon.com/BARKER-27844-Gallon-Portable-Holding/dp/B00RZY1JHW?pf_rd_r=XV7MV6ZFDYD34W3HJ618&pf_rd_p=3fdb7f7b-31a2-4f37-b9bc-1469e3d4fb18&pd_rd_r=9472ec15-4d61-41c7-ac5c-2712b1a833ef&pd_rd_w=jttgh&pd_rd_wg=bflTk&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_d ------------- Fred 2021 Rpod 179, 2016 Honda Pilot E2 wds/sway |
Posted By: fwunder
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2020 at 7:42pm
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You should go camping a time or two. Bet you find you don't need it. ------------- 2014 RPod 178 => https://goo.gl/CV446f - MyMods and Buying Habits 2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2020 at 7:50pm
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+1. 30 gallons is a lot. When you leave just go to the dump station, the rPod is its own tote. ------------- 1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
Posted By: flarimer
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2020 at 7:53pm
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Could be. While we have had campers for over 3 decades, this 179 will be the first with waste water holding tanks. We just did a shared trip with our daughter and her family. The five of us using the shower in their camper was enough for our son in law to take the tote tank to the dump station daily. ------------- Fred 2021 Rpod 179, 2016 Honda Pilot E2 wds/sway |
Posted By: flarimer
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2020 at 8:05pm
I really don't have a feel for how many gallons of toot I'll have to tote. Sometimes we stay a week which I suspect will need the tanks drained. I really don't want to move the camper just to dump the tanks. I've been getting the sense that camp grounds, esp those in national parks are watching more closely and restricting what campers are doing with gray water.. Fred soon to be a 179'r. ------------- Fred 2021 Rpod 179, 2016 Honda Pilot E2 wds/sway |
Posted By: fwunder
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2020 at 8:15pm
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Two of us. Both taking showers nightly. Washing dishes and not conserving... If wife washes long hair, I empty grey water every third day. Otherwise, every fourth. Two nested 5 gallon buckets with lids - cheap and easy. In seven years black tank has never been an issue. If I had five taking showers, I would charge admission and call for honey wagon. ------------- 2014 RPod 178 => https://goo.gl/CV446f - MyMods and Buying Habits 2008 4Runner Limited 4.0-liter V6 Yes, those are wild ponies dining on grass while dumping tanks! |
Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2020 at 5:28am
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You can't dump gray water on the ground at any developed campground. It's contaminated. Two of us, daily "Navy" showers. As we nearly always boondock anyway we conserve. At least a week to "relocate" the 30 gallons from the fresh to the gray tank. Black tank is negligible. Not actually breaking camp (not putting away the pop up tent, chairs, and grill), just retracting the slide and stabilizers, hitching up to go to the dump station would be a 5 minute operation if we ever had to do it. ------------- 1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
Posted By: podwerkz
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2020 at 8:44am
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We call those 'blue boys' in the boondocking biz, and you can buy them with wheels and a trailer hitch coupler to drag it to the dump station with your SUV, and depending on your type of SUV, maybe you could carry the blue boy on the roof rack when it's empty. ------------- r･pod 171 gone but not forgotten! |
Posted By: Badweissenbier
Date Posted: 25 Sep 2020 at 7:30pm
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We have one. I only use it for grey. So we just put it right inside the door for now.
I’ve been thinking about making a mount for carrying it underneath the pod like the tire deal. |