Pumping out your holding tank
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- Tin star
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Pumping out your holding tank
For private dock use would like to be able to pump out the holding tank into a portable RV type pump out tank and than haul it up to my septic tank.
Does anyone do this? If so what is the pump out rig in the boat?? Attachment etc. Thanks
Does anyone do this? If so what is the pump out rig in the boat?? Attachment etc. Thanks
Re: Pumping out your holding tank
Yup--West Marine and others sell it. Messy, stinky job but....
If I still had my Marinette, I'd invest in a LectroSan toilet that incinerates the....you know. Not cheap, but you'd be so much better off in the long run.
Jeff
If I still had my Marinette, I'd invest in a LectroSan toilet that incinerates the....you know. Not cheap, but you'd be so much better off in the long run.
Jeff
"We live at the bottom of an ocean of air, not at the top." General Marvage Slatington
Re: Pumping out your holding tank
I haven't done this. Having lived in the country and digging up my septic tank a couple of times, I guess I feel pumping out at a marina is worth the cost (if there is one. Some marinas allow slip renters free pump out).
Bill
Bill
Bill & Sharon Cassedy
"Sunset Seeker"
'88 32' Sedan Bridge to be sold (updtd 1-1-22)
"Sunset Seeker Too" (SS2)
'88 41' Marquis hardtop. (as of 1/1/22)
Located in Aurora, In.
Always fresh water.
"Sunset Seeker"
'88 32' Sedan Bridge to be sold (updtd 1-1-22)
"Sunset Seeker Too" (SS2)
'88 41' Marquis hardtop. (as of 1/1/22)
Located in Aurora, In.
Always fresh water.
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- Tin star
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Re: Pumping out your holding tank
Does using the LectroSan toilet mean you can dump the residue in the bay??? What about your shower water??
Re: Pumping out your holding tank
Never heard/read of any restrictions on shower water. Incinerated contents of lectro-san go onto the garden
-joel-
former owner 1988 '32 FB Sedan
Chesapeake Bay
twin 318 / 240 hp
Potomac MD
former owner 1988 '32 FB Sedan
Chesapeake Bay
twin 318 / 240 hp
Potomac MD
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- Royal Aluminum Star
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Re: Pumping out your holding tank
Replacement plates for those units do go with the B.O.A.T. theme.
1990 Marinette 32 Sedan Flybridge "Hubba" Lake Charles, LA
Twin Chrysler 318's
Twin Chrysler 318's
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- Tin star
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Re: Pumping out your holding tank
We don't have a marina within 25 miles. I live in the country so do have a septic tank and a dump station for my RV. In the past with the 34 Californian I pumped into the portable RV type tank and hauled it up to my septic tank. Not the best, but all things considered it works. I'll have to read up on the lectro-san and see how that works.
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- Tin star
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Re: Pumping out your holding tank
BEFOR I GOT MY "M", I HAD A 26 FOOT SEARAY THAT WE BROUGHT HOME ON A TRAILER AND WINTERED IN MY SHOP.. I USE TO USE A 5 HP SHOP VAC AND PUMP IT DRY, AFTER I GOT A PUMPOUT AT THE MARINA FOR THE LAST TIME. MY SHOP VAC HAD A GARDEN HOSE CONNECTION ON THE TANK WHICH I RAN TO THE HEAD IN MY WORK SHOP.. I DIDN'T TOUCH ANYTHING, EVER... THAT WAS UNPLEASANT.. AFTER THE HOLDING TANK WAS EMPTY, I PUT IN THE R/V ANTI-FREEZE. IN THE SPRING I PUMPED THAT OUT WITH THE SHOP VAC, CLEANED EVERYTHING WITH A GALLON OF BLEACH AND A COUPLE GALLONS OF WATER, THEN PUMPED THAT WITH THE SHOP VAC TOO..! THAT CLEANED UP EVERYTHING FOR THE SEASON AND WE WERE SET FOR NEXT TIME... MY 5 H.P. SHOP VAC CAME FROM LOWE'S HOME CENTER... THEY WORK, I USED THE CONE SHAPE ATTACHMENT. IT DIDN'T COST MUCH AND WAS EASY TO CLEAN IT UP.... HOPE THAT HELPS OUT A LITTLE..
R.A. Campbell
32 Sedan-Bridge
260 Chrysler Twins
" KOKOMO "
32 Sedan-Bridge
260 Chrysler Twins
" KOKOMO "
Re: Pumping out your holding tank
I would rather use the marina facilities than that! Yeeeuuuckk!
Jeff
PS: Damn clever, though. I use a shop vac to pull the oil out of the motor on my new boat. Oil stops at an old propane tank I got for nothing (of course. (Legendary cheapskate!)
Jeff
PS: Damn clever, though. I use a shop vac to pull the oil out of the motor on my new boat. Oil stops at an old propane tank I got for nothing (of course. (Legendary cheapskate!)
"We live at the bottom of an ocean of air, not at the top." General Marvage Slatington
Re: Pumping out your holding tank
I'd rather think of you, Jeff, as the "Epitome of Frugality"!!
Bill
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Bill
Bill & Sharon Cassedy
"Sunset Seeker"
'88 32' Sedan Bridge to be sold (updtd 1-1-22)
"Sunset Seeker Too" (SS2)
'88 41' Marquis hardtop. (as of 1/1/22)
Located in Aurora, In.
Always fresh water.
"Sunset Seeker"
'88 32' Sedan Bridge to be sold (updtd 1-1-22)
"Sunset Seeker Too" (SS2)
'88 41' Marquis hardtop. (as of 1/1/22)
Located in Aurora, In.
Always fresh water.