u/xsmallsx01 — reddlx

First time winterizing

My families last camp trip is coming up soon and I am unsure how to handle the black tank for the winter.

Normally after a trip I would dump and flush the black tank and refill it with around 5 gallons of water and simply leave it there. However if i know i’m going to potentially winterize it should i be doing something different? Im sure 5 gallons in the tank wont hurt the tank even with a deep freeze but the pipes and shutoff may become damaged due to expansion.

I do not have the ability to dump the black tank at home and dumping that sludge into a Home Depot bucket and walking it to the toilet sounds ridiculous.

Am I overthinking this whole thing?

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u/xsmallsx01 — 2 days ago

▲ 122 r/NissanDrivers+1 crossposts

Neighbors

Woke up to this nonsense.

Who parks their car to block someone else’s trash so it can’t be picked up on trash day?

u/tiga_94 — 21 days ago

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Driveway quote question

I am not an asphalt guy however what I’ve been reading online makes me think this statement of work would make for a hopefully 20 year driveway. Does this seem reasonable for a driveway in New England area?

u/xsmallsx01 — 2 months ago

▲ 30 r/traveltrailers+2 crossposts

What causes this?

Just got back from our first trip. Tow up was fine however on the tow back my sway plate simply bent up and over the draw bar. The trailer is 2600 unloaded but closer to 3200 loaded. Tongue weight is sitting around 500 lbs. The say controller is a Curt bolt on. Both balls were torqued down before we left.

I do not recall taking any crazy right hand turns nor did I hit anything. Obviously I need to replace the plate but I’m more concerned about what actually happened because I don’t want to keep buying plates or have something unsafe.

Did I simply have too much pressure on the friction brake of the sway controller? Or perhaps it’s just a cheap Amazon purchase?

Any thought or ideas are welcome.

u/MajiktheBus — 3 months ago

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Greetings everyone.

Recently picked up my first TT and I believe I understand what is needed to sanitize the water system but I do have a couple of questions.

I have a 27 gallon fresh tank, it is necessary to bleach the entire water tank? I was going to mix up around 25 gallons and call it good. Or is it fine to mix even less?

I do not have a sewer hook up at my residence what are people doing with 30G of bleach water? Bucket to house toilet?

I am seeing conflicting advice on hot water heaters (6gal tank), should I bypass my water heater while bleaching or does it not really matter at the amount of bleach that’s in the mix?

Thanks for the help.

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u/xsmallsx01 — 4 months ago

▲ 122 r/traveltrailers

After 10 years with our popup we decided to finally upgrade. The trailer pulls so much better than I originally thought it would. Very excited to start the camping season.

u/xsmallsx01 — 4 months ago