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09-30-2008, 08:51 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Cedar Rapids
Posts: 4,876
M.O.C. #1944
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Septic Emptying in Freezing Weather
I've been in freezing temperatures when dumping the septic tanks. When finished, I disconnect the sewer hose, hold it up and make sure it's drained.
What I'm having go through my mind is how would I handle dumping the septic tanks in freezing temperatures when using my macerator, or what do you do when using The Solution? I wouldn't use my macerator unless the sewer connection was too far away from the rig to reach with my 30 feet of 3" sewer hose.
Any inputs?
Orv
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09-30-2008, 09:35 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Merlin
Posts: 668
M.O.C. #7368
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Orv, Only a guess on my part as I have not been in freezing weather, nor do I have either of there. But I believe you hook up to a water supply. I'd say hook up to the outside shower and use warm (not hot as you may need more than the hot water tank holds) to run the macerator, or Solution. Same if you needed to rinse the 3" sewer hose. Warm water.
Bob
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09-30-2008, 10:25 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Cedar Rapids
Posts: 4,876
M.O.C. #1944
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Bob, that would possibly work but for me, I've disconnected my outside shower. The problem that keeps going through my mind is that the liquid that remains in a long 5/8" or 1" hose would freeze. There would be no way of emptying it unless you pumped air through it to get the moisture out. As I mentioned about emptying the sewer hose, you can pick it up and hold one end in the air until it's empty.
Orv
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09-30-2008, 01:56 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Sioux Falls
Posts: 398
M.O.C. #3846
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Orv,
Just wondering why using your compressor wouldn't work? Seems like blowing air through the hose is a great solution.
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09-30-2008, 02:07 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Haldimand County
Posts: 2,413
M.O.C. #122
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Drain as much as you can, then add a little RV antifreeze??
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10-16-2008, 05:52 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Marshfield
Posts: 158
M.O.C. #886
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Do you leave the hose out or coil it back up after each dump? If you leave it out, you could disconnect it at the trailer end, raise it up a few feet and then walk the hose out, lifting it up as you go. That should drain it the same as your sewer hose. Any water that is left in the hose after that won't hurt if it does freeze. Just leave it disconnected until next time. I'm guessing that you don't leave the pump outside anyway.
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10-17-2008, 12:49 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Texas City
Posts: 5,736
M.O.C. #7673
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Orv,
Bite the bullet!
Just pick up one end and blow through it!
Hmmm! Job for DW?????
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10-17-2008, 05:54 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Driftwood
Posts: 1,376
M.O.C. #5446
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When we owned the dog and cat boarding kennel we would run into this problem ever winter. After hosing out the runs we would walk the water out of the hose if we had a threat of freezing temperatures. The trick is to be patient and allow the water to run out slowly. There will be very little water left in the water hose if you walk it out slowly.
Colleen
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