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    Posted: 15 Jun 2017 at 11:20am
BTW.. if I had to face this, a kids swimming pool of the cheapest variety might be handy.. 
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+1 to furpod. Also I didn't see any mention of using the backflush or one of the wands that goes down toilet. I've had luck with that.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jun 2017 at 3:09pm

Thou must have offended the camping gods mightily for them to smite you with black tanks woes of this magnitude!

If I had to deal with it, I would approach it as jimandclare suggest. A small 15' (I think) drain snake can be purchased at Walmart for about $15. (I bought a new one a while back to clean my clothes dryer vent.)


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If the "insertion cut/hole", made in the drain hose is done close to the fitting, it may be able to be repaired, when done, by cutting off a few inches and clamping the slightly shorter hose back on the fitting.

I suspect that when things start happening, they will happen fast. Be ready.

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Originally posted by David


Thou must have offended the camping gods mightily for them to smite you with black tanks woes of this magnitude!

If I had to deal with it, I would approach it as jimandclare suggest. A small 15' (I think) drain snake can be purchased at Walmart for about $15. (I bought a new one a while back to clean my clothes dryer vent.)


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If the "insertion cut/hole", made in the drain hose is done close to the fitting, it may be able to be repaired, when done, by cutting off a few inches and clamping the slightly shorter hose back on the fitting.

I suspect that when things start happening, they will happen fast. Be ready.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jun 2017 at 3:43pm


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I think we're at the point that one starts to build an altar to said camping gods in appeasement. Might even throw in a dance or two around it...If the North Dakota Wind doesn't blow us away first...

(I just got a nasty bump on my head curtesy of the truck door and a particularly strong gust of wind)

We have purchased and used a 15 ft hose, a drain snake for the toilet from the top, a really long thing for the dryer vent that bent backwards and wouldn't go forwards. Now trying a new thing called an RV Flexible Swivel Stick.

Will report back soon...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jun 2017 at 4:00pm

Try running the snake from the drain outlet end. It is understandable that it would have little effect when going down the toilet.

The blockage is most likely at the low point - from the valve back towards the toilet. Going down from the toilet, the snake is just going to want to "wander around" in the tank.
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Posts: 2629 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jun 2017 at 4:39pm
Originally posted by Leo B

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That would likely be a permanent fix of some kind.
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Posts: 1676 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jun 2017 at 5:12pm
Perhaps you could get a gallon of that colonoscopy prep stuff!! I know for a fact it works for my holding tank (personal, not rv).

As said above...when things start happening, they will happen fast!
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