black tank replacement

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   Hello Everyone!

I have a 2015 Rpod 176T. recently the black tank cracked on the top of it. My RV repair center has the trailer and are saying the cant find one unless it is around $250 and 4-6 weeks wait on delivery. 

Does this sound right? I have never had to replace a holding tank before.

thank you

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Unclewillis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 26 Aug 2014 Location: NV Online Status: Offline Posts: 100	Topic: black tank replacement Posted: 26 Jul 2021 at 4:10pm
	Hello Everyone! I have a 2015 Rpod 176T. recently the black tank cracked on the top of it. My RV repair center has the trailer and are saying the cant find one unless it is around $250 and 4-6 weeks wait on delivery. Does this sound right? I have never had to replace a holding tank before. thank you
	Daddy, Mommy and Daughter. BlackJack & Keno (boston Terriers) Rpod 176T 2015 Nick: ouR-pod

offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Posted: 26 Jul 2021 at 5:53pm
	Neither have I but the price seems high unless that includes installation. There are 30 gallon RV waste water tanks on the web for around $100, but you'd have to remove your old tank, get the dimensions, including drain, fill, and vent sizes and locations, and then call to see if they can match those. Compared to getting into all of that maybe $250 doesn't sound so bad....
	1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold

john in idaho Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04 Nov 2014 Location: Eagle Idaho Online Status: Offline Posts: 611	Posted: 27 Jul 2021 at 10:12am
	If the price is installed, it may not be that bad. If they do a good job........How did the top of the tank get cracked? Seems like that is fairly protected. It is not a pressurized system, maybe you could patch the crack with some epoxy? Some "modern" compounds do not stick to plastics well.

offgrid Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290	Posted: 27 Jul 2021 at 11:45am
	Polyethylene is notoriously hard to adhere anything to. You need a high quality flexible epoxy like West Systems gflex (not cheap) and you should flame treat the poly surfaces first. It still won't ever be a really strong bond. And you also have to carefully stop drill the crack so it (hopefully) doesn't propagate. To do all that you have to take the tank out to try to fix it, nasty and stinky as it is, then put it back and hope for the best. For all those reasons I wouldn't advise trying to fix it.
	1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold