Fork fell into black tank

[StevieB]

Since you put the fork in it, consider it done.

[field & stream]

Originally Posted by Zstreamer

...... Let's put a fork in this thread because I'm done!

I know this is terribly selfish, but I think I am going to miss this thread more than you are going to miss your fork!

Thanks for the entertainment.......

[HiHoAgRV]

I have learned that to avoid dumping silverware into the black tank, I should 1st place my large pasta strainer into the bowl before pouring in the dish water.

Simple!

[Hittenstiehl]

And it not dead after all.... Now we have a fork and a pasta strainer in the toiddy bowl area.

[OTRA15]

Originally Posted by HiHoAgRV

I have learned that to avoid dumping silverware into the black tank, I should 1st place my large pasta strainer into the bowl before pouring in the dish water.

Simple!

Remind me not to eat pasta at your place!

The fork is alive . . .

[rmkrum]

But the cake is a lie...


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[mpsgolf]

I've been watching this thread with interest - ok, more like amusement. I have no solution and I'm sorry to be amused by your predicament. But you have to admit a fork in the pooper is good for cracking a smile. That's about all the double entendres I can get into a single sentence.

Good luck, don't take it personally if everyone declines your dinner invitations!

[Ray Eklund]

I know... all of you had your fun with Zstreamer and 'Fork fell into black tank'.

I resisted... long enough to rethink my posting on that Thread. Actually, some posts took a bit of imagination, which made it well worth following five pages that did not solve the problem, but sure did make a point to anyone else...

Some mistakes need to be kept quiet.

Modern Stainless flatware is not magnetic. A blade on the knife would be and the blade on higher end knives are magnetic. A magnet large enough to attract the blade of either would solve the problem... if the retrieval had occurred without delay. A fork though is not magnetic and requires some male that is 'hands on' in this case.

The distance from the toilet moveable slide to the black tank surface is 20". A man's arm is 27 to 29 inches long. It takes a flash light and a tape measure to make this study and is accurate within 1/2 inch. For Airstreams, that is within limits of accuracy for the construction of your trailer.

Now, as someone else had reported... can a tape measure be retrieved from the black tank that has fallen into it with a magnet?

He/She wants to know how large a magnet to use for a 30' tape that sells at Lowes for about $14.68. US, not Canadian.

Are flash light cases aluminum or also magnetic? My friend, deceased, would like to know.

(This is how you have to post a sensitive Thread on this Forum. It keeps me away from the Toilet Paper debate long enough to buy a 'better' 50 foot tape measure and a 1000 lumen flashlight for my deceased friend.)

[AWCHIEF]

What's to thank about. Just buck up, reach in, dig it out and have a full bottle of bleach on hand for clean up.

[dolson]

A guy accidentally drops a quarter down a outhouse, then throws a five dollar bill down the hole. His friend asks why. He say “ I’m not going down there for just a quarter”.

[OTRA15]

A reminder of this thread went through the air this morning . . .

[OTRA15]

Originally Posted by Zstreamer

Wife gets on her hands and knees and prepares to stick her arm in the 3 inch hole where the tanks empty. She shines a flashlight into hole and screams. She hands me the flashlight and says "no way am I going in there". I say, "it's just your arm sweetie and you really just need to feel for a fork. No biggie." Well, I look in the hole and let's just say the last flushing of the tank didn't exactly clear out the passageway. After dry heaving, we then decided that the fork will just have to have a new home in our tank. Let's put a fork in this thread because I'm done!

Did you OP ever find that fork?