Journey with Confidence RV GPS App RV Trip Planner RV LIFE Campground Reviews RV Maintenance Take a Speed Test Free 7 Day Trial ×
 


Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
 
Old 07-30-2007, 11:54 AM   #1
3 Rivet Member
 
BrockLives's Avatar
 
1972 29' Ambassador
Currently Camping , Pennsylvania
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 122
Garbage Disposals

Has anyone ever done or heard of installing a garbage disposal (namely in a travel trailer)? If it's plausible, where would you route the waste, black or grey tank?

Brock
BrockLives is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-30-2007, 12:02 PM   #2
Always Airstreaming!
 
rickandsandi's Avatar
 
2005 22' Safari
1960 24' Tradewind
Anytown , Connecticut
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 3,115
Send a message via AIM to rickandsandi
Quote:
Originally Posted by BrockLives
Has anyone ever done or heard of installing a garbage disposal (namely in a travel trailer)? If it's plausible, where would you route the waste, black or grey tank?

Brock
Brock-

Why? Sounds like a lot of trouble to me. What would the advantages be? The less I fill my tanks the longer I can stay camping. Wouldn't it be easier to emty the garbage than empty your tanks? You would have to go into the black tank, the few states left that allow grey water on the ground would probably have a fit with the disposal dump.
__________________
J. Rick Cipot
Sandi Gould
NEU New England Unit
Airstream Life Magazine
Proud Member of WBCCI
WBCCI #3411
AIR #17099
2009 Silverado 2500HD
2004 22' Safari
1960 24' Tradewind
rickandsandi is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-30-2007, 01:18 PM   #3
3 Rivet Member
 
BrockLives's Avatar
 
1972 29' Ambassador
Currently Camping , Pennsylvania
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 122
I'm ground-up renovating for fulltime and a garbage disposal is something I'll really miss on the road. I figured if I am dumping the tanks anyway, it would be worth it, however I don't know exactly how one would set it up to work. Just curious to see if it's been done and how.

Brock
BrockLives is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-30-2007, 01:23 PM   #4
Rivet Master
 
Excella CM's Avatar
 
1978 31' Excella 500
Venice , California
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 1,067
You cannot do it for the following reason: Garbage disposals use a lot of water to grind and flush the waste. You don't have nearly enough capacity in the black water tank to accomodate all the extra water required. If you were permanently parked with a sewer hookup and fresh water supply, you might get away with it.
__________________
"Not all who are laundering are washed" say Bill & Heidi

'78 Excella 500,"The Silver Pullit". vacuum over hydraulic disc brakes, center bath, rear twin. '67 Travelall 1200 B 4X4 WBCCI 3737
Excella CM is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-30-2007, 03:26 PM   #5
Rivet Master
 
Alumatube's Avatar
 
1984 31' Airstream310
Central , Ohio
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,094
I am not sure I would do this either -- you are looking at fats, oils, grease, fibrous waste from vegetables, waste break-down and rot, and probably other stuff I am not thinking about, and I don't think your tank (I would not even CONSIDER the grey tank for this) was designed for that stuff. Imagine fats and oils congealing inside your tank, on the sensors and fittings, etc., then consider what you would have to do to clean it! Bleah. I doubt those bacterial add-ins would be able to handle it, but I don't know that with certainty.

I just catch food waste in the sink and strainer and dump the trash often!

Susan
__________________
"Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how popular it remains?"

1984 310 Limited Motor Home "The Rockin' A"
Alumatube is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-30-2007, 04:02 PM   #6
Rivet Master
 
wkerfoot's Avatar
 
1979 23' Safari
1954 29' Liner
Orange , California
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 3,857
Another problem would be connecting the garbage disposer to the sink drain. RV sinks have a much smaller drain than residential sinks.

Bill
__________________
Bill Kerfoot, WBCCI/VAC/CAC/El Camino Real Unit #5223
Just my personal opinion
1973 Dodge W200 PowerWagon, 1977 Lincoln Continental, 2014 Dodge Durango
1979 23' Safari, and 1954 29' Double Door Liner Orange, CA

https://billbethsblog.blogspot.com/
wkerfoot is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-30-2007, 04:06 PM   #7
Liberator
 
klattu's Avatar
 
1972 Argosy 24
1989 34.5' Airstream 345
Heart of Dixie , Alabama
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,659
Images: 834
Some of the 345LE motorhomes have them...mine does not.
klattu is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-30-2007, 06:04 PM   #8
2 Rivet Member
 
2005 34' Classic
Richmond , Virginia
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 87
I think id stay away from that one.
Resorts is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-30-2007, 06:49 PM   #9
Ready-to-Travel
 
pmclemore's Avatar

 
2012 30' International
Walkerton , Virginia
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 3,192
Misery is caused by putting things down the drain, thinking you are rid of them forever, then discovering that they are not truly gone.

Please rethink putting anything down the drains that is either not completely liquid, or that has not passed through you first. Unless it is designed for your tank, such as the appropriate chemical, or tp designed for rv use.

Pat
pmclemore is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-30-2007, 09:23 PM   #10
Rivet Master
 
Foiled Again's Avatar
 
2012 25' FB Eddie Bauer
Vintage Kin Owner
Virginia Beach , Virginia
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 7,801
Advice so good it needed to be said twice!

Quote:
Originally Posted by pmclemore
Misery is caused by putting things down the drain, thinking you are rid of them forever, then discovering that they are not truly gone.

Please rethink putting anything down the drains that is either not completely liquid, or that has not passed through you first. Unless it is designed for your tank, such as the appropriate chemical, or tp designed for rv use.

Pat
"Disposal" is a Madison Ave. term for what the Navy calls a GARBAGE GRINDER. It doesn't ultimately dispose of anything. Everything you put into a black tank, you're going to see (and smell) again and believe me as the niece of two plumbers, ground garbage can be worse than sh**. (Think of food as just raw unprocessed sh**.)

It can and does congeal into lard-like globs and it literally can take weeks to pass from your home drains to the city sanitation center. Your black tank has an almost flat bottom. It would develop a 2 inch thick layer of this stuff and you'd probably have to flush it with many, many gallons of near-boiling water to dissolve it sufficiently for most of it to drain. You sure wouldn't want to try dran-o to move that crud out of your black tank.

I'm fulltiming and I moved out of a house with a garbage grinder. In a week or two, you'll adapt and never miss the disposal.

I'm in the habit of taking a tall kitchen plastic bag and hanging it over the edge of the cabinet drawer in front of the sink when I'm doing major food prep like peeling potatoes. I use a screen over the drain and a collander, dumping it into the bag as I work. When I'm done, I put any other trash I have in the bag and leave the whole house trash/garbage free. My stream is small enough that I don't want trash accumulating for more than 2 days max - so if I have to take the trash out almost every day, what does it matter if it also contains lettuce leaves, or leftover chili?

Happy trails to you...

Paula
__________________
Today is a gift, that's why they call it the present.
Foiled Again is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-30-2007, 09:33 PM   #11
Rivet Master
 
garry's Avatar
 
1969 31' Sovereign
Broken Arrow , Oklahoma
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 1,455
Images: 7
It is recommend you "do not" have a garbage disposal installed in homes with a septic tank.
Don't know about installing one in the AS but if you do let us know how it works out.

Garry
garry is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-30-2007, 10:41 PM   #12
Rivet Master
 
Jim Clark's Avatar
 
2012 28' International
Currently Looking...
New Orleans , Louisiana
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 2,077
Images: 6
Garbage in Garbage out.
__________________
Jim N5TJZ Air# 174
2012 International Serenity 28
2005 Safari 25 SS Traded
1968 Globetrotter Sold
2011 F150 Ecoboost
Jim Clark is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-30-2007, 11:13 PM   #13
Rivet Master
 
bobfowler's Avatar
 
1972 Argosy 20
Middletown , New Jersey
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 589
Images: 14
Quote:
Originally Posted by Foiled Again
"Disposal" is a Madison Ave. term for what the Navy calls a GARBAGE GRINDER. It doesn't ultimately dispose of anything. Everything you put into a black tank, you're going to see (and smell) again and believe me as the niece of two plumbers, ground garbage can be worse than sh**. (Think of food as just raw unprocessed sh**.)

It can and does congeal into lard-like globs and it literally can take weeks to pass from your home drains to the city sanitation center. Your black tank has an almost flat bottom. It would develop a 2 inch thick layer of this stuff and you'd probably have to flush it with many, many gallons of near-boiling water to dissolve it sufficiently for most of it to drain. You sure wouldn't want to try dran-o to move that crud out of your black tank.
<snip> Paula
If we ever meet at a campground, the beer is on me! That was the most poetic post I've read in a long, long time...
__________________
Bob Fowler

Some people are like Slinkies. They're really good for nothing, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.

TAC - NJ-007

bobfowler is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-31-2007, 08:35 AM   #14
USN/LAPD Retired
 
Safari-Rick's Avatar
 
2005 25' Safari
North Las Vegas , United States
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 850
Another reason NOT to do it would be the buildup of the "heavy" garbage at the bottom of the tank (along as mentioned above with lard, oils etc.) Unless of course, you're willing to disconnect the black tank and clean it out?

As Paula stated, you're just asking for problems down the road.

Safari-Rick
Retired Navy ship fitter.
__________________
2007 Dodge Ram Quadcab 6.7L Diesel w/jakebrake

"Better to have more then you need, then need more then you have because you don't have enough!"
AIR #: 8129
Safari-Rick is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-24-2009, 09:14 PM   #15
3 Rivet Member
 
Currently Looking...
Cincinnati , Ohio
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 131
plumber

Ask any plumber what he thinks of garbage disposals used in a residential application, and I would bet my socks that he'll tell you to get rid of it.

Woody
Woody.303 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-04-2009, 07:40 PM   #16
2 Rivet Member
 
Currently Looking...
Arlington , Massachusetts
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 39
I'm glad that I read this thread. It was good for a few laughs!
Dismayed is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Argosy trailers 83Excella All Argosy Trailers 36 07-30-2011 01:26 PM
Metro-Detroit Forums Rally 2006 AYRSTRM2 Forum Rallies & Meet Ups 1039 05-22-2007 01:51 PM
Wal-Mart Working For All of Us j54mark Off Topic Forum 8 12-13-2005 06:12 AM
Hantavirus Alert! jjonesnc Off Topic Forum 17 04-06-2005 09:02 PM
Computer Experts....IE 6.0 problem Pick Our Community 3 08-03-2003 05:03 PM


Featured Campgrounds

Reviews provided by

Disclaimer:

This website is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Airstream, Inc. or any of its affiliates. Airstream is a registered trademark of Airstream Inc. All rights reserved. Airstream trademark used under license to Social Knowledge LLC.



All times are GMT -6. The time now is 09:01 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.