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RE: Gray Water Tank Overfill
Backing up into the sink is exactly what happened. This is a galley tank. I was able to add 20 more gallons after the gauge indicated "full." It's a 42 gallon tank, so it was reading full when in fact it was slightly over half-full. Since I had cleaners in the tank, I'm wondering if suds may have formed and tripped the full sensor, because when I dumped it the water looked as clean as when I put it in. So I think the tank is quite clean. Just a thought.
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sbellner
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05/25/12 05:40pm |
General RVing Issues
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Gray Water Tank Overfill
When a gray water tank overfills, is there an overflow line that would cause gray water to spill similar to the FW tank, or will gray water simply back up into the lowest common inlet (sink, shower pan, etc.?) I am presuming it's required to be a sealed system, save for the inlet and vent.
The reason I ask is my level gauge is showing the tank to be full, but I have measured the amount of water I put in the tank by manually filling it with a bucket, and I'm coming up about 20 gallons short. I'd like to fill the tank completely full with some detergent and water, let it soak for a while and see if I can get the gauges cleaned off so they are a bit more accurate. But before I start throwing more water into the inside, I want to make sure it isn't going to show up someplace unexpected.
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sbellner
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05/25/12 03:43pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: RV Parking Near Knoxville During Football Season
Thanks for all the good advice. I called the civic center, and they have 20 first-come, first-serve hookup sites, and room for about a hundred RV's. The nice lady I spoke with did say the hookup sites go pretty fast depending on the game, but that they have never had to turn anyone away. I can tote tons o' water, and they allow generators, so I'll probably try downtown first. They also have a shuttle that goes directly to-and-from the stadium, so you don't have to park twice.
Now the only question I have is what does a parking lot sound like (and smell like) with several dozen generators running simultaneously? This is tounge-in-cheek in one regard, but we recently had a tragedy in the state a few months ago where carbon monoxide (I think from a generator) got pulled into an RV at a campground and suffocated an entire family. I aim the exhaust away from my rig, but it does cause one to remember that gasoline engines running in enclosed spaces are not entirely safe.
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sbellner
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10/12/11 11:22am |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RV Parking Near Knoxville During Football Season
We have the opportunity to meet up with our Son and Daughter-in-law in Knoxville and were planning on going to a Tennessee football game. Has anyone done this, and if so where would be the best place to stay? We have a 5-er and could dry-camp if necessary, but electric would be nice.
I have heard some people say the city opens up an area someplace downtown for RV parking (civic center?), but I'm not sure where this is or what services are available. The University of Tennessee Athletics department website mentions limited RV parking on-campus, but if I am reading their website correctly, they charge upwards of $250/night. That's a bit steep, and since I'm already putting one kid through college locally, I don't feel the need to make that sort of "donation" to an athletic department. We've not done this before, so perhaps that's the goinng rate for going to football games.
Any advice before I commit to purchasing the tickets? FWIW, this is the Tennessee vs. South Carolina game scheduled for later this month. If local sites are first-come-first-served, how early should I plan arriving? Thursday, Friday?
Our fallback position would probably be Pigeon Forge, but been there, done that, and the traffic is horrible even when it's not a football weekend. I can't imagine what it would be like for a football weekend. I know the backroads, but I'm sure a lot of other people do to.
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sbellner
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10/05/11 07:50pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: favorite Virginia State parks
Hungry Mother, Grayson Highlands and Natural Tunnel are all wonderful, fabulous Va State Parks, but are quite a drive from Virginia Beach. . . .
Fall is peak season for many Va parks, empty during the week, but do fill up for the weekends.
If I were you, I would go online and make a reservation, that way you KNOW that when you get there, you WILL get a site. Va State Park site Look at the map of all the state parks and pick one in an area where you might like to go.
I'm fortunate to live a stone's throw from both Natural Tunnel and Hungry Mother. We like all the VA state parks, and these two are our favorites. They have a FT'er designated as camp host, and they are there to make sure you have a good experience. Great idea - I wish more parks would do that. I think all the VA parks will take reservations via ReserveAmerica. If you're coming during leaf-peeping season, you absolutely have to have a reservation.
One thing unique about Natural Tunnel is you need a good strong TV to make it up the incline to the park. From your starting point, you'll quickly realize VA is a lot bigger state than it looks like on a map. But during the fall, it's well-worth the trip.
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sbellner
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09/24/11 01:07pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Is this pic real??
Back when I was growing up in Florida, we used to head out to New Syrmna Beach most every day after school to surf. When the snowbirds came down from the North (New York, New Jersey, and Quebec mainly) there'd always be a big caddie or some other 70's-style rear-wheel-drive heifer car parked close to water's edge at low tide. A couple of brothers used to cruise up and down the beach in their jeeep outfitted with a front bumper winch. When the water started rising (as it always did, and always will) the fellas would offer to help these poor sots make sure they could back up, and if they had trouble, offered to help for $20.
Time after time, they would tell the brothers they were a couple of crooks trying to take advantage of folks out here having a "good time" and to get lost. Almost like clockwork, about an hour later the brothers would return, and by then the snowbirds had spun their back wheels, sinking them down to the axle, and the tide was now up to the floorboard, and coming up fast. Everyone in their group was frantically trying to "push" the car to higher ground. This time the brothers offered to help "save" the car, but the price had risen to $200.
Every year these fellas had a nicer and nicer jeeep because I think they must have made about $100,000 a season. We got to be good friends with them, and they had been doing this for a living for years. True entrepreneurs. I guess they don't teach people about tides in some parts of the country.
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sbellner
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06/26/11 09:26pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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