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    This may be an obvious and unnecessary response but I've successfully avoided this issue by always having at least a half tank of fresh water to start and usually 2/3rds. And maybe this will come back to haunt me but this success even comes with us using regular TP. No super thin useless RV TP for us. My RV friends always make fun of me because I flush out our black tank for a good 15 - 30 minutes before I close the valve and fill the tank.

    Anyway, works for me
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    We are also firm believers in the no TP rule. Learned this a long time ago on our boat.

    Does anybody know the dimensions of this 43 gallon tank ? From the pictures posted a while ago of one of the grey tanks, I would expect the black tank to be similar . . . long and flat with a height of less than 6". It wouldn't take much slope to the entire rig to have all the solids drying at one end with all the liquids at the other, of a recently emptied tank.

    A full bowl of water is a little over a gallon. In theory, 43 full bowls can go into the tank. Even if the black tank suffers from the same vent installation as the grey tanks that limits it's capacity to 2/3, that is still 30 full bowls.

    Our tank gauge is essentially useless at measuring anything, so we go by "calculation". We put at least 6 to 8 full bowls of water into an emptied tank, to make sure that what comes next has liquid to land in.

    No problems so far . . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by TucsonJim View Post
    We affectionately call that the TP TeePee. . That is exactly what used to happen to us.
    Also known as the Pyramid of Doom! Water is your best friend to avoid this problem.

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    Cool

    Thanks all...still clogs -- on list to have tanks pressure washed. Top and bottom of all 3 tanks. $175 stupid tax. BTW the good natured and friendly Canucks next door say they use regular 2 ply TP but the trick is "mo agua"
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    Those Canucks . . . They're everywhere and have an opinion on everything .

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    LOL....this guy is from Ontario too. I really like talking to him...he has been full timing for 15 years and has a lot of experience. We are in Kerrville, TX and the park is about half Americans and half Canadians. Of those Americans, about half are Texans. So....when we all get together for drinks, it is sooo funny to hear all the accents around the fire.
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    I am unsure what to do next. We use RV paper and lots of water but I am having a clog issue. We have the built in black tank sprayer thingy and some water is coming out but no paper and other goodies. I am wondering if I keep the sprayer on it would fill up the tank and the pressure would build and flush stuff out. With the flapper closed in the toilet if pressure build up would do the job.

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    Maybe try a squirter/washer from the top... several kinds at Camping World etc.
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    You may have the 'pyramid of doom'. Even flushing using a water hose down the toilet should help to free it up.

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    Jeff,

    "Pressure" is not the answer. In fact several have dropped their black tanks, maybe because they deformed the tanks with too much water and then pressure ? This pyramid/blockage has to soak. Water is your friend on this. Fill the tank to 75% and let it soak. Everything in there dissolves in water . . . it just takes time.

    Rob
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