emptying fresh water tank

[ckreef]

Or you turn on the water pump and hook up the coil hose to one of the spray ports. You could fill buckets that way.

This is the best idea. My coil hose has a garden hose fitting with a spray nozzle on one end. Remove the spray nozzle, attach a garden hose, and turn on the pump. You really need to be inside listening to the pump when doing this. The moment the pump starts sucking air turn off the pump so you're not running the pump dry.