Disgusting Holding Tank Issue and Fuel Tank Issue.

[DH]

My holding tank apparently still has residue. My wife says chuck it and get a new one. She is normally right, but I need to ask, because I hate to spend money if I don't have to, and I don't have a bunch of it, how do you remove a partially full holding tank. Hoses have collapsed. clean it out, and not commit an environmentally felony while doing it.

Also I have a fuel tank that I filled to the top in 2008. Put the boat up on the hard and then busted my leg. So it has sat there all this time and I am trying to get it back in ship shape.

The fuel is probably not useable right?

Help.

Thanks.

David

[skip1930]

By fuel I'm guessing diesel oil? Not gasoline?
And I'm still guessing that the boat is still on the hard?

Find a 55 gallon drum and start a siphon, collect the fuel.
Then run the fuel through a polishing filter to rid it of the bacteria
and pump it back into the fuel tank.
After a few circulations it ought to burn nice and clean in the churn.

The stinky holding tank...hummmmmmmm well Collapsed hose? Is she vented?
Anyway, what makes stink? Bacteria. What kills bacteria?
Any thing that drops the pH to 3 to 4.2 pH or raises the pH up to 6 or??
I would not take the tank out. I might try to over flow the tank after a good hose set-up with a constant flow of water for a few hours after a good soak.
Check the RV supply houses for some stink kill stuff.

Me, personally, I have a head that I don't use. Don't ask.

skip.

[doug]

I'd check information here >>> The Head Mistress - SailboatOwners.com

Peggie Hall knows her stuff on heads and smells.