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Abase


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I brought a portable waste water blue boy tank the other day. It came with this bent metal do-dad or maybe it's a thing-ma-jig, either way I don't know what it is used for. Any ideas?


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While I don't have a Blue Boy tank, I am guessing here.  But, could it be that the "what-cha-ma-call-it" is used to attach the tank to your tow vehicle for towing to a dump station.  It is hard for me to tell its exact configuration from the side view that you posted.

Anyway, I would image the "experienced" RV'ers on here will be able to tell you for sure.

However, if that is what it is, I would worry a little bit about towing a Blue Boy very far and very fast.  Especially considering the small wheels on the Blue Boys.

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It's not the towing, we got that piece and was able to figure it out. This thing has pointed ends that leads me to believe that it could be pushed into the ground.

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Maybe this will help.  Is it a Barker Tank?

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 http://barkermfg.com/barkermfg006001.gif

 

-- Edited by azrving on Tuesday 13th of April 2010 03:45:04 PM

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Abase


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yes, it looks like a Barker tank but I don't think any of those pieces match what I have.



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Although I do not have a clue as to what the doo-dad-thingie is, we did see some folks towing a blue tank very slowly and carefully to a sewer dump while at Double Lake recently.  I think the trick in pulling it behind the TV is very slowly and carefully.  I do not know that I would want to try it... worry.gif



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Okay... here's my guess.... Could it be used to hold one end of the tank up, so that the waste collects on the opposite end of the hole?

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It would help if you mentioned how big it is. Is this thing only a few inches in size or much larger.
I see this as being a game that Howard and Linda can use for their next rally 'Guess the watcha-ma-call-it' where people bring in things and the audience tries to guess its function!

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It looks to me that it's used for stablelizing the tank when you tsand tank on end with wheels off the ground.
 The curled end could fit between the axle and tank. Then when you dump the contence the tank can stand upright.

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Abase


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Thanks everyone for your input.

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Abase, what was it?  Sounds like you found out.

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I actually got the campground involved with identifying this dohicky. The old man in site 103 that never wears a shirt or shoes assured me it's for skinning catfish but that whole conversation could start another post.

My best guess is that it is used to help level the tank.



https://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa261/afwhitehouse/dohicky2.jpg

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-- Edited by Abase on Friday 16th of April 2010 07:45:10 AM

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