waste tank mistake

32carv

32carv

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I was reading a post on this forum and it reminded me of an incident I had when working on my previous boat, a 26.5 foot Wellcraft. The boat was on a trailor in storage in the early spring and the temperature was about 35 degrees. I was installing a larger waste tank, I think going from 13 gal to 22 gal. I removed the old tank and spilled a bunch of the "formented stew" into the bilge. I climbed off of the back of the boat with the old tank and was walking up the side of the boat when I heard a motor kick on. Just as I remembered that I had hooked up the battery to listen to the radio, the bilge pump pumped ice cold sh-t and other stuff into the side of my head and down my back. I drove home naked and did not finish the job until the following week.
 
UGH, gives new picture of a real sh-t head. :D
 
Dont feel so bad... July 4th we had friends stay over in transient slips. One of the guys had to go pump out...

I told him to make sure they had a good seal on the hose as the pump has really good suction. Well long story short .. when they cranked it up he wasn't holding it tight... SPLAT... hair , face neck arms ... COVERED....

HE jumped right in the bay....

PRICELESS......

Rob
 
and people wonder why I have a liquid-only policy!
 
32carv, I don't think I'd admit that if it had happened to me!

I'll bet you didn't pick up any hitchhikers on the way home... Hell, they probably wouldn't have gotten in the car with you! [:-bonc01] [:-bonc01]
 
Sometimes I think I'm blessed to have a simple Porta-Potty on board!

For those who winterize their boats, why do you not pump the head tank prior to putting away for the winter? Seems like a good practice to me......
 
It is a good practice, but often, especially with a trailered boat, you forget about it; or sometimes don't want the expense just then or don't want to spend the time having it pumped out, figuring that you'll deal with it on your own. And then later on, when you aren't looking --- hello....!
 
Vic,

Thank you for posting this story!

I have the unfortunate task of removing our imploded holding tank from our 26' Wellcraft this spring. My plan is to remove it while it is still frozen(hopefully), however, I will carry with me a mental picture of you walking along the side of the boat...when... Oh man that's awful!!

I'm assuming my vent was clogged when I tried pump out at the end of the season and that's what caused my tank to bust.

I'm sure I'll have questions as I get closer to removal/replacement date.

Bcat
 
Hey, t'weren't me!

If it had happened to me, I'd never tell anybody about it; I'd never admit something like that, even if I were being tortured. It was Jim, up on the Great Sacandaga Lake, in New York state.

I have driven a car while naked, but it was many, many years ago, and there were prodigious amounts of alcohol involved beforehand... The penalties for being stupid weren't nearly as bad in the '60's, as they are today - and fortunately I didn't get caught or have anything else bad happen to me.
 
I'm sorry ( not really though ) but I couldn't help rolling around on the floor when I read this. Thankfully I'm home and the floor is clean.
 
Opps sorry Vic, for some reason I read the post and thought of you. [}}:-|>>]

Thanks for the laugh though!

Bcat
 
We recently docked to empty the holding tank and one of our dock neighbours who happened to be waiting at the pump out, kindly offered to put the hose away for us after we had pumped the weekend's mess out.
As he lifted the hose to put it over the stirrup the clamp holding the hose to the dock broke off and yes I'll leave the rest to your imaginations.......
 
You are not alone . One time I was helping a buddy clear his in toilet macerator of one of his daughters feminine products. Disassembled the toilet, cleaned off the gunk. I said just flip the switch quickly on and off. You guessed it. I was splattered :) Ran out of the boat. Took my clothes off right on the dock and had his girlfriend hose me off. Priceless...
 
Back in my construction days there was a young guy who worked with us as a helper. He was tearing the ceiling down in a bathroom and a dead squirrel fell on his head. It also knocked a piece of the towel rack off the wall which then fell down the toilet. About a week later he was staying late to help the plumbers for some extra cash. He was using a sawzall to cut the sewer main when he heard this strange clinking sound in the pipe. he didn't think anything of it and finished cutting. He cut all the way through and the pipe dropped about two inches. he heard the clinking again and looked into pipe when out comes the piece of towel rack and about a weeks worth of what that piece of towel rack was holding behind, got him right in the face. He never came back to work again after that day.
 
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