Cassette toilet slide has jammed
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If it had just been an issue with the wheels Merve, I would have done the same - or used the bungey cords to attach it to the Wastemaster. It was the fact that it leaked from the slider when it was tipped up, from day one - despite there being plenty of silicone grease on it, plus the handle issue and finally the flush mechanism failing - all after just 5 months.
The whole thing was just badly designed and far too complicated for its own good. Although I was a bit miffed at having to shell out that sort of money, I get so annoyed when things don't work as they should and at least the problems have been sorted, once and for all (hopefully!)
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For as long as I can remember, waste water tanks, with wheels, have incorporated a step, to carry a toilet waste tank on.
However, the combined liquid volumes of both tanks is 57 litres, which weighs 125 lb. Granted that about half that weight is taken up by the wheels, but the remaining 62 lb is supported by ‘you’, along with the effort required to drag it along. Now add on the weight of the containers themselves.
Is anyone seriously expected to carry their toilet waste tank on a wastemaster?
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Is anyone seriously expected to carry their toilet waste tank on a wastemaster?
I have done it many a time that way in the past, especially when we rallied and had a long way to the disposal pit. However nowadays I just carry the toilet waste tank horizonally, be it partly empty or full, and doubt very much that I've towed it by hand more than a couple of times during the last 8 yrs and 500 or so empties.
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carry mine that way too, glad it's not just me
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An osteopath will tell you that it’s better to carry something heavy with both hands to distribute the weight evenly across the body. I’m sure we’ve all seen a person carrying a heavy cassette vertically in one hand while leaning sideways in the opposite direction to counterbalance it. Imagine the stress and strain that imposes on the spine and muscles.
Ours gets pulled along on its wheels when full, surface permitting, but more often than not it’s emptied by driving via the CDP/MHSP when leaving a site. That’s easier still😀
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but that would get the wheels dirty TW
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Aw, shucks, and there was me thinking the wheels were meant to touch the ground 🤔
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I see them more as ornamental
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And such an attractive colour😚
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this might help, you can take off the opening circular part
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G46AiVH6Orc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OCJSU21wwY
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yes, I think it works
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yes indeed - Mrs C would have me sleeping in the shed if I did that
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To be fair, it was a new one.
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carry the toilet in one hand and the wastemaster handle in the other?
i don't have a Wastemaster but just carry the toilet to the CCEP unless it's a long way and the roads are smooth enough for the wheels...
also, the duration between empties will influence the weight to carry, every couple of days should be fine for most, I'd have thought..
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I'm usually on a CL and often enough I can empty the waste water into a hedge. I carry it horizontally as that way there's less chance of the semi solid contents getting into the slide mechanism, so it's easier to clean IMO.
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and for sliding the cassette easily into it's compartment.
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Those members who have posted that they carry waste tanks full in both hands, or possibly on a full wastemaster, might be interested in the following link;
https://www.beckettandco.co.uk/manual-handling-faq-weight/
As we grow older, abusing our bodies, which was quite possible in our earlier years, becomes increasingly risk prone. So it pays to heed advice.
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actually yes, and as I like that compartment to be kept clean as well I don't like the idea of muddy wheels going into it.
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didn't think I said it was full? I empty it every two days, rarely more than a quarter/third full. But thanks always good to get advice.
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+1, I know it probably won't but I'm worried about leaks from the seal?
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Hence my similar post two pages back. 👍🏻
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OK CS, Our toilet tank, with its wheels, lasts us about 2.5 days when in an unsupported site, actually, much the same on a full facility site because neither of us is keen on the ‘loo block trek’. So our usage is much higher than yours, which in turn means a fuller tank, often, filled to capacity. And we are egalitarian with our campsite chores. So no macho displays of strength when I empty it. The reduced weight of quarter full is the stuff of dreams for us, sadly.
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You don’t have to wait for it to be completely full before emptying it, JC. We often do ours earlier for the sake of ‘convenience’.
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Good to know.
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