
A Pig in your Bus?
Just over 50% of households have a Pig (Sink Garbage Disposal unit) in their house nowadays, but who has one in their bus? These units are great for grinding up leftovers and flushing them down the drain and into your grey water tank.

Post by: dtcerrato
I have a final pig a.k.a. macerator pump and never used it. Does that count?
Post by: BusNit
I had one and removed it. We never used it and do not put food waste down the drain. Part of my off-the-cuff engineering says having 15 lbs. of disposal bouncing up and down while moving has got to create another strain somewhere.
Post by: luvrbus
Most tanks will trap the ground-up food particles and can be a bear to clean and stop the smell. I removed two in the RVs I have owned over the years.
Post by: windtrader
We trap and remove all waste from the sink as we boondock. If connected to the sewer hookup, the stuff would at least flush through more easily. Either way, not for us.
Post by: Dave5Cs
Only hooked to the end of the black tank exit to grind it up and send it out. A masadisposerator.

Post by: Utahclaimjumper
They are not to be used in septic systems, so I don't use one in my RV.
Post by: windtrader
What are you referencing, the masadisposerator Dave posted? What would be the reason ground-up poo and paper is not good for septic?
Post by: dtcerrato
We followed Dave's lead and use a masadisposerator (garbage disposal) for a macerator pump. Much cheaper & pumps much better, it will take the largest hardest logs & grind them up.
Post by: silversport
There is enough stuff that goes into the gray tank. We have screens on our drain to keep food particles out of the system. But you do what you want.
Post by: Jim Blackwood
If there is enough food in the dish to need the Sinkerator and it needs to stay out of the trash compactor it can go down the toilet. Not like it's a long trip. I don't see much sense in having a separate gray water tank and then turning it into a black water tank by putting food in it. And to plumb the kitchen sink into the black water tank doesn't make much sense either. It's on the wrong side of the bus and is the second biggest source of clear wastewater.
Post by: Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM
Having a bit of non-processed "foodstuff" in your grey tank helps the biomass composting process for those of you who are interested in saving the earth. Just sayin'.
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