Buying an RV is often infinitely easier to do than learning how to drive or tow one. For many people, driving a motorhome or towing a trailer is significantly more challenging than operating the largest SUV or minivan.
RV tires are equipment many people don’t think about until one of them goes flat or blows out along the highway. Yet, with proper care and attention to their age or condition, you can get a lot of mileage out of what is usually one of the biggest maintenance investments RVers need to make.
The following article deals with the chemistry of the currently available holding tank treatments and observations about advertising practices, conceptions and misconceptions by makers of those chemicals.
Joseph Aiello sent me an e-mail and later an article about RV holding tanks as a result of an exchange about why the dump station in Blythe, CA was temporarily closed in January/February 2005.
Here’s Joseph’s background and reason for compiling his research. "I am a retired pharmacist and for the past three summers have sold Odorlos at Camping World stores. To understand how Odorlos works and how the other chemicals were used in the black holding tanks, I had to learn how sewage is treated at waste treatment plants and then I had to read the labels of my 'competitors' to know how Odorlos stood. My knowledge of chemistry and some Internet research helped to put a scientific basis to the article. All statements are backed by references."
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