We're boondocking and my wife was washing dishes in a wash tub that just fits in the sink. When it is full, I take it and pour the water into the toilet to keep the grey tank from filling up too fast.
Yesterday, I was pouring the tub into the toilet and at the bottom was a fork she had missed. Before I could react, it went down the drain into the black tank. I was not going to reach down and grab it. I may regret that.
I could see it down there. I remembered I had a grabber in my tool box, but the tool box is in the truck. It was pouring out and I decided I'd get it in the morning. How could a metal fork move. Gravity would keep it in place. This would be easy. Not a good decision.
This morning I went to look and the water was so cloudy I couldn't see anything. I got the grabber and tried to grab it, but couldn't feel anything. Maybe I moved it. I still couldn't see anything.
Tomorrow we leave and it will move around, certainly looking for the drain valve to get stuck in. I'll backflush the tank and hope for the best. It might come out and I'll never see it as it works its way down the hose—where it could get stuck and poke through the side.
If I recover it, will we ever use it again? We could boil it, but that doesn't kill everything. There are plenty of forks.
Ever have a kitchen utensil go down the toilet drain? Did you get it out or did it get stuck in the valve? Did you use the fork again?
Gene
Yesterday, I was pouring the tub into the toilet and at the bottom was a fork she had missed. Before I could react, it went down the drain into the black tank. I was not going to reach down and grab it. I may regret that.
I could see it down there. I remembered I had a grabber in my tool box, but the tool box is in the truck. It was pouring out and I decided I'd get it in the morning. How could a metal fork move. Gravity would keep it in place. This would be easy. Not a good decision.
This morning I went to look and the water was so cloudy I couldn't see anything. I got the grabber and tried to grab it, but couldn't feel anything. Maybe I moved it. I still couldn't see anything.
Tomorrow we leave and it will move around, certainly looking for the drain valve to get stuck in. I'll backflush the tank and hope for the best. It might come out and I'll never see it as it works its way down the hose—where it could get stuck and poke through the side.
If I recover it, will we ever use it again? We could boil it, but that doesn't kill everything. There are plenty of forks.
Ever have a kitchen utensil go down the toilet drain? Did you get it out or did it get stuck in the valve? Did you use the fork again?
Gene
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