At 10:19 PM 1/2/2006, Princess Peggie wrote:

>Alan, you said...
>
>>I am also having a custom tank built by Tek Tanks - I could find no
>>one in the US who would build a custom tank.
>
>If you're in the UK, Tek-Tank is definitely your best source...but
>if you're in the US or Canada, shipping from the UK is budget buster
>unless they're shipping it surface carrier, which MIGHT get it here
>within 3-6 months. If you ARE in the US or Canada, I can refer you
>to several excellent US custom plastic tank mfrs.
>
>However, you may not need to resort to custom...have you checked out
>Ronco Plastics (no relation to Ron Popeil and his VegOmatic,
>btw)? They make TOP quality plastic water and waste tanks for a
>very reasonable price and have more than 400 shapes and sizes to
>choose from, over 100 of which are non-rectangular...and they
>install fittings in the sizes and locations specified by the
>customer when they make the tank. Their catalog is on their website
>at http:/www.ronco-plastics.com. If they don't have one that'll
>work, I'll give you the contact info for custom sources.

I have 5 e-mails to RonCo asking for a quote for a custom outfit and
I gave up (and I had really nice drawings if I may say so) - and, I
checked out all of the so called standard tanks. ditto with every
other US company I could find. And, I wish those selling "standard"
tanks would come up with a decent way to organize. It would be so
easy to organize so you plug in max height, width, length and see
what is available.

Other custom makers will not do one-offs - they may claim to, but,
suddenly are too busy - maybe there are some I do not know of but I
nothing showed up on Google. There was a guy doing tanks in
Annapolis where my boat is - he stopped and sold his equipment to
another plastics guy - this guy would never give me a quote
either. You would think in Annapolis there would be someone doing
this kind of work - I mean, someone who will take an order and then
get it done in 18 months.

Others want to do 5 or 6. Most look at a one-off and run the other
way - they must be really inefficient.

Tek Tanks is highly professional and there is no one in the sanitary
business in the US that comes even close to their
professionalism. First, they are not tied into any particular
supplier - and, they have excellent tek notes from uh - someone named
"Peggie". Is that YOU??? My only issue now is whether they will put
in NTP fittings, and not BSP.

Yup - the shipping is expensive but even so, I get a holding tank
made to high specs that maxes out the limited space on a Baba 30. Or
to put it another way, I get a holding tank. After a wasted 15-30
hours dealing with all the non-performers in this business, I am so
happy to go with Tek-Tanks.

Let me know when your non-compete runs out.


>>I am installing a Groco SweetTank.
>
>Excellent system, and--if installed, operated and maintained
>according to directions--it DOES work as advertised. But not
>necessarily the best for a sailboat 'cuz it *MUST* run 24/7/365
>(except during any winter layup of course), whether you're aboard or
>not, away from the dock or not, to work. If your tank is <40 gals,
>you may not need it thought...depending on your tank location, it
>may be possible to vent it passively well enough to keep the
>environment inside the sufficiently aerobic to prevent odors.

Why does it need to run 24-7 - if it is not running, I stil have the
same vent hose???




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Received on Mon Jan 02 20:10:07 2006