Need help with 2010 north trail 31red.

Hi, new guy here and new guy to owning a trailer. My shower has filled up and it will not drain. I have pulled the lever for grey tank#1. Still has not gone down. Is it a possibility that I have 2 grey tanks seeing as I have a tank named grey tank#1? If so where is the drain valve for it. Thanks.

Hi Traviafroese,

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I'm sure some of our other North Trail owners will jump in soon with some info for you. Do you have 3 tank drain handles/levers or just 2?

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Jim M

Check the drain itself to see if debris has it stopped up. When you pull the drain (open) the water should drain out. Most units have 2 gray tanks one for the galley (kitchen) and one for the shower/sink. If you have two you should have two handles to open the tanks drain. Also some travel trailers only have one gray tank and have only one drain valve. If the tank is not draining then there may be something stuck in the line. Sometimes you can free it by putting a garden hose (not a drinking water hose) in the tank and back flushing. There is an adapter you can purchase for this purpose. Be careful not to overfill the tank or you will have water inside the coach.

There are 2 handles that I can see. The grey water 1 and a waste water holding tank. (Which I am assuming is the black water because there isn't a handle labeled black water)

On your panel which is in the bathroom I believe do you have the option to check the level of more than one grey tank? I would think if you do not have that option then you have only one tank. If it is only your shower that is not draining then maybe it is plugged. If you run water in the sinks do they stop up as well?

You may have another gray tank dump behind the rear wheels of the trailer.

Our previous Heartland Trail Runner had the rear kitchen with the bathroom toward the front, and the rear kitchen had it's own gray tank drain connection.

The bathroom had it's own drain connection that had both black and gray dumps.

Shortest Straw said:

On your panel which is in the bathroom I believe do you have the option to check the level of more than one grey tank? I would think if you do not have that option then you have only one tank. If it is only your shower that is not draining then maybe it is plugged. If you run water in the sinks do they stop up as well?

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The monitor only shows one grey tank. I don't think it's plugged. The wife just did dishes and the water from the sink came up in the shower. (valves are closed for now as I'm not hooked up to sewer right now. )

Better hook up and then pull the valve open. Remove the shower drain screen. It pops up easy. You can run a plastic zip drain cleaner such as this: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Zip-It-B...gclid=CODooJaE7swCFYqPfgodc_cIpA&gclsrc=aw.ds if needed. I hope that your valve is not broken. Only heard of this once. The handle will pull, but the blade in the valve doesn't move.

I also have a 31RED and have not had this problem. It does sound like a blockage. Have you tried a simple plunger? The other possibility is the broken drain valve under the trailer. I hope it's just hair/grease and drains easily with a plunger.


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