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The benefit is simple.......when we are courtesy parking at someone's home and they do not have 'full hookups' for us we are able to usually access a sewer cleanout to dump our tanks. Typically the cleanout is not within reach of my regular sewer hose, so I need another way to dump my tanks. This is where the macerator pump comes in handy. I can pump my effluent up to 150 feet if necessary to the nearest cleanout and dump my tanks. When we first began visiting Tom and Darlene in Wittmann the Newell House was not built yet, and the nearest sewer cleanout was about 50 feet from where we usually parked the coach. We have used this method on numerous occasions over the years when visiting friends and staying on their property. This past winter we spent quite a bit of time in SoCal and parked the coach in the backyard of our daughter's property in Riverside.....we had grand babies being born, weddings, baby showers, etc. so we were in town for about 3 months. Having the macerator pump enabled us to stay there indefinitely.

If you only stay in RV parks, then the macerator pump has less significance, but for us we like the flexibility it gives us. On my 1982 there is a macerator pump plumbed into our gray tank.....that is the way it came to us. For the black tank I have a portable one like Tom.