Barker 16 Gallon 4-Wheeler Tote Along

The tank failed where the front wheels connect to the tank. I only noticed this defect when I was towing the heavily laden tank slowly through a campground. At first I was surprised to see all the fellow campers glaring at me as I crept by, but I just greeted them with a friendly wave and continued on my way. I glanced in my mirror and immediately realized why the fellow campers were glaring. There was a ever widening swath of blue liquid horror following my defective poo tote, so I did what any reasonable semi-intoxicated man would do... I accelerated! As I gained speed I thought I was winning the battle against the feces as the dump station was in sight and the stream was narrowing but I over looked one important rule of physics, in this situation it was Newton’s third law. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction and in this case the action was me frantically trying to out run a trail of poo and the eventual reaction was the front wheels ripping off of my toat tank just yards from the dump station forming a massive puddle of my family’s excrement that fully surrounded my truck.Great product Barker...

We bought this portable tank to use with our fifth wheel trailer at a seasonal campground that did not have on site septic. Our trailer has 42 gallon tanks so the plan was to do one dump per tank.The Barker portable tank exceeded our expectations. I was concerned about the weight of the tank when it was full. The air filled tires make it easy to pull by hand, even when it is full. I pull it by hand to the road and then drop the handle onto the hitch. The tank rolls nicely behind the truck at a very slow speed. No issues with dumping either. The tank is easy to manoeuver it into position to empty at the dump station.We did buy a 90 degree elbow for the hose coming off the trailer as the top of the tank is level with the bottom of the outlet. That makes it easier to fill.Another tip is to loosen the full indicator to allow air to escape as the tank fills. Same for dumping as it allows air to enter the tank as it empties.We can dump all 3 of our tanks (black and 2 grey, each 42 gallons) in three trips.We had avoided going seasonal st this campground because of the septic not on site. Now that we have the Barker, no issues to have the camper for an extended period without on site septic.Thanks to Barker as we love this campground because it is right on the water!

This is an okay tote. Two things about it however about it that could be improved. One when driving it will become unhitched to your vehicle if hitting any kind of bump or if going down a hill. Even if you are driving slow! My husband tried it to his truck anticipating that this may happen and it did. The other thing is it is hard to completely empty it. Impossible really, So when you get home you really have to wash the thing out. Other than that it worked well.

Got my Barker tank and I happened to be the lucky guy who got a tank with wheels installed backwards. When I called and spoke to Barker the guy laughed because they have never seen that before. We're getting ready to head out and now he tells me to fix it myself. Not the type of transaction I was expecting or hoping for.I have talked to a couple that also have the same tank. When going up or down a grade this hitch is not mechanically fastened to the receiver on your vehicle and has the potential to come unhooked like it did for these people. Imagine yourself down in a ditch in a campground on a long weekend with a tank that has come unhooked and crashed in a ditch making a mess, or hit a pedestrian or little kid on their bike, or went into oncoming traffic, because I can and have met a couple who have had this happen to them. I intend on cutting the loop off the hitch bar and rigging up a trailer tongue hitch that will actually latch to the ball on my vehicle.The float gauge on this tank sticks up a couple inches past the top of the tank. I can see this being an issue and getting broken off very quickly if not removed each time you dumped. They told me we'll just read the cap on and forget the float. I personally seem to like the idea of a float and I'm quite disappointed to not be able to use it. Who wants to muck around with a contaminated float bobber each time you dumped, I certainly don't.The hitch is connected to the tank with a small hitch pin with a detent ball to retain it. I think I'm going to go to a local hardware store and get a simple linchpin that will stay connected no matter what. I think it would be highly unlikely for the PIN to come out of the tank, but if I'm that unlucky guy who gets the one tank with wheels on backwards my odds are already against me, LOL. I'm not new to these tote tanks as we've now upgraded from a two wheeled tote tank to this four wheeler. I just got tired of trying to wrestle a 300-pound two-wheel tank through our Campground to hook onto her truck.I bought the 42 gallon tank as I wanted to be able to empty my complete black tank and flush with a bit of gray water without filling a tote tank. This tank will do it but one downside to its size is there are no handles or anything to get a grip and grab onto to lift it in and out of your vehicle. I wish they had designed some sort of way to grab onto this thing when you're handling it. It would make life so much easier.Barker is working on a new design as well as likely every other manufacturer out there. I'm sure at some point they will get this nailed down to a tee.I haven't used this tank yet so I plan on updating my review based on my experience with this tank after use.Cheers and happy dumping!

The tote itself1. The handle doesn't fit the hitch ball properly, you must use something to secure the arm, otherwise, it gets lost when you brake the car and the tote would run lose2. On the first trip to the dump the arm broke right on the weld that secures the hitch loop, luckily I had some ropes that I could use and secure it to the hitch, otherwise, I would be in big trouble on my 10 days trip (I notified the vendor and they sent me a replacement, but it still has the same issues)3. There is always some remaining waste on the tote, you can clean as much as you want but there is always some leftover inside it, you must move and twist the whole tank to find a position that the wastewater runs to the bottom, just a bad design