Dump Station Newbie etiquette

Like Subzilla and others its HF blue nitrile gloves for me! As for coming up to pad and finding crap all over it well that why there should be a hose there to wash it all away down the sewer drain and if others wanting to use the dump station behind me have to wait to bad! If no one is behind me waiting I will use the black water flush and rinse out the tank one or two times to clear up the tank sensors. It amazes me that no one makes, as far as my RV people tell me, black water sensors that clear out once you dump the tank. I'm also perplexed at how many campgrounds I've stayed at in places like State Parks which have no sewer hookups and they only have one dump station for a large number of sites. Though the best I saw was in a State Park in PA that had like a three lane dump station if my memory serves me right.

I think.. some of it is, the age of the campgrounds.. even 30 years ago, most campers didn't have facilities..Now almost all do..

Just for the halibut, I timed myself when dumping this morning. From the time I put on the rubber gloves, until I climbed back in the truck to drive home was 8 minutes. This included the time of pumping 5-6 gallons of water into the black tank (along with the chemical).

There was nobody waiting so, I didn't hurry excessively.

Originally posted by Subzilla Cool.....did that include the gray and black tank?  Washing around the area?  Washing out the stinky slinky?  Just curious....still trying to compare.  We'll test again in about a month in Florida!

Yes to all. About half of that time was "recharging" the black tank. So, I'm thinking, if I had omitted that (as if people were waiting), the time would have been 4-5 minutes.

Like many things, "practice makes perfect".

With my arthritic hands, it sometimes takes me half that time just in getting the connections on and off. I don't think I could get my time down that low. Even the plastic wrenches that are made to assist in getting the connections on and off don't work very well as they flex and slip instead of gripping the lugs to help me turn the connection. I'm open to ideas on what would work better. I have already tried a strap wrench also, but it also did not work very well.