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MagillaGorilla's avatar
Mar 19, 2015

Filling and Dumping while on a trip

I see people say that it is ok to stop in rest areas, truck stops, WalMarts and Cracker Barrels and that is all well and good BUT....

When you road trip, where do you dump your gray and black water? Where do you refill your fresh water?
  • As mentioned above and you may want to check out www.sanidumps.com
  • In MA and ME you can usually go to the local waste treatment plans and dump for free or minimal charge ($10). When traveling mwife usually wants to spend the night in a CG so we dump there when 3/4 full and get water at the same time.

    If you do your 3 week marathon run you could try some overnight CGs and ask what the price is to just dump. Some will want the regular daily rate others will have a $10-$15 fee. My recommendation is to get to a CG in the evening, dump, replenish and get some much needed rest.

    Get yourself a Trailer Life CG listing. We use it all the time. When destination traveling like you want to do, we never bother with the ratings. We're there to sleep and have a base of operations while we visit the sites.
  • Flying J and Pilot, as well as many other large fueling stations, have a dump station and fresh water available. With a Good Sams Club card, it costs nothing to dump at Flying J or Pilot.
    Some highway rest areas have a dump station but I have not seen a fresh water fill at them.
    Most RV tanks have a capacity of at least one week of use so you could always plan on staying at an RV park once a week or so and just dump and fill there.
  • MagillaGorilla wrote:
    I see people say that it is ok to stop in rest areas, truck stops, WalMarts and Cracker Barrels and that is all well and good BUT....

    When you road trip, where do you dump your gray and black water? Where do you refill your fresh water?


    lots of places to dump but very few free. most of the highway rest stop dump stations are closed and have been for some time. you can still find them but they are rare. any private or public campground or RV park will let you dump for a fee but it's not usually very much. in the past we've filled up with fresh water at truck stops, gas stations and so forth.