On our outbound trip recently we had hit a 4x4 that caused us to stop at the next rest area. I was looking for any damage and had to get down on my knees at the rear wheel and front wheel. At first I thought I might have ruptured my black tank as there was a distinct urine smell. Yet after looking nothing was dripping on the ground. Then I thought maybe the DEF tank got hit. Nope it wasn't that. I then smelled my hands and yup, there was a smell of urine and upon smelling the cement it was everywhere in the trailer lane. Why pull over to use the rest area and are then too lazy to make it to the bathroom. Just wiz all over your tires or the ground? Gross. I assume it might mostly be OTR drivers? Next time I'll be sure to use rubber gloves if needing to inspect anything. :E

You just need to stop at higher class rest stops, that's all.Saw an article somewhere the other day about a city that was starting to paint certain walls with a coating that was so strongly hydrophobic that it would bounce the stream of urine back onto the shoes and pants legs of the perp. Obviously a lot more of this paint needs to be applied elsewhere.

et2 wrote:On our outbound trip recently we had hit a 4x4 that caused us to stop at the next rest area. I was looking for any damage and had to get down on my knees at the rear wheel and front wheel. At first I thought I might have ruptured my black tank as there was a distinct urine smell. Yet after looking nothing was dripping on the ground. Then I thought maybe the DEF tank got hit. Nope it wasn't that. I then smelled my hands and yup, there was a smell of urine and upon smelling the cement it was everywhere in the trailer lane. Why pull over to use the rest area and are then too lazy to make it to the bathroom. Just wiz all over your tires or the ground? Gross. I assume it might mostly be OTR drivers? Next time I'll be sure to use rubber gloves if needing to inspect anything. :Ejust another symptom of our declining society.

From what I hear, some truck drivers keep a "pee can" in their cabs with them, to minimize stops. When they do occasionally stop, they use rest area parking lots to discharge the contents of the can. Gross & nasty, but there's not much we can do about it. I guess the rubber gloves are a good idea... :(

That is something that never should have happened.Not making excuses, but offering alternatives. Could be a medical issue. Maybe they just could not hold it any longer.I cannot make the walk because I am disabled, but then again I always use the facilities in our trailer.And why are OTR truck drivers to blame?

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Is it really too far to walk to the bathroom at a rest area?

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Two_Jayhawks
Explorer
Jul 27, 2015
Old-Biscuit wrote:
kknowlton wrote:
From what I hear, some truck drivers keep a "pee can" in their cabs with them, to minimize stops. When they do occasionally stop, they use rest area parking lots to discharge the contents of the can. Gross & nasty, but there's not much we can do about it. I guess the rubber gloves are a good idea... :(

THIS is exactly what is happening.

And YES OTR truckers are the ones that do it.

Yep...many of the rest stops we stop at stink of pee IN the parking area.
Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Jul 27, 2015
kknowlton wrote:
From what I hear, some truck drivers keep a "pee can" in their cabs with them, to minimize stops. When they do occasionally stop, they use rest area parking lots to discharge the contents of the can. Gross & nasty, but there's not much we can do about it. I guess the rubber gloves are a good idea... :(

THIS is exactly what is happening.

And YES OTR truckers are the ones that do it.
2oldman
Explorer II
Jul 27, 2015
Dog Folks wrote:
And why are OTR truck drivers to blame?
Evidence.

I stopped at Peggy Sue's restaurant near Barstow. Watched as an OTR driver gets out of the cab, walks to the rear of the truck, checks to see if anyone's looking (not that it matters) pulls it out and pisses on a palm tree, then walks into the restaurant. No disability there.

I was parked in the asphalt RV lot at Spotlight 29 casino Palm Springs. Trucker pulls in to the RV lot (not the truck lot), gets out and stands on the running board, pulls it out and leaks right there in front of all of us. Most rest stop truck-parking areas reek of urine, also dirt truck lots in almost any town. They also toss bottles of urine out on lesser-used freeway off-ramps.

I can't speak for ALL of them, but in my experience, they're pigs.
Go_Dogs
Explorer
Jul 27, 2015
et2 wrote:
On our outbound trip recently we had hit a 4x4 that caused us to stop at the next rest area. I was looking for any damage and had to get down on my knees at the rear wheel and front wheel. At first I thought I might have ruptured my black tank as there was a distinct urine smell. Yet after looking nothing was dripping on the ground. Then I thought maybe the DEF tank got hit. Nope it wasn't that. I then smelled my hands and yup, there was a smell of urine and upon smelling the cement it was everywhere in the trailer lane.

Why pull over to use the rest area and are then too lazy to make it to the bathroom. Just wiz all over your tires or the ground? Gross. I assume it might mostly be OTR drivers? Next time I'll be sure to use rubber gloves if needing to inspect anything. :E

It could've been worse-if you get my drift. Seriously, maybe someone else had a ruptured black tank, maybe it was dog urine, or maybe someone just had an accident. I wouldn't assume it was an OTR driver.
GMandJM
Explorer
Jul 27, 2015
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Dog_Folks
Explorer II
Jul 27, 2015
That is something that never should have happened.

Not making excuses, but offering alternatives. Could be a medical issue. Maybe they just could not hold it any longer.

I cannot make the walk because I am disabled, but then again I always use the facilities in our trailer.

And why are OTR truck drivers to blame?
kknowlton
Explorer II
Jul 27, 2015
From what I hear, some truck drivers keep a "pee can" in their cabs with them, to minimize stops. When they do occasionally stop, they use rest area parking lots to discharge the contents of the can. Gross & nasty, but there's not much we can do about it. I guess the rubber gloves are a good idea... :(
rk911
Explorer
Jul 27, 2015
et2 wrote:
On our outbound trip recently we had hit a 4x4 that caused us to stop at the next rest area. I was looking for any damage and had to get down on my knees at the rear wheel and front wheel. At first I thought I might have ruptured my black tank as there was a distinct urine smell. Yet after looking nothing was dripping on the ground. Then I thought maybe the DEF tank got hit. Nope it wasn't that. I then smelled my hands and yup, there was a smell of urine and upon smelling the cement it was everywhere in the trailer lane.

Why pull over to use the rest area and are then too lazy to make it to the bathroom. Just wiz all over your tires or the ground? Gross. I assume it might mostly be OTR drivers? Next time I'll be sure to use rubber gloves if needing to inspect anything. :E

just another symptom of our declining society.
naturist
Nomad II
Jul 27, 2015
You just need to stop at higher class rest stops, that's all.

Saw an article somewhere the other day about a city that was starting to paint certain walls with a coating that was so strongly hydrophobic that it would bounce the stream of urine back onto the shoes and pants legs of the perp. Obviously a lot more of this paint needs to be applied elsewhere.

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