23 minute dump time?

Now imagine your 4th in line and the other 3 all do the same thing. that`s 69 minutes waiting in line to do something that can and should be done in 10 min. tops!

Exactly why we always used full hook-up sites. Keeps us on OUR schedule without being delayed by someone else.

I don't agree. We've done that "Just for fun". If you have a long drive ahead of you, 25 minutes is a LONG time!

Then plan ahead and assume someone is going to tie up the line. If you are running late, it's not the other person's fault. Worst case scenario is you wind up on time. Best case is you hit the road a little early. I suspect that some of you might be the same people you see that show up at a site before check-in time and then complain when they can't get on it.

My DW will tell you if I have a magazine I can take 23 minutes to dump. Oh wait. Wrong kinda dump. If there are people waiting behind me I try and be as quick as I can. If no one waiting I take as long as I want until I'm satisfied the job is done.

After camping I am so relaxed, I don't wanna go back to the real world.

I try to avoid dumping when leaving if I am going home. I go to Holland Motor Homes and dump the next morning. The extra sloshing of driving gives a bit of circulation and breaks up everything. We never have had a problem with anything in the tanks building up.

Mr. Camper wrote:
He must be related to the guy I got behind in Corbin, KY. As we pulled up to the dump he kept backing up and pulling forward and every time his wife kept bending over and although we couldn't see what she was doing this was taking way too long. Finally, I got out of my truck to offer help. Apparently she was measuring the distance from pipe to hole so that when they pulled the emptying valve the waste would shoot out and go right to the dump hole. I explained to her that they had to hook up a sewer hose to have the waste go directly into the waste tank. She looked at me like I was crazy and said, "This is how we've always done it." I walked into the office to let them know what they were about to deal with. Never saw a campground employee move that fast before or since.

Great story, I hope that I never get behind them. I have got behind some slow people, but normally dump when there is no line. Being retired I have lots of time (Hopefully) to do it at will. JMO

Crowe wrote:
Timing the campers in front of you will lead to nothing but aggravation.

Bingo. Too many other important things to worry about.

I don't agree. We've done that "Just for fun". If you have a long drive ahead of you, 25 minutes is a LONG time!

pconroy328 wrote:
Good news is that there was no one behind us, so the line length was "just me" and I wasn't in any hurry. I genuinely wanted to know if I should expect about 5 mins a vehicle or more.



He just reminded me of those folks we all get behind in the grocery store. The ones that wait until all of their groceries are bagged and *then* they'll put out their checkbook.

Me, I have everything on the check filled in, and ready except the amount. Driver's license ready to go. :)

This is us. When we are almost ready to go, my DH pulls out the rubber gloves, gets the wire out of the bumper where the slinky is....etc.

We have seen some HORRIBLE stuff at the dump site. OMG. The best was the guy that was back flushing his tanks in flip flops and it was going EVERYWHERE!

pconroy328 wrote:
..some folks lack "situational awareness". These folks will have their impromptu meetings in the middle of the hall

Chat with friends they run into in the doorway of a store.

spoon059 wrote:
There seem to be two schools of thought.

Group #1 doesn't care how long it takes, you should enjoy the sights and smells of the dump station.

Group #2 doesn't understand how someone can be that discourteous to take so long when there is a line behind you.

I would imagine the majority of people in group #1 are retired and literally have nothing better to do than stop and watch someone flush poop.

I would imagine the majority of people in group #2 have jobs and have some need to get back home, stow gear and get ready for work the next day.

Just my thoughts; if you feel the need to, and have the time to take 30 minutes to flush your tanks and scrub the inside then you should have the decency to wait until there is nobody else in line. Polish those tanks so they are super clean for the next time you take a poop in there. But have common courtesy and don't do it when there are people behind you waiting.

I take 5-7 minutes at a dump station. There isn't a need to take much longer. We drain the black, drain the gray, rinse out the hose if applicable, put hose away, put fittings away, take off rubber gloves and drove forward. After I have cleared the dump station and given enough room for the guy behind me to dump, I stop and run 5 gallons from my holding tank into the black water tank and drive off.

I keep the process the same whether there is a line or not. Its called common courtesy and respecting those around me. Just like being prepared to pay at the grocery store. Just like knowing what food we want to order when we step up to the counter to order.

I think we're cut from the same cloth. :)

I noticed the time because it was past lunch time and the kids were hungry. So I glanced at the clock when I arrived.

I'm old - and I too have noticed that some folks lack "situational awareness". These folks will have their impromptu meetings in the middle of the hall, stop their cars in the middle of the road so they can chat with a neighbor, run their shopping cart down the middle of the aisle, drive 45 mph in the left hand lane...

Of all of Group 2, I don't think they're all discourteous. I think the thought that they might be "in the way" just doesn't cross their mind.


Macerator? Perhaps, but this gentlemen pulled his stinky slinky from his bumper, fiddled with the hose to get it into the dump, walked to the other side of the trailer to get his clear plastic adapter, then reached down to pull a valve and then walked off. ;)

Iraqvet05 wrote:
..two lane, two hole station and everyone (like me) was waiting in the right lane since we all had dump valves on the left side.

I've seen that happen, and had to scratch my head wondering why nobody thought of simply driving past the line, making a U turn and accessing the 2nd hole from the left side also.

People just assume they have to stay in line, and risk being shot for using their heads. Kinda like entering or leaving a building with double doors.. everyone politely uses one door.