Dumping without a Sewer Hose

Hey Ranger! Would you look at that! is there a fine for pollution!!

Johno02 wrote:
... Anybody else remember when a bus driver dumped while crossing one of the bridges in downtown Chicago?? Would have gotten away with it if the tour boat had been five minutes later. And folks complain about the full 2 liter bottles at truck stops!

Oh, yeah. The driver got a $10K fine and 150 hours of community service.

Dave Matthews Bus Drivers Drops Waste Tanks on Tour Boat.

Our 99 Hurricane had the dump connection and valves outside, under the side. Was always afraid that it would get knocked off or damaged. Our newer coach had the valves and connections inside a bin, with a hole for the hose. Only problem, the hose end connector would not go thru the hole! Fixed it with a bit of hard pipe and some end connectors. Valves inside, drain connector outside.



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Most RV's are set up with the dump valves and drains on the driver or ROAD side. Makes it a lot harder to stealth dump while driving down the road or just stopped on the roadside. Anybody else remember when a bus driver dumped while crossing one of the bridges in downtown Chicago?? Would have gotten away with it if the tour boat had been five minutes later. And folks complain about the full 2 liter bottles at truck stops!

I don't what kind of rigs are put together so one can dump without a hose, cleanly, anyway.

Our Itasca motorhome has the end of it's sewer dump line still inside it's enclosed sewer plumbing cabinet. If I ever tried to dump w/o a hose the bottom of the cabinet would be filled with brown stuff. We MUST USE A HOSE to get the sewage away from the end of the sewer dump line and the cabinet it's in.

Boy ..... some OEM's must really cut corners on their construction! Maybe it's just a towables thing ... whereas all motorhomes are set up the way ours is. :h

yuck!

I witness this early this year at a state campground in MA, guy pulled up in a new class C, opened the black tank valve and let it rip! There was some pitch towards the ground sewer connection but the "stuff" went all over the place...what a mess & smell!! At least he did take a hose and wash down afterwards.

Mike

it's bad enough with a hose, can't imagine what it would be like with out a hose.

tatest wrote:
I've seen people do it, I've been there after they've done it. It has always been at a place where the dump site was designed as a big concrete funnel or trough that can be washed down afterward.

I suspect that commercial vehicles with tanks to dump do not use hoses, rather they use dump sites configured to be used this way. These vehicles usually have remote control of the dump valve so that the operator is out of splash range.

Having driving a 'honey wagon' (Vac. septic truck) I can tell you that commercial would get ticketed and BIG fine.
Hoses had to be used,,,,,,,connections had to be tight/leak free,,,,,,hoses had to be rinsed/capped;stowed and you had best NOT leave a trail while moving.

2oldman wrote:
It's hard to imagine someone so cheap they won't buy a hose, but I suppose it does happen.

No, I dont think it's a being cheap issue. Not for me anyway as I have about 35 feet of new hose. Seems like night time is best time to dump. I figure if I install an electric dump valve and an automatic vent valve I could just slightly pressurize the tank and WAAAA OOOSH. THAT STUFF WOULD BE 50 feet from the road and I'd be Otta there.

That's one thing I didn't like about my truck campers. Outlet pointed back and i had to drive in the ditch.