I need a good disposable glove solution for dumping

Just like the signage in public rest rooms

"Wash hands after using facilities"


Simple and proven concept.


Just curious.....
Those that use gloves when dumping your waste tanks, do you do anything to CG hose bib prior to hooking up your hose?

Just think how nasty that thing is.

Or that pic-nic table---------or even the grass at your site :B

I've never used gloves in 12 years.
No issues at all.
Never got the stuff on my hands much. Wash hands right away.

Like a couple of others have said, I do not where gloves. After I put the hose away I wash my hands, even if I wore gloves I would have to wash my hands after touching the gloves to take them off. I do not worry about passing diseases because it is just my family, I do not dump other peoples tanks. I wiped my kids butts and kiss my wife and kids, I will get diseases from that. I do not eat while I am dumping, or fix meals. I follow clean dumping practices so all I touch is a the plastic.

Simply don't play in it, just follow clean pratices and wash your hands.

I guess I was the only twenty something year old back in the seventies that had put his bare arm all the way into a four inch pipe to get the, really, rubber ducky out of the sewer pipe.

After that, life smells better and one does not have the same concerns. Oh, even then you worried for a few days. But life goes on because you saved a big plumbers bill when you could not afford it.

I do wear cloves when dumping. Big heavy ones so people can see them. Then I put them in the same container the dump hoses go. I also always run with a full fresh water tank I drink out of and wash my hands.

When I dump my tank, it is my family's waste and any guests the kids happen to bring depending on the trip. I wear gloves here just like I did in the ER as a medic and a clinical social worker. So, while it may not be perfect, there is no way to completely clean the hose or the sewer inlet when I pull the hose. It is just my thought, but for me I am more comfortable using gloves than bare hands. Even your own waste will cause an infection in a cut or scratch. I also use good hygiene when done. If you bare hand it, that is your choice. I will not condemn your choice, so please don't demean mine.

If its just what is in my tank I wouldn't worry but you are at a dump station and who knows who had what and what got dumped on ground around the pipe I have seen people dump portable tanks and stuff is all over. I will use Harbor Freight gloves put them in the trash and wash my hands.

noplace2 wrote:
I know that this post is not specifically responsive to a certain brand, but, as Howard above suggested, "no brand" might be best. There is really no viable scientific claim that the practice of using gloves when you dump your rig is of any benefit except to those who manufacture the gloves. BTW, I'm a retired RN with many years of experience.

Think of what you are doing when you dump your tanks. You are removing YOUR waste from your rig. And unless you stick your hand down into that sewer inlet, you are extremely unlikely to encounter anyone else's. Assuming it's just yours, unless you wear gloves when you finish your daily time(s)in your bathroom, you are at no more risk than if you don't.

I've thought about this and I know in my brain that you are probably right, it's just that I'm a human being and stuck with these primitive ideas about disease.

In my reptilian brain, anything that's close to filth becomes contaminated. Maybe I'm a bit of a germaphobe. If I'm simply dumping the black tanks without detaching, I'll use my bare hands and wash up afterwards. When I arrive and depart, however, I use the gloves to deal with both ends of the sewer dump. That's when I'm more careful.

jake2250 wrote:

Remember,,,"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"... To each his own..

Absolutely - but I never wore gloves when I wiped a toddler's backside or changed a diaper; just washed my hands thoroughly afterward. And believe me, I was far more exposed to e-coli and its nefarious bacto-buddies after a major diaper blowout, than I ever have been while dumping my RV tanks.....LOL!

For the people that do not use gloves,,, would you do plumbing repairs on sewage pipes at home without gloves? Or if you hire it out,,, watch the plumber,,,,he uses gloves. Don't know who used the dump facilities before me and I do not know their level of sanitation or contamination,,I have witnessed some really gross dumping procedures, and if bodily fluids can pass disease, then a couple of disposable gloves are worth the price,, And if you feel the need to sit next in line and watch me and chuckle about my gloves.. I'll chuckle with you also!!
Remember,,,"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"... To each his own..

I use work gloves if it's cold. When I dump the tanks I just wash my hands afterwards.