This isn't a big deal and no offense meant but more amusing I guess. Like I sometimes notice do you ever get behind someone at the dump station that seems a bit compulsive. They seem to have all sorts of "accessories" to clean or something and take a long time fooling around with the process. A relative has this thing called a "macerator" which he things is wonderful but I can't, for the life of me, understand why I would need one. I pull up, whip out the sewer hose, fasten and pull the handle. Takes about 4 minutes.

Other than checking my connections I know it all runs down hill. I don't wear gloves but do have a bottle of hand sanitizer to take care of any bugs.

Yup. These are the people who are obsessed with polishing and sanitizing the poop tanks in the camper... all so that they can go back out next month and poop in it again. If there are people behind me in line, I dump the black and *might* quickly flush the black tank while I am waiting for the gray tank to flush. In my opinion, 5-7 minutes is a reasonable amount of time at the dump station of people are waiting.That provides enough time to hook up black tank and start the drain process. While black tank is draining, I will hook up the black tank flush (if the dump station has appropriate fittings). Once black tank has ceased draining I close black tank, open gray and start the black tank flush. After about 2 minutes, I open the black tank and allow black and gray to drain. Then I close both drains and allow the black tank flush to fill the black tank a little while I unhook the drain hose.Then I put away the drain hose, unhook the black flush line, throw away my gloves and move on out. 5-7 minutes total, drained tanks, quick flush of black tank, sufficient water in bottom of black tank and I'm done.

Yeah, I've seen some procedures that would fly in a computer clean room. You think some people use the black tank for spare drinking water.Hook up, drain, rinse the hose with the dump station hose, put the hose away and then wash your hands.

My only "Never" is to have both valves open at the same time. I do not want any comingling of the two tanks in case I ever have to dump my grey water on the ground. Time permitting and water running into both tanks, I go black, grey, black, grey and then get out of your way.

Jayco-noslide wrote:A relative has this thing called a "macerator" which he things is wonderful but I can't, for the life of me, understand why I would need one. Well, he certainly doesn't need one at a dump station. Lots of RVers really don't understand what they're doing.My latest encounter with that was at the South La Posa dump station in Quartzsite. Lady in an old beat up C was taking a long time with the not-potable-water hose. As I approached I could see she was filling her fresh water with it. She got pretty upset with me when I told her the fresh water was at the next station. No clue.

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2oldman
Explorer II
May 23, 2017
Bumpyroad wrote:
I never considered tank dumping to be a timed event.
It is when there are people waiting behind you.
goducks10
Explorer
May 23, 2017
I put a clean out close to where I park my 5er at home when we got our new sewer line put in a couple years ago. I've now decided that if there's more than one person in the dump line and it's my last dump before heading home, I'll pack my **** home and dump. That the nice thing about full hookups. I can spend all morning dumping before I leave. :)
A couple years ago I was in line behind a guy that was fumbling all over the place. I was telling my wife about how stupid the guy was for doing what he was doing. In the meantime a guy comes wandering up to the window and says sorry about the wait that that was a friend of his and this was his 1st time dumping.
So now I reserve comment and just let it fly.
MrWizard
Moderator
May 23, 2017
I read the title "compulsive dumpers"

and i thought the topic was people that dump a lot, like several times a week even though the tanks not full

it takes me more than 7 mins, maybe i'm getting to be old and slow
the tank is full, we go dump, and i rinse till the C**p is out
i don't want it building up in layers

maybe those 'C Ds' are the ones whose tanks never stink , even though they only use water, because they are so careful getting them clean

I try to avoid morning rush hour check out
and it takes, what it takes
if the there is somebody in front of me, and they 30 min,
then it is what it is, it might take me that long too, and it might not
obgraham
Explorer
May 23, 2017
I have a macerator. That's not the issue.
In fact, in my rig there is no way to dump except via the macerator.

I do it the same as the rest of you: pull up, pull out macerator hose, insert into dump drain, push macerator button till both tanks are empty, stuff macerator back into its lair, and drive off. No fuss, usually no rinsing needed, and I'm away in a short time.

I do observe a lot of others who think dumping is similar to prepping for surgery.
shelbyfv
Explorer
May 23, 2017
IMO, it's about courtesy and being flexible. Not every crevice of the black tank needs to be sanitized at every dump. If you are alone at the dump station, rinse until you're happy. If there is a line, Git-R-Done and move along.
Thunder_Mountai
Explorer II
May 23, 2017
Yes, I have seen them. I once saw a person that put on one of those white hazmat suits, mask, safety goggles and elbow length green chemical gloves. My wife's Santa Fe style green chili can be used for paint remover, but it is not that toxic. Now, her carne adovada is another story.
dave17352
Explorer
May 24, 2017
Thunder Mountain wrote:
Yes, I have seen them. I once saw a person that put on one of those white hazmat suits, mask, safety goggles and elbow length green chemical gloves. My wife's Santa Fe style green chili can be used for paint remover, but it is not that toxic. Now, her carne adovada is another story.

did you really see someone get dressed like that!? and if you did do you think their intent was to be funny.:)
Crowe
Explorer
May 24, 2017
did you really see someone get dressed like that!? and if you did do you think their intent was to be funny.

We used FHC sites to avoid having to use the station but on occasion we had to but tried to do so as quickly and efficiently as possible. If there was no line we'd take a little more time. As to the above comment you don't know this person's health situation. Most likely it's just plain paranoia but anyone with a weakened/compromised immune system is at risk for infection. What I don't understand is why anyone would get so wrapped around the axle as to how someone else dumps their tanks!
STBRetired
Explorer
May 24, 2017
dave17352 wrote:
Thunder Mountain wrote:
Yes, I have seen them. I once saw a person that put on one of those white hazmat suits, mask, safety goggles and elbow length green chemical gloves. My wife's Santa Fe style green chili can be used for paint remover, but it is not that toxic. Now, her carne adovada is another story.

did you really see someone get dressed like that!? and if you did do you think their intent was to be funny.:)

I have seen the same thing minus the goggles and the gloves were yellow. Thought I was going to have to go inside so that I did not laugh out loud. This was at a FHU site, not a dump station. Guess some people are really worried about getting what was once on their inside onto their outside.
matt7591
Explorer
May 24, 2017
Someone once commented in amazement that I don't use gloves while dumping. I didn't even think about it until he said so. I use real soap to wash hands after though. Not that Purell stuff that just swirls it around. Soap and water.