Rinse hose at dump station has no threads

Homer wrote:
Surely you can see a bunch of reasons for not having a threaded end on the "dump" rinse hose and they are all for your protection. Some places have no hose at all. State Parks frequently use a clamp handle just for rinsing the dump hose out and any spill on the concrete.

I must be too much of a newbie, or things just aren't obvious to me. Would you please explain the reasons (other than a line behind you...which I rarely run into where I go) and what do you mean by "for your protection"? I really have a lot still to learn, so I appreciate all the info I can get.

It's just courtesy. If there is a line, get your tanks dumped, and move. If thee is no line, go about your business quickly. And if you really need to rinse the tank, check into a full hook-up RV park for the evening and use the dump and hoses on your site. You can take all the time you wish. But please make sure you do not contaminate the water system when you are hooking up to it or rinsing your stinky slinky.

Also, sorry I didn't find the other post. I first searched "bare hose at dump station" and nothing showed up.

Tincan Annie wrote:
Thanks. I just ordered the water bandit.
I had no idea you aren't supposed to rinse out your black water tank at a dump station. I thought everyone rinsed. Do you wait to rinse at home? But what if you are on the road for weeks at a time? Wouldn't your rv just start to stink? Well, explains the lack of threads.
I do have a hose that I can use, but I actually couldn't get the NFS campground hose off to put mine on. I was camping alone that time AND it was pouring down rain so I gave it a few tries and left (and lived with a stinky rv for awhile since I can't rinse at home.)

Best place to rinse is a FHU site!

Surely you can see a bunch of reasons for not having a threaded end on the "dump" rinse hose and they are all for your protection. Some places have no hose at all. State Parks frequently use a clamp handle just for rinsing the dump hose out and any spill on the concrete.

Thanks. I just ordered the water bandit.
I had no idea you aren't supposed to rinse out your black water tank at a dump station. I thought everyone rinsed. Do you wait to rinse at home? But what if you are on the road for weeks at a time? Wouldn't your rv just start to stink? Well, explains the lack of threads.
I do have a hose that I can use, but I actually couldn't get the NFS campground hose off to put mine on. I was camping alone that time AND it was pouring down rain so I gave it a few tries and left (and lived with a stinky rv for awhile since I can't rinse at home.)

As far as I can tell, the water tower hose and it's use is very specific for public health reasons. The hose is for rinsing your drain hose and to rinse off the drain pad area if any spill occurred. I would not attempt to change it's intended use.

Is this Jake? :)

Use your own hose.

Is this a bait post? There was just a recent 8 page thread on the subject.

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Couple of reasons for hose at dump station to have end cut off:

1) Folks hook it up to black tank flush and spend WAY too much time flushing while others are waiting to dump

2) Folks hook it up to black tank flush and spend WAY too much time flushing while others are waiting to dump


Hose is just for rinsing dump hose/fittings and surrounding area if mess is made

NOT for flushing tanks.

It's a dump station.........pull up/dump/GO!

I agree but if you're all alone at the station that's a different story. If I'm behind you and see you hooking up a Water Theif we're going to have words!

Tincan Annie (cute name)

It would be tough to get an adapter for the various hose sizes you may run in to. If possible you could carry your own hose and unscrew the hose at the dump station to clean your tank and then screw it back on for the next RV'er. Most of these type of adapters require you to use a screwdriver to get the adapter tight on the end of the hose.

For Those times when the hose doesn't have a fitting-
I don't have a rinse connection so I use the water from the freshwater tank to fill the toilet bowl and flush it several times this gets rid of the stuff still in the bottom of he tank and in the sewer hose. Once I close the tank valve I then put about 2 gallons of water through the toilet into the black tank. This will slosh around as we travel and break loose anything stuck to the side of the tank. I then use the hose at the dump station to rinse my sewer hose when I'm done dumping the tank. This has always worked well for me in the 40 years we've had RVs.