Rinse hose at dump station has no threads

It's totally crazy, but one day I saw a pair from Europe in a rented motorhome connect to the threaded fitting and fill up. I said "Hey, that is not for your fresh water tank!" They replied "It's OK, we only drink bottled water." I almost gagged thinking about the next renter of that rig.

jake2250 wrote:

Artum Snowbird wrote:
If I am moving on to another camp spot, I likely will not rinse, but if it's my final dump and the camper is going home to sit, I certainly will.

If you blow a gasket waiting I would suggest you tighten down your head bolts a little tighter next time.

I totally agree with you! It only adds a few minutes on the process,,and if your in that much of a hurry,,Leave and find a place to dump when You get home,,Don't rush me!! Its my turn and if your behind me maybe you should a got there faster!

Holly cow,,when did a rinser become such an ugly weapon??
I bring my own hose, not an impact to the camp ground, it takes me maybe five or ten minutes extra to rinse and clean all my stuff, then I am outta there!!

Oh yeah and I leave my porch light on and my stereo playing so I can groove while rinsing! I also have a plug so that my clearance lights flash while i am rinsing also!!

Last I checked the drought here is over and I believe in the GEO method of rinsing and dumping so I hope that the hose has good pressure cause my tanks are going to be clean!!!
What goes on behind me I could care less about!! Most of ya are all just headed to a wal mart to camp any way so slow down and chill out!!
Peace All!!

Definitely no drought in SW Virginia!! First sunny day in weeks. You can clean your black tank as long as you want if I am behind you. We spent 8 weeks traveling across country and we never ran into one impatient camper. Everyone was relaxed and enjoying themselves. We met a lot of amazing people from all over the world camping in our gorgeous country. This is the first I've heard that there is stress at dump stations. Luckily we didn't go to those places.

seaeagle2 wrote:
In Washington State, most of the rest areas on the freeways have dump stations. They don't have threaded fittings, or if they do they are some crazy hydraulic fitting. Tincan Annie, from personal experience, I think you will find the water bandit can be an iffy proposition. The dump stations at rest areas seem to either be jammed or deserted so I got a water bandit and found the water pressure was way to high and just blasted it off the hose.

Thank you. in a few weeks I am headed to the one place I ran into the issue, so I will stand back. And if it doesn't work, maybe we'll be able to get the camp hose off and put ours on. In Virginia they don't have dump stations at rest areas, at least not around here. That would be a big help.

Ok. Just to summarize:

Thank you for all the help.

I am the ignorant one about dump stations. (Why don't they make a sign, or post it in the rules and regulations brochure for us newbies!?)

We had a camping mentor who taught us everything (we thought) and told us to always rinse. And I bought and read a newbie book.

I am not trying to bait, I don't think, whatever that is. (Sounds like a waste of time to me.) I was not aware of the other post, because I just joined today and I did not search correctly. And if you wonder if I am sitting around waiting for paint to dry, I am painting my bathroom this afternoon so I am literally sitting around waiting for paint to dry...with my iPad.

We do not live near many FHU places, or at least where we go to hike and kayak in the mountains they don't have any nearby so we stay in NFS, NHS, and sometimes a state park, so we have to rinse, but we will always wait until there is no one else (not hard around here).

We love our trailer and we are thrilled to be new rvers. I have already booked a lot of campgrounds around our beautiful state for this summer, and starting next week I will be a semi-retired teacher. Most folks we have met are extemely friendly and helpful, including our local club, which I just joined and haven't had a chance to camp with yet. I guess I should have emailed one of them and they would have been more patient with me.

Biggest lesson I learned today: A lot of people find newbies to be unbearable. May you never be treated this way. But, luckily, there are more people willing to help, remembering what it was like for them, I guess. Thanks to both categories. You taught me each in your own style, be it funny, helpful or rude.

Artum Snowbird wrote:
If I am moving on to another camp spot, I likely will not rinse, but if it's my final dump and the camper is going home to sit, I certainly will.

If you blow a gasket waiting I would suggest you tighten down your head bolts a little tighter next time.

I totally agree with you! It only adds a few minutes on the process,,and if your in that much of a hurry,,Leave and find a place to dump when You get home,,Don't rush me!! Its my turn and if your behind me maybe you should a got there faster!

Holly cow,,when did a rinser become such an ugly weapon??
I bring my own hose, not an impact to the camp ground, it takes me maybe five or ten minutes extra to rinse and clean all my stuff, then I am outta there!!

Oh yeah and I leave my porch light on and my stereo playing so I can groove while rinsing! I also have a plug so that my clearance lights flash while i am rinsing also!!

Last I checked the drought here is over and I believe in the GEO method of rinsing and dumping so I hope that the hose has good pressure cause my tanks are going to be clean!!!
What goes on behind me I could care less about!! Most of ya are all just headed to a wal mart to camp any way so slow down and chill out!!
Peace All!!

In Washington State, most of the rest areas on the freeways have dump stations. They don't have threaded fittings, or if they do they are some crazy hydraulic fitting. Tincan Annie, from personal experience, I think you will find the water bandit can be an iffy proposition. The dump stations at rest areas seem to either be jammed or deserted so I got a water bandit and found the water pressure was way to high and just blasted it off the hose.

GordonThree wrote:
slow news day? smells like a bait post to me. poster just joined today and posted this topic.

fun idea, create some ghost accounts and stir the pot with topics that get folks fired up :)

Or, I could be new to rving and just signed up. Weren't you ever new to something? I was able to buy a used travel trailer about 2 summers ago, and we are not retired fully yet, so we don't have a lot of experience. I was just frustrated because the adapter I bought at CW (after asking for help) was the wrong item, so when I googled the issue, rv.net showed up as a sponsored ad and I thought you folks could help, I honestly had no idea this was a sticky subject because, well, I'm new to this! Also. I am new to forums so I am sort of figuring out you are supposed to hit the quote button before you answer. So, I'm also not sure what folks bait for. If it is to start an argument, I think you will notice I have been very polite and not questions anyone's opinion.

If I am moving on to another camp spot, I likely will not rinse, but if it's my final dump and the camper is going home to sit, I certainly will.

If you blow a gasket waiting I would suggest you tighten down your head bolts a little tighter next time.

2oldman wrote:

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

Search on here is nothing like google.

Try this:

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Thank you!

GordonThree wrote:
fun idea, create some ghost accounts and stir the pot with topics that get folks fired up :)

I think that idea has already been taken!

I was convinced it was a bait post, now, not sure.