RV-Dump parking sloping the wrong way
Having just returned from a 4-week trip, once again we found that most RV dumps have the same problem: the area where you park your RV does not slope the right way to provide a complete dump. Have you...
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bucky wrote:neilnbe wrote:
It may be done to keep the rain water and runoff out of the septic and leach system. If the slope was towards the dump, the system would take on extra water. Just a thought.
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Sorry...Loser Loser..not the reason.
If that is a concern, they build a basin area around the hole with a raised lip to keep storm water out.
From what I've seen, probably 95% of all campgrounds aren't "designed". They just do a rough layout of the road system and pave away. Since the plumbing typically goes in before paving, they keep that side high to avoid possible damage during the paving in case the lines aren't deep enough.
