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nagel
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Jan 29, 2018

Where / How to Dump?

I live 1 mile from a State Park and for years I had the luxury of simply pulling into the park and dumping my gray/black tanks as needed. When I drove a Motorhome this was awesome because we could use the "facilities" on the trip home with no worries. (I've moved back to a Travel Trailer recently).

Anyway, the State Park has recently started charging $10 to dump (for non-guest). I actually don't mind supporting them, but this could get expensive if we have to dump a lot.

Any good words of advice on how/where to dump from home? Obviously, the goal may be to dump before we head home, but what if we still need to dump once we get back home?

Anybody have any luck with dumping into a tote and releasing into septic? Maybe I just want to pay the $10 and be done with it.

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  • install a macerator pump. I ran a 1 inch line to my sewer in basement. Works great.
  • Use the clean out for your septic tank. If you don't have one, have a plumber put one in. Should pay for itself after 20 or 30 dumps.

    Just curious, why not dump at the park you just left?

    If you're camping regularly, dump every other time, unless you really use a lot of water.
  • nagel wrote:
    Maybe I just want to pay the $10 and be done with it.


    I think that's your best bet. In the grand scheme of things, $10 is pretty cheap.

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