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Crawfordville's avatar
Crawfordville
Explorer
Sep 03, 2013

Campgrounds without sewer hook up

We went camping with our Bullet Premier 32BH for the first time during Labor Day weekend. Before the Bullet Premier we had a pop-up ( had to campgrounds facilities). We used the sewer connection at the campground and we really enjoyed using the facilities of the Premier camper(shower, sink, toilet). My question is this: What do you do when you go to a campground that does not have sewer? Can the shower still be used? The kitchen sink? I'm unclear on how that works. Does it mean that we're stuck and would have to use the dump station for the shower and kitchen sink? Or buy one of those carts?

Thanks for your experienced input...
  • loulou57's avatar
    loulou57
    Explorer
    Sep 03, 2013
    For those places with no sewer hook ups you need to empty your black and grey tanks. You can do this by taking the trailer to the dump station or buy a honey tank and tow it to the dump station behind your TV....very slowly, LOL
  • time2roll's avatar
    time2roll
    Nomad
    Sep 03, 2013
    Just spent a week in Sequoia. Tanks held all waste water for the eight days. Dumped on the way out. Used the pay shower facilities during the week.

    The portable tank went with the pup when we sold it. Glad to see it gone.
  • TucsonJim's avatar
    TucsonJim
    Explorer II
    Sep 03, 2013
    On the Bullet Premier 32BH you have the following capacity:

    Fresh water tank - 41 Gallons
    Gray water holding tank - 30 Gallons
    Waste (sewage, also known as "Black water") holding tank - 30 Gallons

    Your toilet will flow into the waste tank. All other drains will flow into the gray tank. You can wash dishes, take showers etc. When either the waste or gray water tanks get full, you'll either have to move the trailer to the dump station, make the sewage connection and dump them, or dump them into a portable tank which you can then take to the dump station to get rid of.
  • Crawfordville's avatar
    Crawfordville
    Explorer
    Sep 03, 2013
    That is what I thought - that we would have to use one of those containers or literally hook the camper up and go to the dump station. It just seems to me that all that effort really takes the joy and fun out of camping. For me, I think we are going to steer clear of campgrounds that don't have a sewer connection.
  • jbjuices's avatar
    jbjuices
    Explorer
    Sep 03, 2013
    We camp at State Parks without Water/Sewer connections all the time. We take our large rolling hose reel for filling up the water and a Portable Holding tank to empty. I just made sure that the holding tank was big enough to empty the entire Gray tank into and also that it was towable by hitch.

    We have it covered for boondocking as well with one of those Portable 45g water pouches + pump. This way we can camp in Colorado at the national park cg's without having to go into town to take a shower.
  • 2012Coleman's avatar
    2012Coleman
    Explorer II
    Sep 03, 2013
    Used my potable tank last weekend over Labor day. We take Navy showers and sometimes used the CG facilities. Also conserve water by using paper plates. Emptied the gray tank once over 3 days. Longer stays would require more trips with the tank.. I pull it behind my TV and wave to the onlookers. Use it for black and gray water with disposable latex gloves. Have never run into rules against any of this as others have stated.
  • Odessa_Grandma's avatar
    Odessa_Grandma
    Explorer
    Sep 03, 2013
    Even if you have a sewer connection at the camp site you should not be opening the black tank valve until the holding tank is 2/3 full. If you leave the valve open the liquid waste flushes on out and leaves the solids to build up in the holding tank. Ugh!!!
  • 2oldman's avatar
    2oldman
    Explorer II
    Sep 03, 2013
    Crawfordville wrote:
    It just seems to me that all that effort really takes the joy and fun out of camping.
    It's no big thing. To each his own.
  • jbjuices's avatar
    jbjuices
    Explorer
    Sep 03, 2013
    The best campgrounds can be those without sewer. We stay at Table Rock State Park and the sites with the most room are those without sewer. The full hook-up sites seem like a parking lot to me.

    It's not that much effort really...I just keep the tank set up and when the water gets to be full, it takes me 20 minutes total to empty; that's emptying at the site and at the dump station.

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