Inexpensive small waste tote

[Stormy_Eyes]

I just purchased a small wheeled tote to transport grey water to dump station. More experienced rv'ers likely have bigger, better totes, but I thought perhaps my fellow newbies might be interested.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/8-gal-Hydroller/50162460?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&adid=22222222228038958440&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=92171305697&wl4=pla-183826235777&wl5=9052487&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=online&wl12=50162460&wl13=&veh=sem


This tote holds eight gallons, and is light enough to put in trunk or just hand pull to nearby dump station. When I remove the large cap, my current sewer adapter fits into the tote. When full, I reattach the cap. So far at the dump station, I dropped the handle, turn tote on its belly over dump, and open vent and spigot. It takes a few minutes to empty that way. If I grow impatient enough or encounter dump stations with lines, I might try to fit a larger hose for dumping.

Currently about $25 at Walmart.com, this is an inexpensive way to extend our time between dumps. A bigger, purpose designed waste tote would cost more, plus we might need to buy a hitch for our car. I'll probably spring for a better in the future when we better know our needs.

[tragusa3]

I've seen open dump for grey in one spot around the country. It was a FS campground in Durango, Co.

[bikendan]

bucky wrote:
Out west they want you to dump grey water into the foliage. East, not so much.

i don't know where you're talking about but every public campground i've been to in numerous Western states, has a ban against doing that.

and i've been camping out West for 30 years.

[bucky]

Out west they want you to dump grey water into the foliage. East, not so much.
I haven't done it, but I see and sometimes smell it often.
We have 2 gray tanks, if I ever HAD to dump one of them improperly I'd choose the shower/vanity one. The galley tank would be the stinky one with food particles in it.
I've thought about dropping the close out panels and tieing the 2 gray tanks together. I would first time the tanks separately at dumping to see how unequal they are in actual use. The gauges are worthless. Currently I open them both at the same time after dumping the black tank.

[bikendan]

jarata1 wrote:
Selling my brand new never used 27 gallon in classifieds

what classifieds? there are none here on RV.net

[jarata1]

Selling my brand new never used 27 gallon in classifieds

[SoundGuy]

JWRoberts wrote:
No. I'm not kidding and I'm sure I'm in the majority. Note that I only drain grey water, not black.

drsteve wrote:
What makes you so sure you are "in the majority"? I don't know anyone who dumps their gray water on the ground.

And what makes you so sure it's not happening just because you don't know about it? :W

[drsteve]

JWRoberts wrote:
No. I'm not kidding and I'm sure I'm in the majority. Note that I only drain grey water, not black.

What makes you so sure you are "in the majority"? I don't know anyone who dumps their gray water on the ground.

[tragusa3]

I just sold my 32g on Craigslist. We've had it 2 years and decided we preferred the 22g we had prior. I'm going to repurchase, and might even go with a 15g. At that point, I can put it in the bed of the truck myself. We've discovered that it gets used once or twice a year at most. Even those times, taking 15g out will give us enough for the one more day that we usually need. I wouldn't want to go back and forth several times, but I don't see us doing that with the way we camp.

[Stormy_Eyes]

Wow. So far, in the parks we visited without full hookups, the dump sites have been reasonably to very convenient to the sites.

[SoundGuy]

Chuck_thehammer wrote:
Wow,,, and WOW,,, I would not move my trailer every 3 days.. will not happen.. guess I will not visit by trailer in Canada..

No worries, instead use smaller portable containers for off loading grey water ... just as the OP's thread title suggests. 😉

[Chuck_thehammer]

SoundGuy wrote:

Chuck_thehammer wrote:
I have visited a few camp grounds where the dump station is a long way away from the camping area.... Edisto beach Sc.. is over 1 mile each way..

Here in Ontario it's not uncommon at all for the campground dump station to be located a l-o-n-g way from the campgrounds themselves, often over ancient roads full of pot holes which constantly threaten to toss the tote right off the hitch ball. :M Large parks such as Algonquin Provincial Park have no dump station located within the park itself ... rather, in that case provincial highway 60 runs east / west through the park so anyone camping in any one of the many campgrounds along that highway must tow their wheeled tote tank at highway speeds (80 kph / 50 mph) to get to the dump stations. :E At another provincial park - Sauble Falls PP - the two campgrounds in the park are located on each side of a busy highway. The dump station is located in the east campground so anyone in the west campground must tow their tote tank on that busy highway to get over to the entrance for the east campground. :E Even more reasons I long ago decided a wheeled tote tank was NOT the answer. 😞

Wow,,, and WOW,,, I would not move my trailer every 3 days.. will not happen.. guess I will not visit by trailer in Canada.. as my Fathers family lives Upper Right Canada. and YES, my last name has a " ' " after the "e" or is it before, I forget.:)

yes my Father was born in Canada.. and many of his family is still up there

[SoundGuy]

Chuck_thehammer wrote:
I have visited a few camp grounds where the dump station is a long way away from the camping area.... Edisto beach Sc.. is over 1 mile each way..

Here in Ontario it's not uncommon at all for the campground dump station to be located a l-o-n-g way from the campgrounds themselves, often over ancient roads full of pot holes which constantly threaten to toss the tote right off the hitch ball. :M Large parks such as Algonquin Provincial Park have no dump station located within the campgrounds themselves ... rather, in that case provincial highway 60 runs east / west through the park so anyone camping in any one of the many campgrounds along that highway must tow their wheeled tote tank at highway speeds (80 kph / 50 mph) to get to the dump stations. :E At another provincial park - Sauble Falls PP - the two campgrounds in the park are located on each side of a busy highway. The dump station is located in the east campground so anyone in the west campground must tow their tote tank on that busy highway to get over to the entrance for the east campground. :E Even more reasons I long ago decided a wheeled tote tank was NOT the answer. 😞

[Chuck_thehammer]

I have visited a few camp grounds where the dump station is a long way away from the camping area.... Edisto beach Sc.. is over 1 mile each way..

I have a 32 gallon 4 wheel Barker with metal wheel bearing.. and I made a ramped platform under trailer just for it.. up and out of the way, just in front of forward axle.. and YES.. Gray water only..

wife does not like paper dishes and has long hair.(I am bald). so there is LOTS of gray water... trailer holds 40 gallon of gray and 40 for black.

so every 3 days for gray... and black every 2 weeks.. or so.

as for the 32 gallon and NOT the Barker 40... size and weight... the 40 is taller and I would not be able to move 40 gallons... 32 is the max I can do. and the 40 had s good chance of being HIT by uneven drive entrances using my platform... Measure twice.... do once. 🙂

[Stormy_Eyes]

I did not think this thread would go more than a page or two. Some people do seem more passionate about grey water disposal than I first imagined. And rightly so if they have carefully chosen the right system for their needs.

Not everyone has a great system. I admittedly only have a starter system, but I have already seen worse ones. An elderly couple in my current campground has a rather scary system: he sits just inside the open car trunk securing the handle of their rather large waste tote as she drives to the dump site. I presume they, like us, lack a hitch on their car. I shudder each time I see this. I'd much rather carry or wheel or lift into the trunk a small tote a few times rather than have a loved one perched in the trunk.