Dump Rage
Do You have dump rage? You know the scenario weekend warrior gotta dump at the end of the weekend and the line is long. I'm finding myself more and more irritated at the free dump stations. I o...
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Ralph Cramden wrote:bigorange wrote:
On our recent 2-week trip (still overdue on that trip report) I saw a guy at the campground dump station with no hose just letting his tank dump "down the hole".
Believe it or not there are dump stations made to used exactly that way. At Shawnee State Park in PA they have a concrete pad sloped to the drain hole about 6' square. It has a curb about 2" high cast into the entire perimeter and is offset about halfway into the driving lane. The driving lane is also curbed so when you pull up your tires go over that curb and it positions your outlet almost dead center over the honey hole. I gave it a try last Novemeber, it works great, no slinky needed and no spillage beyond the 2" curb. Both stations had a convenient large rock for holding thevlid open so you did not have to stand on it when you pulled the handle.
I wonder if it is like that to contain any spills that may happen? We had the joy of watching a couple in front of us dump like that, just what I want to see is other peoples waste flowing freely, just gross! They did at least rinse the area when they were finished but still...
Here in KS our rest areas have dump stations so if the line is long at camp we just go on and hit one of those on the way home.
