When you must dump

Grit dog wrote:
Sweet rig!

Your said boondocking, so I'll assume dispersed, no camp sites, or no facilities like a lot of NF campgrounds.
The enviros will poop a biscuit when they read this, but black tank should last a long time. Gray tank shouldn't overflow with available water from your water tank. Depends how they're sized I guess.
But if you refill with water and fill the gray tank, if the topography and neighbors locations permit, dump the gray tank on the ground. It's just soap water. If you want to feel good about yourself use some earth friendly soap.
I bring a gray water garden hose just for this on boonie trips. I refill with water once or twice and dump the gray as needed.
That said, don't gross out your neighbors but 50 gal of water in the qualities behind camp don't hurt nothin.

That would be not only be unacceptable but illegal in nearly every National Forest and all State Parks in Montana.
Most Forest Service Campgrounds and ALL remote camping areas are "PACK IT IN, PACK IT OUT" sites. No dump station, no garbage service, bag your trash and take it home with you.
Oh, and don't try to use the first dumpster you see in the first town you come to. You just might get a "Theft Of Service" ticket. Those are not public dump sites, they are private.

Sweet rig!

Your said boondocking, so I'll assume dispersed, no camp sites, or no facilities like a lot of NF campgrounds.
The enviros will poop a biscuit when they read this, but black tank should last a long time. Gray tank shouldn't overflow with available water from your water tank. Depends how they're sized I guess.
But if you refill with water and fill the gray tank, if the topography and neighbors locations permit, dump the gray tank on the ground. It's just soap water. If you want to feel good about yourself use some earth friendly soap.
I bring a gray water garden hose just for this on boonie trips. I refill with water once or twice and dump the gray as needed.
That said, don't gross out your neighbors but 50 gal of water in the qualities behind camp don't hurt nothin.

Keep in mind that if you camp at a forestry or corp of engineer park with no hookups, there may be another facility of theirs within a short distance where you would be allowed to fill with water and dump tanks because you are camping with them. There are many of these type parks that do have dump stations and sometimes their various parks are all around the same body of water. We camped and entire summer with no sewer hookup. The tank can be used for black also - do black first, then grey, then rinse at dump station when done. Ours had a lower gate you just pulled open -- no fuss - no mess and you didn't get it on you.

DarkSkySeeker wrote:
Am I breaking a rule by doing this (posting a photo of my rig)?

No, you are allowed to post photos.

Am I breaking a rule by doing this (posting a photo of my rig)?

There are cell phone apps available that will let you know of RV Dump Station locations near you.

One I like is "RV Parky"

When boondocking you have 2 or 3 options depending on the site

Option 1: Pack up and move to dump station
Option 2: Waste Totes, the blue ones seem to get better reviews You transfer from your on-board to the blue tank either by 3" hose or by a smaller hose and a macerator pump (Which method depends on some things)

Option 3: IF IT IS OFFERED, a Pump Out Service.. You can Google Porta-potty services for such services near you.. That costs money

I catch the run-through water from the shower till the hot water arrives in a cheap plastic drink jug with a lid. I use it for other clean cold water needs.

Your question was about boondocking - not dry camping in a campground with perhaps a dump station, so I'll give you an idea of how we conserved.

We carried extra silverware - go to Goodwill. Most often we used paper plates except for juicy meals or a occasional steak. We eat simply. All meats were grilled. The one vegetable pot and frypan were wiped out with a paper towel and reused. We washed dishes every 3-4 days. Dirty silverware and misc. dishes were placed in the dishpan which was stored in the bottom of the sink cabinet out of sight. When full, it was time to do dishes.

We got by using 1/2 dishpan of hot water, rinsing in the same pan sparingly. When finished the pan was dumped in the toilet. The black tank always needs water for proper dumping anyway and doesn't seem to fill as fast as a grey tank.

Hands, teethbrushing done without letting water run needlessly.

Showers - very fast wet down, turn off water, soap up, rinse. If waiting for hot water to run, catch the lukewarm and use it for heating on top of the stove for dishes or for toilet flushing.

After a while it really takes no thinking on conservation. It's automatic.

How long you can last naturally depends on your tank sizes and how many people. For the two of us we could last about 2 weeks. By that time, we were ready to move on anyway so we dumped on the way to the next stop and refilled fresh water.

DarkSkySeeker wrote:

rhagfo wrote:
DW and I can go a week on our tanks and they are not huge.

I will have to learn as I go and develop my own rule of thumb. A week seems like a good goal.

We are avid dry campers and we can go 2 weeks before we need to dump our HTT's 25 gallon black tank.
But our 25 gallon gray tank is another story. That's what we use our 15 gallon blue tote tank for.

Our new TT has a 60 gallon gray tank so I may not need that tote tank anymore.:B