Campsite Squatters

jimh425 wrote:


You should be so proud. ;)

I am. ;)

when thousand trails and outdoor world resorts were separate companies People would own both memberships. $500 membership got you 2 weeks in system with 1 week out of the system.

So you would have friends who are in outdoor world site for 2 weeks while your in TTN site.
When its time to switch you send the wives ahead in the toads to hold site. When your friends wife shows up, you pull out in you RV and head to other campground and she pulls into site to hold it until XO shows up with the RV.

You can full time your whole Winter in Florida for the price of 2 memberships. If you have enough of you doing this you could have other switching every other week and you could spend 1/2 the time with all your friends. Each membership ran $500 year so if you stay in FLA for 9 months it comes to $3.75 per day including electric.

Than there was the couples that were not married, and each had Thousand trail memberships. you could use your membership in a campground for 2 weeks, than the XO could use here membership for 2 weeks, than back and forth, without even moving.

specta wrote:

You should be so proud. ;)

ticki2 wrote:
You continue to compare Apple's and oranges . I could explain it further but I think your mind is made up . Fyi , I was a licensed septic designer and installer for almost 50 years . We are also way off topic at this point .

You are the one that brought up septic systems even though you knew the comparison was invalid.

Geewizard wrote:

specta wrote:

I'll dig a hole at least 12" deep and slowly drain my gray water into it and fill the hole back in when I'm done.

No one will ever know I was there.

That's the way to do it!

Way to go

jimh425 wrote:


Of course, perc tests have to happen before a septic system is approved. Are you saying you’d do a perc test before you dumped your grey water out camping? Maybe, but probably not. ;)

Also, if you know how septic systems work, not all that goes in is treated the same way, you still have to have them pumped out. The liquids don’t go on top of the ground. Are you saying you’d go back and pump out what you left? Maybe, but probably not. ;)

You continue to compare Apple's and oranges . I could explain it further but I think your mind is made up . Fyi , I was a licensed septic designer and installer for almost 50 years . We are also way off topic at this point .

specta wrote:

I'll dig a hole at least 12" deep and slowly drain my gray water into it and fill the hole back in when I'm done.

No one will ever know I was there.

That's the way to do it!

jimh425 wrote:
This article is pretty comprehensive on why not to dump grey water including where it is specifically illegal including Montana.

https://carcampingtips.com/is-it-okay-to-dump-grey-water-on-the-ground/

That has to be one of the most painful and badly written 'article's' I've read. They could have shaved it to 100 words and come up with the same 'possibly a chance that it could have an effect'.

ticki2 wrote:
Think of all the rural subdivisions where there are a 1000 homes on as many acres , all with on lot septic systems . A conservative design criterion is 100 gals/person/day . That includes toilet , dishwasher , bathing , laundry and consumption . Now compare that to 30 gals of grey water on a 100 or more acres in the wild . Also , no one suggested dumping anything on the ground in an established campground .

Of course, perc tests have to happen before a septic system is approved. Are you saying you’d do a perc test before you dumped your grey water out camping? Maybe, but probably not. ;)

Also, if you know how septic systems work, not all that goes in is treated the same way, you still have to have them pumped out. The liquids don’t go on top of the ground. Are you saying you’d go back and pump out what you left? Maybe, but probably not. ;)