Toilet Paper

[Xpd77]

I have a question about "RV" toilet paper. Is it really necessary to use RV approved toilet paper in my truck camper? Do you guys use it or do you just use the same toilet paper that you use at home? I'v never owned an RV before so I don't know if this is necessary. I can't imagine it is much different that the Scott 1000 that I use at home. What do you use?

[popeyemth]

wnjj wrote:

popeyemth wrote:
I can't speak for every situation but one could fill the black tank at the campsite and add enough to the fresh for a rinse.
I have never seen or heard of a rinse hose on a timer
Short hoses or mangled hose bibbs are common to prevent filling fresh water tanks at the dump station with possible contaminated hoses and one uses a product called a "water thief" for this and to fill tanks from bucket only connections(not with the same adapter!)

I would never fill my black or fresh at the site. Most of the time I don't even know if the campground dump station is open or if there's a line. I wouldn't want to have to travel with all those tanks full. Refilling in the dump station is always possible, so long as there isn't anyone behind you...which is almost never.

For shorter trips I usually just dump near home, sometimes the next day. The local Elk's Lodge has a brand new, donation-only dump station that's open to the public.

I was responding to questions by folks that claimed they couldn't easily get water at a dump station where they camped.

[wnjj]

popeyemth wrote:
I can't speak for every situation but one could fill the black tank at the campsite and add enough to the fresh for a rinse.
I have never seen or heard of a rinse hose on a timer
Short hoses or mangled hose bibbs are common to prevent filling fresh water tanks at the dump station with possible contaminated hoses and one uses a product called a "water thief" for this and to fill tanks from bucket only connections(not with the same adapter!)

I would never fill my black or fresh at the site. Most of the time I don't even know if the campground dump station is open or if there's a line. I wouldn't want to have to travel with all those tanks full. Refilling in the dump station is always possible, so long as there isn't anyone behind you...which is almost never.

For shorter trips I usually just dump near home, sometimes the next day. The local Elk's Lodge has a brand new, donation-only dump station that's open to the public.

[popeyemth]

Not sure I'd tell people I'd been looking at mine 🙂

[Super_Dave]

I can see my dump valve.

Wayne

Wayne, you flexible SOB!

[Reddog1]

rooney77 wrote:

Reddog1 wrote:

rooney77 wrote:
I read that some just use the same old stuff from home but I do get hesitant to go with the thicker stuff.

Why, when others post they use the thicker stuff with no problems?

Lack of RV experience. Simple as being a newb. And I'm sure I'm putting too much stock in the manual and not enough on the real world experience of others.

I certainly respect your asking, as I think you should. If only a couple of people used the same paper as at home, I too would be hesitant.

It will hurt peoples feelings on occasion, but I think it is fair to ask someone why they do something a certain way, or why they use a given story. If they don't know why, I question the validity of their input. It does not necessarily mean it is incorrect, but all to often we do things based simply off of peoples beliefs. In the case of the TP, the preference is for the paper to dissolve and not stick to the tank sensors or hang up in the dump valves. A solid piece of paper does not flow as easily through the plumbing.

I use a Macerator when I dump, and so far have had no problems with any TP. My Toilet is directly over the tank, and I can easily see inside my tank. With a mechanics mirror and flashlight, through the toilet, I can see my dump valve.

Wayne

[popeyemth]

Put this on the bathroom faucet and add a short hose to fill tank via toilet
Or just flush continuous till full
Also handy at bucket fill spigots
$5.00 on eBay

[Bedlam]

[popeyemth]

I can't speak for every situation but one could fill the black tank at the campsite and add enough to the fresh for a rinse.
I have never seen or heard of a rinse hose on a timer
Short hoses or mangled hose bibbs are common to prevent filling fresh water tanks at the dump station with possible contaminated hoses and one uses a product called a "water thief" for this and to fill tanks from bucket only connections(not with the same adapter!)

[rooney77]

Bedlam wrote:
Not trying to be difficult here, but how do you fill your black tank multiple times at the dump station?

Typically our stations have the dump section and farther down is the fresh water fill. If I am coming home from a weekend, my fresh tank is almost empty while the gray tank is full and black is less than half. I usually empty the rest of the fresh into the black tank while waiting in the dump cue. Once pulled up, I dump the black followed by the gray to rinse out the hose. They do have an outside wash down hose on a 30s timer, but it is not long enough to reach inside. If I were to go the fresh supply and refill, I would need to loop back around to the dump cue to do it all over again. Many times this is not practical since it is at a rest stop with one-way routes and would require you get back on the freeway, turn around and return to the rest stop again.

I can only speak for the one dumpstation I've been to (only used the camper once so far) and it had a regular water hose but it was cut down to maybe 3' in length. I wondered how people were filling as well when I saw that.

[Bedlam]

Not trying to be difficult here, but how do you fill your black tank multiple times at the dump station?

Typically our stations have the dump section and farther down is the fresh water fill. If I am coming home from a weekend, my fresh tank is almost empty while the gray tank is full and black is less than half. I usually empty the rest of the fresh into the black tank while waiting in the dump cue. Once pulled up, I dump the black followed by the gray to rinse out the hose. They do have an outside wash down hose on a 30s timer, but it is not long enough to reach inside. If I were to go to the fresh supply and refill, I would need to loop back around to the dump cue to do it all over again. Many times this is not practical since it is at a rest stop with one-way routes and would require you get back on the freeway, turn around and return to the rest stop again.

[JumboJet]

Anyone try these? One Wipe Charlies

[popeyemth]

My experience has always been if you FILL YOUR TANK TO THE TOP WITH WATER,dump,then repeat,even baby wipes dump-much less premium TP and never a problem with sensors.
Good Luck, Mike

[rooney77]

Reddog1 wrote:

rooney77 wrote:
I read that some just use the same old stuff from home but I do get hesitant to go with the thicker stuff.

Why, when others post they use the thicker stuff with no problems?

Lack of RV experience. Simple as being a newb. And I'm sure I'm putting too much stock in the manual and not enough on the real world experience of others.

[Reddog1]

rooney77 wrote:
I read that some just use the same old stuff from home but I do get hesitant to go with the thicker stuff.

Why, when others post they use the thicker stuff with no problems?