RV park, optional?

[Theadyn]

You would be surprised at what the locals don't know. I once lived in a state park for about 6 months. The locals would ask where we lived and we would say, "out at the State Park" and they invariably would reply "What State Park?". They have been having the county fireworks display out there for years.

So if you want to know where you can dump at and the locals are a bit unaware... http://www.sanidumps.com/

Good point. And thanks for the link!!

Guess I forget my family is in the RV business in my town and are aware of the unadvertised dump places. Hey, maybe stop at an RV related business and ask them, if desperate, because it's probably them that would know.

 

[blars]

You can also try http://rvdumpsites.net -- run by the same people as freecampsites.net

 

[Canine]

Congrats MISSNOUT Good luck.If they start checking rv ages,I'll never be able to stay in a park with the Gray Goose.

 

[66788]

They are just trying to keep out the riff raff...

That is the most disgusting thing I've seen in a long time.  I'd be afraid to go near it.

 

[compassrose]

That is the most disgusting thing I've seen in a long time.  I'd be afraid to go near it.

It's a movie prop. It's paint.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

 

[rvpopeye]

When I first saw that rig I was amazed how well the prop department had made it look errrrrr "ab-used " !
Would love to see the looks it would get in a 10 year rule park ...

 

[66788]

It's a movie prop. It's paint.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

Still looks disgusting!

 

[westriver]

We did a five month trip from PA. to AK. and back this spring and summer. We typically stay in RV parks as the wife is quite disabled, and not really able to do much boondocking. In all that time, in several dozen parks, I was asked to list the age of our RV maybe two or three times. Typically by a bored clerk who couldn't give a rat's butt hair what we were camping in. To them it was just another line in the paperwork the management requires. There are some places, a very small minority, with a fairly firm rule and they typically come with a price tag to match. Heck, there are even places that only accept Class A "motorcoaches" and requires them to be at least a certain length. That said, if your rig looks half decent, the "ten year rule" gets a lot more play online, than it does in the real world.

The comment about the locals not even knowing about a free public dumpsite gave me a chuckle. I was at a state park in WA. that didn't have a working dump station. The ranger advised that there was definitely one in a small park, in the closest town. I got to the edge of the park, and started a friendly conversation with two older guys who lived in the neighborhood. Neither had a clue about the dump station. A quick search revealed that it was located at the curb, directly across the street from one guy's house. LOL, the guy lived at a dump station and didn't have a clue.

 

[jimindenver]

We stored a utility trailer in a lot for 5 years without knowing it had a dump station and fresh water. Luckily I met someone there that pointed it out as I was picking up the trailer to take it to a commercial dump station near us. I have never seen anyone else use it so there has never been a line.

The only time we have dumped on the road was a gas station. That was free with the fill up and the line sucked.

 

[compassrose]

Many rest areas have potable water and a dump station. Fewer now since too may have abused it.

Note:
#1 use your own potable water hose
#2 sanitize potable water hose bibb before hooking up
#3 use a sediment filter (I also use a 0.5micro filter too)
#4 use gloves when dumping
#5 use your own dump hose even if one is "thoughtfully" provided.
#6 try to be neat and clean when dumping
#7 Clean up after yourself
#8 when you are done, pull away from the station so someone else can use it.

 

[desertnomad]

As someone else already mentioned they are "just trying to keep out the riff raff" and mobile meth labs. I stayed at one "resort" that imposed a 5 year limit according to their rule book but seen several that were over or near 10 years but the outside still looked very clean & shiny. Another "resort" we stayed at imposed a 10 year limit and the owner said if your rig is 10 yrs or older you can still come but he would need to inspect it first. I later learned a few days after that a few years prior they had someone stay in a vintage RV and the black tank burst which resulted in messy, costly cleanup and loss of one site for a period of time and hence they started enforcing this rule. Still pretty weak justification IMO as I've seen folks in relatively new RV's and their sewer hose blew apart creating quite a large smelly mess. $hit happens.
Long as yours doesn't look like a toxic waste dump I wouldn't worry about this rule.

 

[highdesertranger]

for some reason I can't use the potable water hose bib at dump stations. maybe I am just being paranoid but I will get my water somewhere other than a dump station. also I am not getting my potable water hose out at a dump station it's staying packed away. highdesertranger

 

[VanLifeCrisis]

i wonder if vans would be considered 'riffraff'

 

[Patrick46]

i wonder if vans would be considered 'riffraff'

what else could it mean???

 

[rvpopeye]

X2 HDR's comment . I never even get my potable hose out at a dumpststion.
ANY faucet , bib , etc. at a dumpsite , regardless of label will probably have had a dump hose over it to rinse.!!!!! Even the ones on a campsite are subject to this practice.
Spray all of them with bleach or peroxide and run water for a bit before hooking your potable hose.

Vans.......most CG's will let you in. Just say you are looking for a W/E (water, electric)
or just water tent site. tent optional. If you do have even a tiny tent , set it up and sleep in the van if you like. ("It was too cold , rainy , buggy , noise - scary or otherwise")

 

[Queen]

Vans.......most CG's will let you in. Just say you are looking for a W/E (water, electric)
or just water tent site. tent optional. If you do have even a tiny tent , set it up and sleep in the van if you like. ("It was too cold , rainy , buggy , noise - scary or otherwise")

We've done that with our old conversion van, works really well and nicely circumvents any 10 year silliness.


And thanks for sharing the info about dump sites and potable water hoses, I've never had tanks and hoses before so this is all new.