Halfton Guy. Getting back to your original question. If you are interested in making a gray water carrier really cheap, buy you a 55 gal plastic trash can,or one of the large plastic storage containers; install a water hose connection in the bottom edge with some type of shut off valve. Place in back of truck and fill using an old 5 gal paint bucket. Drive to dump station and drain as needed.
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This is off topic but to give you an idea of how things have changed.. Back in the early mid 50s, Daddy's mother in a small farming town in the OK panhandle had a washateria . Old style with tubs and wringers, no driers. The water all pumped into a big water tanker truck and when full she would drive the back country dirt roads and let it drain out.. And at the time her husband was county road commissioner. Times do change don't they.
Times do change. Back then the water may have even been good for the dirt roads - maybe keeping the dust down, etc. Ah the good ole days.
But in response to those who think that dumping grey water in todays day at campgrounds is okay... please let's remember that it is an overuse issue.
Now I know Dog Pee is not in grey water, but...
if one dog pees on your yard no big deal. However, if your sidewalk becomes a popular dog hangout and dogs start peeing on your lawn everyday... soon there is a problem.
Also, grey water is not just dishwashing water. It can also be hotdog boiling water, steak marinade dumped down the drain, BBQ sauce, old milk, ... pretty much any liquid waste that doesn't come from the body! Eeeeyewww....
Quote: I took some photos of a spot where someone dumped grey water in the brush - one on the day of the dump and one 10 days later - just to see what became of the mess. It wasn't pretty and it isn't something you want around you, your kids, your pets and neither does anyone else.
Bull. If there was a mess after 10 days it was more then gray water.
We currently live in a world where many people think that each and every thing that any human does will immediately destroy the entire planet. Common sense will go a long way in figuring out what's O.K. & what's not. A week's worth of bacon grease and food particles (shouldn't be in there anyway) cooking in a 100 degree tank would probably be pretty nasty if dumped on the ground. That said, if I've got a day's worth of relatively clean grey water treated with TST Odor Control citrus disinfectant, I don't see how I'm going to create any mayhem if it happens to leak on the ground.
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GACampnGirl wrote: Times do change. Back then the water may have even been good for the dirt roads - maybe keeping the dust down, etc. Ah the good ole days.
But in response to those who think that dumping grey water in todays day at campgrounds is okay... please let's remember that it is an overuse issue.
Now I know Dog Pee is not in grey water, but...
if one dog pees on your yard no big deal. However, if your sidewalk becomes a popular dog hangout and dogs start peeing on your lawn everyday... soon there is a problem.
Also, grey water is not just dishwashing water. It can also be hotdog boiling water, steak marinade dumped down the drain, BBQ sauce, old milk, ... pretty much any liquid waste that doesn't come from the body! Eeeeyewww....
Please don't flame me
I see your point, but I don't put all that stuff you mentioned in my grey tank. Bathwater, shaving and toothpaste spit is about as bad as it gets. Dishes are washed in a plastic tub & dumped directly in the grey water pits if available. Otherwise, the surrounding plants get watered. I also treat every tankful with TST Odor Control.
The tote-a-turds are not that expensive. If you can afford to travel you can afford a tote. Tenters dump gray water into the ground all the time. That's why they are put in separate spots. YOU are an rv owner. Act like one.
Another possible solution. I use this method often.
Your grey water tank will fill much quicker than the black water tank. I can gain a day of two by equalizing the tanks. Most camping stores sell a valve that will attach to the dump fitting, providing a third valve. With the third valve closed, open both the black and grey valves. Water pressure will be higher in the grey, and it will flow into the black tank. When the water movement stops, then close both the grey and black tank valves. You will now have significant space in the grey tank. You will also have water trapped just upstream of the third valve, so leave the third valve in place until you can dump. Simply place the dump hose on the third valve and drain both tanks.
This method is not for everyone, but it works well for me.
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