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Location: Iowa | Does everyone dump their tanks before heading home from a weekend outing or do you do it at home? |
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Location: Northern Utah | When I had my LQ, I would stop by a dump station a 1/2 mile from my home and dump. Often while enroute home, But if I was running late, it sometimes happened the next day. But I prefered to do it while I still had the truck/trailer hooked up. |
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Location: western PA | If the facilities we visited had an easy access to a dumping station, we would use them. If not, we dump at home. We have a portable cart and a septic system, which makes the task quite manageable. |
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Location: Iowa | I have a 40 mile trip home on good roads and the dumping station is a pain to get to. I was just worried about the weight on the straps going down the road. |
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Location: Pueblo, CO | I have had a couple of the Sewer Solution setups for dumping. It works great at home or on the road as long as you have at 15 PSI (I think) running water. You can even dump uphill to a certain extent. I always just dump at home, it is easier and cleaner to dump into my septic. The other added benefit is you can use regular TP! Sorry to hijack, but it is a great product. |
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Location: Texas | I have no issues with traveling with full tanks as far as "weight" if I can not find an easy dump station. But, I try to find them before I get home if possible. Some truck stops have them in the RV bays. Many state parks etc. have dump stations as you leave.
If I do wait until I get hom, I have to back between a gate to my septic tank to dump, and it is a pain, but doable. |
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Location: Iowa | I can easily dump out by the cattle yard, I just didn't know if it is a bad idea for the tanks to go down the road with them full after seeing the little straps that hold them up. |
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Location: iowa | Originally written by memory on 2012-09-04 11:46 PM
I can easily dump out by the cattle yard, I just didn't know if it is a bad idea for the tanks to go down the road with them full after seeing the little straps that hold them up. I would think that would be illegal to dump them in your cattle yard. |
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Location: Iowa | I would pull up alongside the manure pile to dump. No different than going to the bathroom outside on the farm. |
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Location: Vermont | Originally written by memory on 2012-09-04 11:46 PM
I can easily dump out by the cattle yard, I just didn't know if it is a bad idea for the tanks to go down the road with them full after seeing the little straps that hold them up.
Not if you are going to spread that waste on a field that is growing product for human consumption...:( |
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Location: Vermont | Originally written by memory on 2012-09-05 9:52 PM I would pull up alongside the manure pile to dump. No different than going to the bathroom outside on the farm. |
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Location: Sumas Washington | Originally written by PaulChristenson on 2012-09-06 10:05 AM Originally written by memory on 2012-09-05 9:52 PM I would pull up alongside the manure pile to dump. No different than going to the bathroom outside on the farm. Don't use that manure pit material on any vegetable garden...not with human waste in the equation...: ( Just how did we humans survive the first several million years of life on earth?? The idea that our waste is toxic,harmful or just different than any other animal waste is just a misplaced notion. Most cultures actually use human waste as a fertilizer so that crops will grow better. This is the natural way of things. |
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Location: Iowa | I'd be more worried about the pestisides. If we have to go when we are out in the field, we just go in the corn rows. I don't think twice about it. It's a fact of farm life. |
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Location: Vermont | Originally written by gonzo1066 on 2012-09-06 4:22 PM Originally written by PaulChristenson on 2012-09-06 10:05 AM Originally written by memory on 2012-09-05 9:52 PM I would pull up alongside the manure pile to dump. No different than going to the bathroom outside on the farm. Don't use that manure pit material on any vegetable garden...not with human waste in the equation...: ( Just how did we humans survive the first several million years of life on earth?? The idea that our waste is toxic,harmful or just different than any other animal waste is just a misplaced notion. Most cultures actually use human waste as a fertilizer so that crops will grow better. This is the natural way of things. |
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