Rob Siegel and taking a dump

[halboyles]

Off topic and surely Rob didn't want this posted on this forum, so, of course, I did.

 

https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/the-dirty-little-secret-of-rv-ownership/?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20_September_19_Newsletter_Weekend

[jimk]

Rode once with my nephew.  This is the last thing I remember from the trip!

[John76]

1 hour ago, halboyles said:

Rob didn't want this posted on this forum

 

I think he meant to post it on the other BMW forum...Brown Muddy Water.

[Teelinger]

I've wondered about this when I see RVs and trailers at campsites. 

 

Now that I know, I think I'll stick with my Vanagon camper - sans toilet. 

[Mike Self]

1 hour ago, Teelinger said:

I've wondered about this when I see RVs and trailers at campsites. 

 

Now that I know, I think I'll stick with my Vanagon camper - sans toilet. 

and I think I'll stick with motels and B&Bs...

 

But it could be worse--think of how the holding tanks on boats have to be drained--no gravity there...if not into the body of water upon which the boat is floating...

 

mike

[OriginalOwner]

+1 Mike,  "..... I'll stick with motels and B&Bs ......."

 

Cheers,

 

Carl

 

Edited September 19, 2020 by OriginalOwner

[Son of Marty]

I've been a RV owner for over 30 years and have owned motorhomes, trailers and 5th wheels  in reality dumping the tanks is just another chore and accidents almost never happen. First timers are understandably nervous but your just hooking a hose up between 2 spigots pretty hard to screw up. It's a bit harder on small R/V's because you have small tanks and have to dump more often but anything larger and you should only have to do it once a week for 2 people and if you can't stand the thought of a little poop in your life don't have kids. West of the Mississippi most if not all states have some rest areas with RV dumps for free so you just pick the closest on to home and empty there.

[steve oneill]

I had my fill of "camping" thanks to the USArmy. My sister and her husband have celebrated a wedding anniversary in a lean to shed below Pike's Peak, taken a tandem bike across the country, dipping the front tire in the Pacific and months later in the Atlantic. But their most courageous adventure: biking out of Heathrow Airport into the heart of London with the loonies who drive on the wrong side.

 

My take on all this: I am roughing it if the cruise control on the rental car is not working.

 

 

 

 

[borgpj]

We have the good fortune to own a restored 1973 Revcon motorhome to go along with our 1973 Sahara.  Love both vehicles.  Wish I could flat-tow the Sahara behind the motorhome, but I hear it's not good for the BMW transmission.

Speaking of taking a dump, I was once blissfully emptying the dump tanks at a campground when the hose blew off the connector.  After quickly shutting the dump valve, I spent the next 15 minutes hosing off the dump station, the motorhome and my flip flops. We still laugh and laugh about that disaster.  All part of the deal...

[adawil2002]

19 hours ago, Mike Self said:

and I think I'll stick with motels and B&Bs...

 

But it could be worse--think of how the holding tanks on boats have to be drained--no gravity there...if not into the body of water upon which the boat is floating...

 

mike

 

That's how I camp since being flooded out at Lime Rock 2013.

[Road trip]

I look forward to Rob playing one of Muddy Waters songs 

[dirving]

Or perhaps Dirty Water

[TodB]

3 hours ago, adawil2002 said:

 

That's how I camp since being flooded out at Lime Rock 2013.

Still scarred from that, eh?

 

[Vicleonardo1]

1 hour ago, TodB said:

Still scarred from that, eh?

 

For a second, I thought you were holding a fishing pole. Now that would have been funny.....

[Mike A]

We ancient infantrymen still believe the 12” slit trench works best