RVers who frequent Army Corps of Engineers campgrounds, state campgrounds, RV rallies, or high traffic tourist destinations on a weekend may occasionally find themselves waiting in line at the dump station.
You are probably in a hurry but you know you need to empty your tanks before you go, so there you sit. Here a few suggestions to help move things along. 1. Be ready to take care of business when it’s your turn. This is not the time to get distracted talking to people or flush your system until it sparkles like new.
What your fellow RVers are counting on is efficiency, so take care of the basics and move along. 2. If you notice someone is having trouble getting things done (a new RVer perhaps) then go help them. Show them how to do it (quickly) and help them move along. 3. Other approaches include leaving earlier, emptying your tanks with a portable the day before or just relax and read a novel or magazine. You can always get out and socialize with other RVers in line while you wait. Keeping the sanity in sanitize - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing
You are probably in a hurry but you know you need to empty your tanks before you go, so there you sit. Here a few suggestions to help move things along. 1. Be ready to take care of business when it’s your turn. This is not the time to get distracted talking to people or flush your system until it sparkles like new. 
What your fellow RVers are counting on is efficiency, so take care of the basics and move along. 2. If you notice someone is having trouble getting things done (a new RVer perhaps) then go help them. Show them how to do it (quickly) and help them move along. 3. Other approaches include leaving earlier, emptying your tanks with a portable the day before or just relax and read a novel or magazine. You can always get out and socialize with other RVers in line while you wait. Keeping the sanity in sanitize - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing
4 comments:
Couple of other thoughts:
Carry an extra garden hose for rinsing in case the dump station doesn't have one.
Leave the dump station area cleaner than you found it.
At least one Michigan State Park stations a workamper at the dump station on Sundays with a "community" hose. RV pulls up and the worker hooks up and opens first the black, then the grey tank. when done, he unhooks and the RVer pulls on - "NEXT!"
They tell me they have taken up to 50-60% of the time out of a dump job.
Obviously, for RVers going on to another campground, taking on water will still occupy time.
Another obvous trick to speed things up ... after dumping, move ahead of the station, and out of the way before stowing all the hoses. You could even wait for them all to dry out that way (hang them on the ladder?)
You should'nt fill at the dump anyway...do it before you leave your campsite, or at the next place you stay.
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