Easy Gray Tank Water Disposal

SereneCamping · April 19

Gray Tank Water Disposal…. Prior to owning our 360, my wife and I had a 2020 320 Boondock, which we loved! For years we would travel with a Camco Rhino 21 gallon holding tank, which I would use to dispose of our Gray Tank water at the campground dump station. During a trip to the Black Hills (SD), we camped at Sylvan Lake Campground and discovered that there was no dump station. So I had to improvise how to manage our Gray Water and I came up with this solution that I have used ever since…. Every 2 days I use our short “stinky slinky” and the Cassette to pull off Gray Water and walk it to the nearby toilet for disposal. Emptying the Cassette initially and then making 2-3 trips with Gray Water and everything is done. No more Camco Rhino to haul around and it typically takes less than 30 mins, depending on how close the bathroom or pit toilet is to our site. And this provides a good rinsing of the Cassette, getting it ready for more use.

Here are my basic steps:

1. Attach the “slinky” to your Gray Tank drain outlet

2. Remove the slide cover on the Cassette and open the tank by turning the green knob

3. Insert the other end of the “slinky”. This connector fits beautifully, so no spilling

4. Hold the “slinky” in place and open the Gray Tank valve. YOUR CASSETTE ONLY HOLDS 5 GALLONS MAX, SO DON’T OVER FILL AND CAUSE A MESS AT YOUR SITE. ONCE YOU CLOSE THE GRAY TANK VALVE THERE IS STILL WATER IN THE “SLINKY” THAT NEEDS TO GET INTO THE CASSETTE

5. Use the green vent button to increase/decrease the flow rate of water from your Gray tank

Hope sharing this may help some of you out. Happy Trails!

This is all I need to easily dispose of Gray Water while camping

Attach the “slinky” to your Gray Tank drain outlet

Remove the slide cover on the Cassette and open the tank by turning the green knob

Insert the other end of the “slinky”. This connector fits beautifully, so no spilling

Hold the “slinky” in place and open the Gray Tank valve. YOUR CASSETTE ONLY HOLDS 5 GALLONS MAX, SO DON’T OVER FILL AND CAUSE A MESS AT YOUR SITE. ONCE YOU CLOSE THE GRAY TANK VALVE THERE IS STILL WATER IN THE “SLINKY” THAT NEEDS TO GET INTO THE CASSETTE

Use the green vent button to increase/decrease the flow rate of water from your Gray tank

AnOldUR · April 19

SereneCamping said:

... discovered that there was no dump station ... and walk it to the nearby toilet for disposal. Emptying the Cassette initially and then making 2-3 trips with Gray Water ...

Have to wonder if they didn't have a dump station because their septic or holding tank was not adequate for that purpose. Best practice would be to ask for permission before dumping a cassette into any public toilet (flush or pit).

MarkAl · April 19

Why "ask" permission? Be responsible and careful and if you spill when dumping in the outhouse or toilet clean it up. I find it's easy to dump when the cassette is not real full. If it is specifically not allowed by a sign (I've not seen this but have heard) my fallback would be to load in the TV and take to a local bathroom or dump during the night or early morning - much less desirable.

But then I'm also trying to understand why it's okay for tenters to dump refuse water into the woods but not campers. We use "environment friendly" dish cleaner or it's just toothpaste / water. Note that we normally camp in unimproved campsites with other tenters so it's an obvious disconnect.

Slackers · April 19

I'll agree with @MarkAl if a person uses a flush toilet. If it's a vault, then I'd go with @AnOldUR to ask for permission.

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