Posted on 07/05/2018 23:11
hi guys ,could I just ask please ,what are your honest opinions of motorhomes dumping grey waste on the move on a public highway,
im asking cos I started a thread about this on another forum a few weeks ago and got shot down ,just wandering what your opinions were?
Brian & Jo
Posted on 23/05/2018 21:33 by SteveLWhen you consider the cost of them and the technology available these days, it does seem a little surprising they don't mount a relatively inexpensive strategically placed camera to aid in positioning the waste. Even on my X trail, which cost less than half what we are looking at paying for a MH, I can switch between forward facing, rear or side cameras, or a composite generated aerial view.
Posted on 24/05/2018 06:57
Steve, some of the more upmarket vans are now being fitted with such cameras and an electronic waste release near the drivers dashboard.
this technology will gradually filter down to lesser models over time, but in the meantime why wouldn't the club just make it that bit easier a task to perform?
i don't see a tiny gradient surrounding the drain as a trip hazard, certainly no more so than a. ordinary kerb would be as you approach the ablitions, but this is semantics.
....according to JVB a MH with its door on the wrong side is, no doubt, unfit for purpose as its not std with UK vans...and won't MHers be in the majority, soon? so this is not a sop to just a few vans, this is an infrastructure change that's very necessary to cater for the changing market and membership.
having the waste pipe on the left, the right or the centre doesn't render that van useless...all users just want to be able to dump the water with as much ease as possible with the minimum of fuss and the maximum accuracy....is this too much to ask?....probably, it seems.
DK's photo is fine, the MHSP is well out of the way, a good thing, but for the life of me, I can't see how a slight fall surrounding the drain itself would suddenly make this a lawsuit paradise...
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Posted on 24/05/2018 08:46
Grey matter is the least of your worries. here in Gwynedd. With the council and the Nat Park closing public toilets be very careful if you step off the tarmac in laybys. Cant fathom when the main industry is tourism, why they have this mantra of closing public facilities.
Posted on 24/05/2018 08:29 byDK's photo is fine, the MHSP is well out of the way, a good thing, but for the life of me, I can't see how a slight fall surrounding the drain itself would suddenly make this a lawsuit paradise...
Agreed BB. A law suit waiting to happen is a drain that requires the top to be removed.
A back injury from the lifting.
A trip hazard from the lids laid to one side.
A 60cm square hole with slippery side in which to fall.
How about; I lifted the lid and hurt my back. Dropped the cover. Staggered and tripped over the lid I had dropped because of the injury, and slipped / fell into the drain. Cracked my head open and pick up a severe infection from the unhygienic surroundings. Damaged my back and now in a wheel chair - permanently. Constantly in pain and taking long term antibiotics to control the infection. Should do for starters
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Posted on 24/05/2018 13:54 by DavidKlyneDD
You need one of these
Posted on 24/05/2018 14:22 byNo David I need properly designed dumps, fit for purpose. My van has an internal release. Drive over pull a lever watch the gauge go to zero and drive on (dribbling as we go, of course
Incidentally apropos your comment about the club and concrete sumps. Why are the other service points, the ones caravanners tend to use normally concrete.
Posted on 24/05/2018 17:08
Incidentally apropos your comment about the club and concrete sumps. Why are the other service points, the ones caravanners tend to use normally concrete.
I am not sure they are. They look a bit like porcelain to me or perhaps a heavy duty fibreglass/plastic. I suppose it could be concrete underneath.
To be honest I think it a bit pointless discussing the merit or otherwise of different construction methods as the Club have obviously decided on the design they want to implement and are unlikely to change. The imperative is to get on and convert and get rid of the lift up covers as quickly as possible. A rethink is just going to delay the conversion?
BrianJosie
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