Drive Off With Grey Waste Drain Tap Open Why? (2 Viewers)

[MR. FUSION]

Just putting things in perpective.

A few drops of grey water Vs tons of mud & shit

Not many farmers to my knowledge post on the net fretting about the ton of shit they just dumped on the road, and indeed the damage their 20 odd ton tractor driving up the road verges has just done to the road system either. So lets take a leaf out of their book and chill.

 

[Yorick]

Not many farmers to my knowledge post on the net fretting about the ton of shit they just dumped on the road, and indeed the damage their 20 odd ton tractor driving up the road verges has just done to the road system either. So lets take a leaf out of their book and chill.

So we can now dump (sic) the toilet cartridge and blame the farmers ?

Result

 

[MR. FUSION]

So we can now dump (sic) the toilet cartridge and blame the farmers ?

Result

Mr Yorick you know very well which travelling fraternity to blame for that particular indescretion

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[David j Paley]

Could we Take people who do this sort of thing reg number and van make. Name and Shame in a forum. But this type of person probably wouldn't care.

 

[Yorick]

Could we Take people who do this sort of thing reg number and van make. Name and Shame in a forum. But this type of person probably wouldn't care.

Is the biggest crime known to man ?

 

[Stroppy Bird]

Is the biggest crime known to man ?

No - running your generator after 8pm is.

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[Wildbill]

If there was any danger on the road it would be to motorcyclist one of the contributors to this thread by his aviator is a very keen biker I also ride and don't see a issue have even ridden behind a motor home with it's tap open without a problem
I never close my tap but do ensure the tank is drained before moving off sometimes.
As for legality of letting a bit of soppy water down a layby drain pleas show the legislation a act of parliament
to that effect
bill

 

[Yorick]

No - running your generator after 8pm is.

And if you were picking your nose at the same time ?

Sorry, it doesn't bear thinking about

 

[funflair]

As a kid my parents used to chuck the washing up water onto the garden. What's the difference ?

I guess one difference was that it was their garden.

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[tonyidle]

Caravan Club CLs are not required to provide grey water disposal facilities. To the best of my knowledge their advice was to distribute it along the site boundaries. I use CLs regularly and even if there is a grey water drain it's often unapproachable with a MH. So I use what I believe to be common sense and dispose of it in a hedge adjacent to a layby or down a road drainage grid. I cannot believe how precious some funsters are about washing up / personal washing water. Our roads and drainage systems have to cope with everything you have ever seen on the roads and with hundreds of tons of road salt every year. It's absolutely unreasonable (or worse) behaviour to dispose of it on a pitch because until the next heavy rain it will smell and food particles will remain. As for the options above I can't see any harm, any laws being broken, or any damage to the environment. Once my tank is drained I too leave the valve open until next use. It does prevent tank smells.

 

[Yorick]

Caravan Club CLs are not required to provide grey water disposal facilities. To the best of my knowledge their advice was to distribute it along the site boundaries. I use CLs regularly and even if there is a grey water drain it's often unapproachable with a MH. So I use what I believe to be common sense and dispose of it in a hedge adjacent to a layby or down a road drainage grid. I cannot believe how precious some funsters are about washing up / personal washing water. Our roads and drainage systems have to cope with everything you have ever seen on the roads and with hundreds of tons of road salt every year. It's absolutely unreasonable (or worse) behaviour to dispose of it on a pitch because until the next heavy rain it will smell and food particles will remain. As for the options above I can't see any harm, any laws being broken, or any damage to the environment. Once my tank is drained I too leave the valve open until next use. It does prevent tank smells.

Oi. Don't you come on here talking common sense and making salient points.




<Mumbles>whatever's the world coming to. When I was a lad etc...

 

[MR. FUSION]

Caravan Club CLs are not required to provide grey water disposal facilities. To the best of my knowledge their advice was to distribute it along the site boundaries. I use CLs regularly and even if there is a grey water drain it's often unapproachable with a MH. So I use what I believe to be common sense and dispose of it in a hedge adjacent to a layby or down a road drainage grid. I cannot believe how precious some funsters are about washing up / personal washing water. Our roads and drainage systems have to cope with everything you have ever seen on the roads and with hundreds of tons of road salt every year. It's absolutely unreasonable (or worse) behaviour to dispose of it on a pitch because until the next heavy rain it will smell and food particles will remain. As for the options above I can't see any harm, any laws being broken, or any damage to the environment. Once my tank is drained I too leave the valve open until next use. It does prevent tank smells.

Yes good point, perhaps wildman and DJP can advise us on what to do with a tankfull of grey water after being on a CL site ??????

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[DavidG58]

It really doesn't matter where you have stayed, dirty water needs to be disposed of with respect for all

Splashing pedestrians / cyclists. if near a town as you leave is not

Causing a visual nuisance by dumping while moving is not

Spraying anything else following you on the road is not

Leaving a wet patch in the bed as you leave is not

If no gulley available then a hedge bottom or grassy area is nearly perfect, the trouble is onloookers will think it is toilet waste

I can see no justification for driving with valve open, if it so important to you to leave it open when parked then open it on your drive when you get home

Respect others please

 

[Wildman]

Yes good point, perhaps wildman and DJP can advise us on what to do with a tankfull of grey water after being on a CL site ??????

only too pleased to, indeed I have already mentioned it. People visiting my CL are advised to use a grass filter and leave the tap open but closing it BEFORE leAVING THE SITE. tHAT WAY NO ONE HAS CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT and I don't get a visit from the local council requesting me to stop people spreading grey waste along the road. If you do that on every site you will not arrive with a tankfull of waste.

 

[MR. FUSION]

only too pleased to, indeed I have already mentioned it. People visiting my CL are advised to use a grass filter and leave the tap open but closing it BEFORE leAVING THE SITE. tHAT WAY NO ONE HAS CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT and I don't get a visit from the local council requesting me to stop people spreading grey waste along the road. If you do that on every site you will not arrive with a tankfull of waste.

So what happens on a hardstanding site with no grass ??????

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[irnbru]

For the record It is ILLEGAL to dump grey waste down a layby or roadside drain.

Not so sure. I dont think it covers household activities, could be wrong though.

 

[Allanm]

I followed an Autotrail on Sunday leaving Le Weekend event at Sandwich in Kent driving towards Dover trailing grey waste all over my local road!
He had probably been running his generator the previous night on a campsite too.........

 

[DavidG58]

So what happens on a hardstanding site with no grass ??????

We have a 3m hose to direct our waste down hard to reach gulleys, that would get off most hard standing I have used and not leave the pitch wet

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[Enword]

We live in a rural farming area we get Knackers lorry's recovering fallen stock with the liquid running out the back, slurry tankers & dung spreaders leaving a trail, & cattle lorry's (twice a week to the market) with pee & sh1t running out the back. That just rural life thats how it is, dont bother us at all, so a bit of grey is a luxury to us , We race in all over GB plus a bit in Europe 90% of circuits have no where to drop grey!!! Oh & we ride on the road.

 

[MR. FUSION]

Leaving a wet patch in the bed as you leave

I thought this was a thread about grey waste not silver surfers

 

[MR. FUSION]

We live in a rural farming area we get Knackers lorry's recovering fallen stock with the liquid running out the back, slurry tankers & dung spreaders leaving a trail, & cattle lorry's (twice a week to the market) with pee & sh1t running out the back. That just rural life thats how it is, dont bother us at all, so a bit of grey is a luxury to us , We race in all over GB plus a bit in Europe 90% of circuits have no where to drop grey!!! Oh & we ride on the road.

yep you also reminded me of following the fish waste lorries down the A90 from Peterhead spilling their noxious fluids onto the roads. Again grey waste pales Into insignificance compared to that!!!

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[Enword]

yep you also reminded me of following the fish waste lorries down the A90 from Peterhead spilling their noxious fluids onto the roads. Again grey waste pales Into insignificance compared to that!!!

Haha it don't pass our door but there is one that picks up wast from Launceston, now that is really nasty

 

[gibbon]

I think a lot of us agree that dropping the grey descretely & most definitely OUT OF THE NONE MOTORHOMING PUBLIC VIEW is the best way to go about it.
I was at a farm britstop about a year ago, parked between two nice late model m/homes when suddenly they both drove off in unison, grey taps wide open straight onto the road.
They left us sat in a 20ft puddle of grey water & effectively trapped in our van unless wellies were deployed !
It was a hot day & scores of people were milling about, I was so embarrassed to be included in such an apparently rude & selfish minority that I drove away shortly after.
Don't get me wrong, I never take my grey home either, & frankly there's more to worry about in life than a tank of grey water, but for gods sake at least dump it when no ones about

 

[PhilandMena]

Nothing wrong with emptying grey on roadside.

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[Don Quixote]

I know lets have a "Gray waste team" many who have commented on this thread could do the job.... they could monitor ALL MH'ers and report them to the local council and local police whom would of course say "GET A LIFE"

There are worse things in life people than worrying about someone's gray waste.

 

[Jim]

Over the years I suppose I've let a few ton of grey dribble onto the highway, never enough to leave a trail you could follow, but a drip, drip. That said I have never left a rally field or a campsite with the tap open, that takes a particular type of prat. If I'm on a rally field that is unlikely to have anyone pitched on it in the near future, I'm happy to to let it go under my van, but I would never let grey out on a proper site pitch, that takes a particular type of lazy selfish prat.

 

[mariner]

Well, is it Grey Waste or is it Gray Waste?

Which is right?

There's only one way to find out...................................................................................

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[Ockerron]

When we were caravanning and used a WasteMaster to collect grey waste, I was appalled at the smell that was occasionally produced when in a hot climate. Ours was predominantly shower and washing waste (no, we do not pee or anything else in our shower!) and washing up water, although with heavy soiling from greasy or heavily tomato based meals I would use the on site facilities. Converting to motorhoming, I have assumed that this will be the case with the grey waste holding tank and therefore would NEVER allow the contents to pour out as we drive off. Naturally, if we have just used an emptying point we leave the drain open so a the dregs may trickle out, but its never much. I have often been asked on sites to dispose of grey waste in the hedgerows, it doesn't do any harm at all, but would NEVER let it contaminate a pitch. Essentially we need to keep a sense of proportion (it's not nuclear, radioactive waste for God's sake) but we also need to be considerate of other campers/road-users. Its not hard, is it???

 

[Ockerron]

Well, is it Grey Waste or is it Gray Waste?

Which is right?

There's only one way to find out...................................................................................

'Grey' if you are speaking the Queen's English, and 'gray' if you are of the American persuasion.

 

[mariner]

'Grey' if you are speaking the Queen's English, and 'gray' if you are of the American persuasion.

Fair point, so if your in a Brit Box it's Grey, in Yank RV it's Gray and if it's a Euro Box it's Gris, or Grau.

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