Looking for a dump station (free?) - Montana Owners Club

dsprik · 10-09-2006, 03:16 PM

Wasn't there a website (or more) that showed free dump sites? I am sitting here between Asheville and Hendersonville, NC. I need to find a dump station... Any help?

Hemlockusa · 10-09-2006, 03:29 PM

Hi Dave... Sometime's if you can find the state web site, it will give rest stops which in some states would show if they had a dump site or not. Otherwise check out their state parks close by, most everyone should have a dump station. Hope you to are having FUN - looking forward to meeting you in Branson this spring.

John

Sandymom · 10-09-2006, 03:38 PM

Dave,

I don't know if it's any help or not, but I just searched both NC and SC near your location and the only dump station listed is in Gaffney, SC. Probably not a good option....

Good luck!

Mike

Sandymom · 10-09-2006, 03:40 PM

Dave - Here's the web site I was using for the lookup:

http://www.rvdumps.com/index.htm

faeb and genb · 10-09-2006, 04:35 PM

All of the Flying J's that we have stopped at had a dump site. hope this helps.
Gene

dsprik · 10-09-2006, 04:44 PM

I thought I would not have a problem either... Then all of a sudden, here I am. Really odd. Can't believe there's no dump stations near. Todd's RV charges $10, but there sewer is plugged - not good. Rutledge Lake CG will let me dump - for $28...

boat391 · 10-09-2006, 05:15 PM

love's and some T A truckstops have dumpstations also have seen them In Petro truckstops hope this helps a little

Parrothead · 10-09-2006, 06:31 PM

Dave
Aren't you at your sister-in-laws? Unless they are on septic there should be an outlet to the sewer somewhere. We have two at our stick house. We have to hook up 40 ft of hose to do but we can and it takes a different size connector unless you just hold the hose. We have noticed a lot of our campgrounds charge $5 so the $28 sounds really high but the $10 is probably reasonable. Some RV service places have them also. Have you check any of those? Good Luck!
Happy trails.....................

2007dura · 10-09-2006, 07:03 PM

There are a couple of campgrounds here in Hendersonville. Don't know how much they will charge to dump, but don't think it will be as much as Rutledge Lake.

Montana Sky · 10-09-2006, 08:52 PM

My park charges $5 to use the dump station. Just went there today and cleaned everything out getting ready for winter storage. Came across a couple Flying J's that have a free dump site as well. Just have to look for it.

dsprik · 10-10-2006, 02:06 AM

Thanks for your input everyone. I don't seem to have any truck stops within a 30 mile radius of me. I am sitting between exit 44 and 49 on I-26 on Brookside Camp Rd. I will go on the major truck stop sites to double check. I believe there are some CGs other than Rutledge around. I will go to Trailer Life and check. It may come down to taking a 2 hr round trip every week to dump.

Maybe that $28 doesn't sound that bad...

Also, checked on the sewer setup up here at my sister-in-laws when we first got here. Apparently they don't have an easy access to the septic tank and it's pretty close to where the customers are on the driving range. I still want to investigate a little on that, but my sister-in-law seems hesitant, so I'm not sure I want to push the issue. She already paid to have 50 amp service put in for us.

I will do some more checking online...

fulltimedreamer · 10-10-2006, 04:50 AM

Dave,

If you're going to be there a while, it may be worth looking into a macerator. The output of a macerator is a water hose that can be put into amy toilet to empty. Look here: http://www.emptythetanks.com/order_online.htm# Scroll down a bit to see some of the less expensive options.

2007dura · 10-10-2006, 05:28 AM

Here are some links to campgrounds in the Hendersonville, Flat Rock area. I know there are 2 right off the Upward Road exit, which is right down from exit 49 toward SC.
http://www.lakewoodrvresort.com/
http://www.parkplacervpark.com/
http://www.nctwinponds.com/
http://www.townmountaintravelpark.com/

dsprik · 10-10-2006, 03:53 PM

Alan,

Found 2 RV parks. I went to the one right off Upward Rd. $5. But had to pull into a site to dump. I don't have a problem with that... Thanks for everyone's input. There are NO major truck stops near us (within 50 miles) in this part of NC. I checked online with Flying J, Loves, TA, Petro, Speedway, and several other websites. Nothing. I take it back on the 50 mile statement... there was one about 30 miles away on I-40 west of Asheville - too far.

Lamar,

I was involved in our discussion last year about macerators. It HAS come to mind recently. I guess it will come to down to if the pain of -

rigging down every 6 days and driving several miles around in the mountains on 8 ft 6 in, curvey roads with NO shoulders, with moderate to heavy traffic, including semis and dump trucks and many misc construction vehicles too big (and too fast) for these roads and then driving on some of the roughest Interstates I have ever been on (did I mention heavy traffic 24/7?) -

is worse than the pain of opening up my wallet for something that I am just not sure yet if I would ever get my money's worth out of it over the long haul - then I will buy one...

Sorry... was that a little over the top???

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