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03-17-2016, 08:06 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Franklin, TN
Posts: 746
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Interstate Rest Area RV Dump Areas
Will be dry camping in a friends drive for a couple of nights and will need to dump tanks on way home. Noticed on last outing that in Louisiana that the rest area dump sites have locks on the sewer lid. In Alabama they have the water off and similar thing in Tennessee. Was wondering about outher states. Lady in Louisina said they were having issues with sewage being improperly dumped. Any one else seeing this? We do not do much dry camping, generally dump at cg, but in this case have to attend a funeral in Mississippi this week end.
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03-17-2016, 08:41 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Southwest Alabama
Posts: 9,850
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A lot of states and even some private businesses are securing or discontinuing services because of abuse.
Like many other things people perceive as free, it gets abused until the provider has to take steps to prevent the abuse. Either by limiting access (locks, water off, etc.) or by discontinuing it all together. Flying J has had to close dump stations in some of their locations because of improper dumping.
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03-17-2016, 09:02 AM
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Georgia Rally Coordinator
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: GA
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Georgia closed all the rest area dump sites, probably for same reason. Later RJD
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03-17-2016, 09:13 AM
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Left Coast
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: vancouver,washington
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Washington's are open.....Oregon doesn't have 'em
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03-17-2016, 09:18 AM
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Phat Phrog Stunt Team
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Tipp City, OH
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Many of the Pilot and Flying J truck stops have them. If you are a Good Sam member, I think the cost is $5.
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03-17-2016, 09:20 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
Posts: 677
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In La. you have to have the security guard unlock the dump, he will also watch that you do it correctly.
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03-17-2016, 09:22 AM
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Left Coast
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: vancouver,washington
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Ah haw! poop cops! 
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03-17-2016, 09:26 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Mile Hi City
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bob caldwell
Ah haw! poop cops! |
Is being a poop cop better than a poop bandit!? 
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03-17-2016, 09:29 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
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The 'ppop cop' I spoke to told me they locked them after seeing a couple of tanker trucks dumping who knows what into the dump.
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2002 Silverado 1500HD
2014 Rockwood 2703WS 'Emerald Pkg'
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03-17-2016, 09:41 AM
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Left Coast
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: vancouver,washington
Posts: 15,649
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flymhi
Is being a poop cop better than a poop bandit!? |
You need to ask that to the Goshen Rally folks that get to camp by the 'Muck' pile...
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03-17-2016, 10:19 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
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my family an i had a funeral down in fla 2 weeks ago, we park in my uncles yard for 3 days which worked out good, on the way home stopped by a KOA they charged $5 for a clean out.
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03-17-2016, 12:23 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Missouri
Posts: 441
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mikepf5
my family an i had a funeral down in fla 2 weeks ago, we park in my uncles yard for 3 days which worked out good, on the way home stopped by a KOA they charged $5 for a clean out.
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Most private campgrounds will allow you to use their dumps for a fee. When we went thru Georgia this winter on I-75, their rest areas were still allowing clean outs, so don't know what happened there.
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03-17-2016, 12:37 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Out West Somewhere
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Add California to the list of closed Rest Stop sewers. When I ask a "ranger" at one Rest Stop about it, he told me that the state had experienced a lot of kids dumping rocks down the sewer so they were gradually stopping this service at the rest areas. So while I'm not aware if all Rest Stops in the state are now bolted down, but I would not count on them being open in California.
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03-17-2016, 12:44 PM
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Left Coast
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: vancouver,washington
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Just came thru Calif. last week....from south to north...didn't need to use one, but never saw a dump site open on I 10, 40, or 5, at rest areas
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03-17-2016, 04:27 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 8
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The Flying J near us has free dumping at a few pumps. It was crazy to find them the first time but they are there.
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03-17-2016, 07:15 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: N. j.
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I try not to bring anything home in the tanks but some time I get stuck .have a sewer pump I just pump into clean out in drive way the only interstate rest area I know of is the 295 rest area just over the Delaware bridge water is always on dumped there a lot of February nights in the cold way home from FLA
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03-17-2016, 07:37 PM
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Andy & Ann
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Alabama
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Our kids live in Vicksburg. We dry camp in their drive. We always dump between Brandon and Meridian on I20 east bound. Last trip was January.
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03-17-2016, 07:37 PM
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Andy & Ann
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Alabama
Posts: 29
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Haven't had any problems.
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03-17-2016, 08:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 160
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I think IL and IN have closed all theirs due to illegal dumping.
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03-17-2016, 09:14 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Ontario, California
Posts: 2,147
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bob caldwell
Just came thru Calif. last week....from south to north...didn't need to use one, but never saw a dump site open on I 10, 40, or 5, at rest areas
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Fort Tejon rest area I 5 near the Gorman summit still had them open, North and South bound. But then that was four or fiveive months ago
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