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Old 06-14-2015, 08:43 PM   #1
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Once we got back to town we headed for the dump station.. Much to our surprise and shock there are a lot of RV'ers that drain their tanks gloveless! We had a pretty good chat about it and the importance of using gloves.. Am I thinking wrong or is the one job that gloves are a must??
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They probably are the same people that go number two and walk away without washing their handsThen touch everything just before you do
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Once we got back to town we headed for the dump station.. Much to our surprise and shock there are a lot of RV'ers that drain their tanks gloveless! We had a pretty good chat about it and the importance of using gloves.. Am I thinking wrong or is the one job that gloves are a must??
i always use gloves, i keep a box of the blue gloves in the trailer.
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i always use gloves, i keep a box of the blue gloves in the trailer.
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Six bucks for a box of 100 why would you NOT use them.
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Old 06-14-2015, 09:16 PM   #5
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I do use gloves now but didn't for 25+ years but always washed hands afterwards............ Next question is do those that use gloves know the proper way to take them off without contaminating themselves.... Many do not !!!! That can also provide false security..........


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In addition to knowing how to properly take them off, you need to remember that gloves do not negate the need for hand washing with soap after dumping your tanks.

If you ever needed incentive for using gloves, pay attention to what many do when dumping. I saw one guy stick the hose at the dump site up his sewer drain while it was open and let everything fall back out on the pavement over the hose. No gloves there either. He finished by a quick rinse with water and pulled away. Working as a GI nurse, I can tell you there are infections such clostridium difficile (c diff) that are common and hand sanitizer does not kill. Warm soapy water and proper scrubbing is necessary or you will get this nasty diarrhea and forms of it are drug resistant.
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All you got to remember is the poop is inside the hose not on the outside.
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All you got to remember is the poop is inside the hose not on the outside.
Not always, see my post above.
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Once we got back to town we headed for the dump station.. Much to our surprise and shock there are a lot of RV'ers that drain their tanks gloveless! We had a pretty good chat about it and the importance of using gloves.. Am I thinking wrong or is the one job that gloves are a must??

You are not wrong! We keep: paper towel, hand wipes, sanitizer and gloves in our "dump" bucket.


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All you got to remember is the poop is inside the hose not on the outside.

Tell that to my DH. He'll tell you a story about poop being inside the hose. He's gotten "dumped" on more than once trying to get the fittings correct; from our TT and a RV neighbor he was trying to help.


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maybe, I must be doing something wrong, I don't use gloves, and my hands never have touched the waste that comes out of the hose
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Gloves also break so you need to wash after. I use vinyl gloves because of a latex allergy and they are not as heavy so they break easy. Tried a non latex dish washing glove but to throw away they are expensive so I go wash up with them on then again after they are clean. Also when I get home the bucket with stinky slinky gets soap hot water and some Clorox not a lot it will make plastics brittle. Oh and my gloves go in a zip lock bag after they dry and I use a store plastic bag to open the bathroom door so i don't touch the door or the tap with the gloves.
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We keep a box of rubber gloves in our TT just for that. Yucko. But then again, I make hubby do all of the stinky slinky stuff. LOL
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I guess I'm OCD because even with using the gloves, I wash my hands with hot soapy water when I'm done. And I do indeed take the gloves off reversing them as they come off.
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[QUOTE=mark0224;893681]Gloves also break so you need to wash after. I use vinyl gloves because of a latex allergy and they are not as heavy so they break easy. E]

Go to your local Napa or Pep boys and get a box of nitral mech's gloves , $6 for box of 100, way stronger than vinyl and no latex allergy.
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I go gloveless and wash up afterwards.
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I spend extended periods of time at a location with no sewer facilities. It's not too bad for me to unhook and drive my class A to the nearest dump facility eight miles away but a friend who stays there too has a TT that's too much work to hook up to move. When he empties his black tank into 5 gallon buckets for disposal, he wears not only gloves but a full tyvek hazmat suit.

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I spend extended periods of time at a location with no sewer facilities. It's not too bad for me to unhook and drive my class A to the nearest dump facility eight miles away but a friend who stays there too has a TT that's too much work to hook up to move. When he empties his black tank into 5 gallon buckets for disposal, he wears not only gloves but a full tyvek hazmat suit.

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The portable dump transfer tanks are a good deal when you can just roll them over to a dumping facility. Unfortunately, when the sewage needs to be loaded into a pickup truck and hauled 1/2 to 1 mile away for disposal, the portable tanks don't work very well. The portable tanks, when filled, are way too heavy to lift onto a truck bed. Even a ramp will be difficult without a winch to pull the tank up into the bed.

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The portable dump transfer tanks are a good deal when you can just roll them over to a dumping facility. Unfortunately, when the sewage needs to be loaded into a pickup truck and hauled 1/2 to 1 mile away for disposal, the portable tanks don't work very well. The portable tanks, when filled, are way too heavy to lift onto a truck bed. Even a ramp will be difficult without a winch to pull the tank up into the bed.

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That's why you put pneumatic tires on the tanks and pull them to the dump station with your tow vehicle.
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