WasteMaster....Friend or Fo?
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I think the Wastemaster is a wonderful bit of kit. Its almost indestructible. If you use your own onboard facilities you need something with a decent capacity. Now we have a motorhome we, of course, have an onboard waste tank but even so if you stay on
site for more than a couple of days you still need to decant the waste water if you don't want to take the motorhome to the waste point. For this I use a Fiamma 23 lt waste container.David
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I think the Wastemaster is a wonderful bit of kit. Its almost indestructible. If you use your own onboard facilities you need something with a decent capacity. Now we have a motorhome we, of course, have an onboard waste tank but even so if you stay on
site for more than a couple of days you still need to decant the waste water if you don't want to take the motorhome to the waste point. For this I use a Fiamma 23 lt waste container.David
We also have the Fiamma which we used for the caravan and hope to use for the new motorhome.
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I think the Wastemaster is a wonderful bit of kit. Its almost indestructible. If you use your own onboard facilities you need something with a decent capacity. Now we have a motorhome we, of course, have an onboard waste tank but even so if you stay on
site for more than a couple of days you still need to decant the waste water if you don't want to take the motorhome to the waste point. For this I use a Fiamma 23 lt waste container.David
if you only empty a 23 ltr once a day you should be able to have 4 days or so of not having to, just by using your waste tank...
we generally get five days before having to even consider what to do about the waste water...and as most of our stops are 5 days or less, we rarely need to do anything else.
the penalty for this overt laziness?.....having to drive over the waste point on the way out and turning a tap......
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We got rid of the wastemaster and the aquaroll when we moved to the M/H, we do have a small square black flat container 20lts that we use if we are on sites for longer than 3 days, it does have a handle and wheels that you can attach but OH usually just
lifts it before it gets full so not too heavy provided he's not got a long walk. It sits in the foot well on the habitation door just nice when travelling.0 -
the penalty for this overt laziness?.....having to drive over the waste point on the way out and turning a tap......
You forgot the bit about having to lift the CC's heavy manhole covers. At some of the other sites you might indeed be lucky and only have to turn the tap on.
I have still got a wastemast but never had an aquaroll. If I am going to a site for a long stay (in excessof 5/7 days) I take the wastemaster either in the boot of my towed car or strapped to the rear roof ladder using bungie cords.
Never had a problem getting it to the disposal point.
peedee
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...but the new service points will be rolled out this year, wont they?
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We have a Wastemaster and an Aquaroll. Must admit, hubby does most, sorry, all the filling and emptying, seems to be a man's job!
They do seem to be a very British "thing" though, we very rarely see other Europeans using them. You can always identify fellow Brits on French campsites, towing their Aquarolls!
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...but the new service points will be rolled out this year, wont they?
The plan is to have all sites converted within the next 15/20 years according to a reply I got from the Sites Co-Ordinator.
David
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...but the new service points will be rolled out this year, wont they?
The plan is to have all sites convert within the next 15/20 years according to a reply I got from the Sites Co-Ordinator.
David
let's not rush it, we want to get it right
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We carry a wastemaster - make unknown now, and have done since we started motorhoming 8 years ago. Reason then was there were no motorhome points on sites we stayed on so we had to decant into something. Does the job very well on the odd ocassion we use
it now but I, as a mere woman, find it easy to remove drag and empty, maybe it's because we have a good clearance?. They are great on CL's too where the owner asks that grey waste is disposed off along hedgerow or around trees - can't do that from the onboard
tank
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They are great on CL's too where the owner asks that grey waste is disposed off along hedgerow or around trees - can't do that from the onboard tank
That is very interesting. At my first ever CS I asked the owner how he would prefer me to dispose of grey water and felt as if I had asked If I should tip it outside his front door! (I was concerned that I might unnecessarily fill up what was probably cess-pit drainage).
Ever since, I have put the grey down the CDP.
So WHAT is the correct etiquette??
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The vast majority of CL sites we have stayed we have piped or emptied the grey waste into the hedgerow or trees,I always make a point of asking the owner first.all have appreciated me asking as it costs a lot of money to have their waste tanks emptied.
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The problem is uniquely a UK one, and particularly CC sites which are manicured, frequently with hard standing, and no hedges between pitches. There are fewer opportunities to dispose of grey waste in the borders and hedges because there often aren't any.
I would dispute that grey waste without food particles creates smells but I would be wary of creating a soggy pitch. My guess is that a large number of CC visitors crack the waste cap so that the water runs away. Since it seems to rain all the time in the
UK it sometimes seems a bit daft to struggle to a disposal point. For all those conscientious objectors I would ask what they think that campers (yes, in tents!) do with their waste water. I do object when campers children use the pitch as a toilet though.
Still, last time we inhabited such a pitch the smell dispersed in a day or so.0
