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  • BSB Tourers
    BSB Tourers Forum Participant Posts: 2
    edited January 2018 #32

    Thanks for the advice all.  We only have a 40 litre on board tank so think a collapsible container and a trolley will do the job.  We'll be staying mostly at race tracks so hope to avoid the perils of waste disposal at club sites being discussed!

  • young thomas
    young thomas Forum Participant Posts: 11,356
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    edited January 2018 #33

    absolutely right, TW...

    With the manhole covers, you either remove them (it) first while you have a bit of room (and risk driving into it....) or wait until aligned and then risk a back injury in trying to lift it with half your MH overhanging it..

    it couldnt be made more difficult if someone sat down and tried...

    its obvious that no one from 'the sites team' has ever tried to empty grey water from a MH (uk or continental....it makes no difference)....

    in fact, i havent joined in the '5 changes thread' (just happy reading theninteresting responses) but this would be on my list.....

  • Navigateur
    Navigateur Club Member Posts: 3,880 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited January 2018 #34

     Get your girlfriend to try lifting one of the manhole covers

    You have not met her yet.  She is more of a tea-pot cover girlt!

  • brue
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    edited January 2018 #35

    Hope all goes well...you know what to expect now! wink

  • Navigateur
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    edited January 2018 #36

    We'll be staying mostly at race tracks so hope to avoid the perils of waste disposal at club sites being discussed!

    So where does the waste go at a racetrack then?  And are these not Club sites anymore?

  • ABM
    ABM Forum Participant Posts: 14,578
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    edited January 2018 #37

    Cannot  speak  for  ALL  'tracks  Navigateur  but  Wincanton  had  a  pretty  normal  "Hole  in  the  Ground"  with  a  DGB manhole  cover.

    Sadly  tho'  Wincanton  is  no  longer  on  our  Club  Site  List.

     

    { P.S.   DGB  ==>  Dirty  Great  Big  --  a  term  applied  to  many  engineers  in  my  area  by  our  lovely  but  tiny  Clerical  Assistant  }

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited January 2018 #38

    I seem to remember both Uttoxeter and Warwick not being easy to use.frown

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited January 2018 #39

    I suspect that the OP may be following motorsports or something similar. Could be wrong though.......

  • hitchglitch
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    edited January 2018 #40

    Funny how so many of these threads get dragged off topic by people’s pet hates on Club sites. Quite clearly the OP doesn’t use Club sites and the collapsible carrier seems a good option. 40 litres is quite small for a fresh water tank and if you’re using the shower etc. the water will require regular top-up.

    I think I would park close to a tap and take a long flat hose with me.

  • ABM
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    edited January 2018 #41

    I  don't  know  what  pastimes  the  OP  has,  TDA,  but  I'm  sure  that  the  'race tracks'  mentioned  above  are  of  the  Gee Gee  variety  !  Certainly  Wincanton  is.

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited January 2018 #42

    Stayed on lots of Racecourse sites, in fact prefer them to be honest. Wincanton is a sad loss. Never been to likes of Donnington Park, Mallory etc.... so not sure of what goes on therelaughing

    Waste points are not a pet hate, we cope fine anywhere with a hosepipe and a bucket, but others may prefer/require  something different. Club Site options are not usually the easiest, either in terms of location or manual handling requirements.smile

  • brue
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    edited January 2018 #43

    OH has done a lot of motor racing and I thought the OP meant race tracks where you need to be pretty self sufficient. There are usually good wash blocks nearby.

  • JVB66
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    edited January 2018 #44

    I remember years ago Folkstone racecourse ( now i understand going to  have 12000 houses built where it was)we were told "just open your waste tank tap as you leavesurprised 

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited January 2018 #45

    My thoughts as well brue, rather than staying on horse racing courses. Hopefully OP can tell us a bit more, lots of folks stay at motor racing events. 

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited January 2018 #46

    We used to use the Trax sites, Hexham, Wetherby etc... Hexham still has a nice campsite, both vans and tents. Women's facilities were ok, but men's were not so good. 

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