(Excuse the bad pun.)
Washington State Parks just sent out a survey to gather information about how pumpout stations are used and what could be done to improve them. It got me thinking.
First, I will say that we always pumpout at a facility. We have never dumped overboard. Around here, there is really no excuse. But, I will say that I have found the situation to be lacking in a couple of ways. First, if there is one at all, the pumpout dock often gets tucked away somewhere that is less than convenient to get into and out of. But, many locations do not have a fixed station at a dock and, instead, offer mobile pumpout carts.
Great, except I have never found a cart that didn't take an unpleasant job and make it worse. My complaint is the big, heavy, and stiff hose and the way it is coiled onto the cart. I get that these need to be rugged and not leak. So, they are over-engineered. And, there might not really be a better way to do it. But ... I don't know ... maybe someone out there lives in a little pocket of paradise where they have quietly solved this problem and forgot to tell us.
The beasts I am talking about are things that look like this: Portable PumpOut | Sewage PumpOut System | Marine PumpOut The hose is stiff and weighs a ton, even if you manage to get most of the liquid out of it, and it is nearly impossible to handle without it touching something you didn't want it to touch. Gloves are not quite enough PPE to do the job easily.
Does anyone live somewhere with a better solution?
Washington State Parks just sent out a survey to gather information about how pumpout stations are used and what could be done to improve them. It got me thinking.
First, I will say that we always pumpout at a facility. We have never dumped overboard. Around here, there is really no excuse. But, I will say that I have found the situation to be lacking in a couple of ways. First, if there is one at all, the pumpout dock often gets tucked away somewhere that is less than convenient to get into and out of. But, many locations do not have a fixed station at a dock and, instead, offer mobile pumpout carts.
Great, except I have never found a cart that didn't take an unpleasant job and make it worse. My complaint is the big, heavy, and stiff hose and the way it is coiled onto the cart. I get that these need to be rugged and not leak. So, they are over-engineered. And, there might not really be a better way to do it. But ... I don't know ... maybe someone out there lives in a little pocket of paradise where they have quietly solved this problem and forgot to tell us.
The beasts I am talking about are things that look like this: Portable PumpOut | Sewage PumpOut System | Marine PumpOut The hose is stiff and weighs a ton, even if you manage to get most of the liquid out of it, and it is nearly impossible to handle without it touching something you didn't want it to touch. Gloves are not quite enough PPE to do the job easily.
Does anyone live somewhere with a better solution?
