New owners of a NTU HW277, Have some questions

cleight · 10-05-2015, 08:00 AM

Hello fellow campers,

My Wife and I recently purchased a used 2013 Rockwood HW277 Pop-Up and have some questions that hopefully can be answered from other 277 owners.

1. Where are the Lift System Support Braces and Bunk End Support bars typically stored? When we purchased the unit they were laying on the floor and sliding around and scratching the cabinets.

2. Is it normal to not have any level bubbles on the unit?

3. I am looking for a gray water tank adapter so I can use the Black water 3" RV Hose with the gray water discharge. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Other than these couple of questions we really like the unit so far and will be taking it out on it's first trip this weekend.

3hooligans · 10-05-2015, 08:08 AM

We don't have a high wall but we store our poles under the respective beds. Our safety bars lay on the dinette and as for the bubble those are user applied. I prefer to trust a torpedo level or 2 foot level if I remember it.
We have a 2317g premier so we don't have a gray or black hook ups. So someone else will tackle that.

Me the missus and three hooligans!
2014 Rockwood Premier 2317g
2012 Ford F150 super crew ecoboost
2011 Honda Pilot

kinma13 · 10-05-2015, 09:05 AM

Question 1. I store my shepard poles and lift support under the front matress,
Question 2. No but you can install them.
Question 3. Use a 1 1/2 clean out, a 1 1/2 to 3 riser, and a valterra bayonet terminal. I'll look up parts later. There is a parts list under a decision black holding tanks.

kinma13 · 10-05-2015, 09:17 AM

Question 3. Parts list
At lowes and make sure it all fits b4 glueing. All should be charlotte, the valterra is at amazon
1 1/2 to 3 charlotte adapter part number 23319

1 1/2 charlotte* clean out adapter part number 23301

Valterra termination adapter part number T1029-1

aceinspp · 10-05-2015, 09:26 AM

Welcome to forum. As you can see lots of help here already. Enjoy your new camper

Later RJD

GalsofEscape · 10-05-2015, 09:32 AM

Hello and congratulations on your hw277. Ours is a 2010 year and we have had alot of use out of ours. We do store the tent poles (the shepards poles) under the mattress. However, the bed support poles we do store on the floor. they slide between the dinette slide out and the fridge cabinet. We have not had them slide around and they are easy to get out and install before you slide the beds out.

As already mentioned, bubble levels do not come with the camper. We bought and installed them.

Hope you enjoy your 277 as much as we have enjoyed ours..

cleight · 10-05-2015, 09:45 AM

Thanks for all the help and quick responses already. I found the following parts on Amazon that I think would be a straight glue up, and would only need a single fitting from Lowes to tie it all together, can someone confirm?

Amazon - Fitting 1
Amazon - Fitting 2
Lowes - Fitting 1

catseye · 10-05-2015, 12:03 PM

fwiw, I too store the bed end supports in the aisle. I have a carpet runner and there doesn't appear to be an issue with stuff slipping and sliding.

marsh · 10-05-2015, 01:26 PM

We too store the slide out support poles and the 2 corner roof supports on the floor and no problem with cabinets being scarred.

spurticus · 10-05-2015, 07:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cleight

Thanks for all the help and quick responses already. I found the following parts on Amazon that I think would be a straight glue up, and would only need a single fitting from Lowes to tie it all together, can someone confirm?

Amazon - Fitting 1
Amazon - Fitting 2
Lowes - Fitting 1

I believe all three are wrong. Be sure to get the valterra 1029-1 not 1029-2. Also, I ordered all abs (black) fittings from Lowe's.com. my local Lowe's did not carry abs in store. Be sure to use an all purpose glue that's good for pvc or abs just in case you end up with different materials. There's a lengthy thread around here with the part numbers. Try looking up the parts listed by Kinma13

2gwright · 10-06-2015, 06:38 AM

Or just hard plumb the system and never worry about it again.
One 3" connection point and two valves. There are several
posts about this and it is also inexpensive. A search under my
name should locate the post.

kinma13 · 10-06-2015, 07:36 AM

2gwright, the plumbing looks nice but how the heck do you pull the black valve? I have a hard time the way it sits, my pup is low.

cleight · 10-06-2015, 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kinma13

2gwright, the plumbing looks nice but how the heck do you pull the black valve? I have a hard time the way it sits, my pup is low.

Do you think the Parts I posted for the Gray Tank mod will work?

2gwright · 10-06-2015, 09:02 AM

It's a little awkward of an angle but not enough to purchase the remote handle kit
that is available for these valves. I had to rotate the valve that way because the
jack was installed just aft of the valve and is in the way.

I did not look at your parts list but I got the double valve on Amazon and the PVC
pipe at home depot.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o06_s00

kinma13 · 10-06-2015, 12:15 PM

cleight i think the parts you listed might not work.
the amazon 1 might be ok but the amazon 2 needs to thread to the outlet on the pup and the lowqes pic dont come up. if your lowes dont have my parts list in black (abs) black paint works fine.

spurticus · 10-06-2015, 01:15 PM

Here's a pic. Works like a charm!

kinma13 · 10-06-2015, 01:36 PM

Spurticus,
Do you also have a hard time disconnecting the hose without the ad parter trying to unthread? Mine does but I think it's because I really don't have a great grab power with my right hand ( disabled) was thinking of plying it on but not sure I want to. Going to lowes tonight n see if they have some kinda 1 1/2 nut I can use as a jam nut.

spurticus · 10-06-2015, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kinma13

Spurticus,
Do you also have a hard time disconnecting the hose without the ad parter trying to unthread? Mine does but I think it's because I really don't have a great grab power with my right hand ( disabled) was thinking of plying it on but not sure I want to. Going to lowes tonight n see if they have some kinda 1 1/2 nut I can use as a jam nut.

I just hold it while disconnecting the hose. No issues overall.

cleight · 10-11-2015, 08:19 PM

Just got back from taking our HW277 out on our first trip and found some issues. Has anyone had issues with water leaking out around the bottom of the toilet and under the bathroom itself onto the floor?

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GalsofEscape · 10-11-2015, 08:33 PM

We have that issue. The source of our problem is when we fill the gray tank, it no longer backs up onto the shower, instead it flows under the shower floor and across the floor. In order to fix, the repair place said that they would have to remove the bath to get to it. Since we were no longer under warranty, it is not worth it to fix, we just use an external waste tank.

If you are under warranty, i would get the dealer to look at it.

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