Made Me do a Double Take

[Oakman]

You might want to inspect that sewer hose before you pull the black tank handle.



Not getting enough fresh air with it closed?

[wmtire]

Is it just me, or is the hose also running uphill?

[youroo]

Hey,they are camping and having (FUN)? Youroo!!

[dwaynerz]

hope it wasnt because of this that it broke ..

Potty Talk! [Original] Need a good laugh!? You'll have tears streaming down your face!! - YouTube

[KyDan]

For years we used the little dump hose that came with our new trailer's
basics kit. You remember-- a little cheap-o "10 ft" hose with only one
end connector, 30A to basic outlet power cord adapter, a couple packs
of various brands of holding tank treatment.

We just don't poop in the potty! Wife refuses. So the dumping process
is not as er......"interesting" as it might be for you guys!
No TP in the tanks either. Too many years on houseboats where you can't
put paper down the head so we use wastebasket.

Anyway I was dumping the tanks one day and it was a real stretch for
that little old hose. About half way thru the process it suddenly just
unraveled. It went from a hose to a slinky in about half a second.
Yeah I spilled a little on the apron that day.... at least it wasn't the chunky variety

[ependydad]

At the beach this last year, I had *two* blue sewer hoses develop pinholes at the same time. I couldn't believe it. Fortunately I found it while running gray water.

[rskrbina]

Great video Dwayne. lol

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by wmtire

Is it just me, or is the hose also running uphill?

It has been our experience while camping since 1975 in a trailer that we seldom get a site where the slinky doesn't have to run uphill. Has never been a problem as the discharge on the trailer has always be higher than the connection in the ground. We just pull the lever and when it quits flowing, close the valve, lift the hose at the trailer and walk it to the drain. A majority of the parks have the ground connection at least 3"-6" above ground for some reason or other.

[dwaynerz]

A majority of the parks have the ground connection at least 3"-6" above ground for some reason or other.

designed by civil engineers but vetoed by bean counters maybe? would cost too much to set up properly perhaps.

[Oakman]

Originally Posted by wmtire

Is it just me, or is the hose also running uphill?

Given the condition of the sewer hose it's kind of a moot point.

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by dwaynerz

A majority of the parks have the ground connection at least 3"-6" above ground for some reason or other.

designed by civil engineers but vetoed by bean counters maybe? would cost too much to set up properly perhaps.

Don't think the bean counters come into play, just some less than smart maintenance man too lazy to cut the pipes closer to the ground.

[KyDan]

Originally Posted by OldCoot

Don't think the bean counters come into play, just some less than smart maintenance man too lazy to cut the pipes closer to the ground.

As a 37 year maintenance man I can offer one more reason for the sewer
pipes being 3-6" above ground.
It isn't some sinister plot to make your dumping life harder.
It has nothing to do with lazy maintenance men.
It has EVERYTHING to do with keeping the sewer connections above
ground so a heavy pounding- lake inducing rain storm won't flood
the sanitary sewer with ground water run off.

You only need 1 missing sewer cap in a low area and a good old ground
pounder rain storm and suddenly everyone downstream is screaming
shut it off, shut it off......

Sometimes things are made a certain way because it's the right thing
to do.

[OldCoot]

Originally Posted by KyDan

As a 37 year maintenance man I can offer one more reason for the sewer
pipes being 3-6" above ground.
It isn't some sinister plot to make your dumping life harder.
It has nothing to do with lazy maintenance men.
It has EVERYTHING to do with keeping the sewer connections above
ground so a heavy pounding- lake inducing rain storm won't flood
the sanitary sewer with ground water run off.

You only need 1 missing sewer cap in a low area and a good old ground
pounder rain storm and suddenly everyone downstream is screaming
shut it off, shut it off......

Sometimes things are made a certain way because it's the right thing
to do.

Might be true if around the oceans/lakes, but we camp 100's of miles from either the oceans/lakes, etc and are 90% of the time on a hill of some kind, so your experience does not apply altho I do understand the reasoning and concur with it.

[BarryD0706]

Originally Posted by OldCoot

Might be true if around the oceans/lakes, but we camp 100's of miles from either the oceans/lakes, etc and are 90% of the time on a hill of some kind, so your experience does not apply altho I do understand the reasoning and concur with it.

OC, it seems to me that if "best practices" dictate that you do what KyDan suggested, that those "best practices" would be followed everywhere and not just where someone decided it was necessary.

[ependydad]

Originally Posted by BarryD0706

OC, it seems to me that if "best practices" dictate that you do what KyDan suggested, that those "best practices" would be followed everywhere and not just where someone decided it was necessary.

And, given the flood-causing rains lately, I doubt it's just ocean and lakes areas that have these issues.

[wmtire]

Originally Posted by Oakman

Given the condition of the sewer hose it's kind of a moot point.

Very true.

[garbonz]

Originally Posted by Oakman

Given the condition of the sewer hose it's kind of a moot point.

No No NO you don't understand. It's the new drip style hose technology that allows the introduction of air into the waste stream which helps bioavailability of the waste. Eliminates the need for the sewage treatment plant.

Hee Hee

[dwaynerz]

Eliminates the need for the sewage treatment plant.

but look how many biohazard waste engineers would be unemployed. waste engineer has a much better ring to it than poop jockey.

[tosh99]

Originally Posted by ependydad

And, given the flood-causing rains lately, I doubt it's just ocean and lakes areas that have these issues.

This past summer, we were on the way to the Eastern Sierras towing our boat. We missed a flash flood by four hours on Hwy 395 that buried the highway under mud and carried a car out into the desert landscape! Who says it never rains in California?

[CZNEDY]

Bottom line: it is a sewer hose, deal with it. Pull the lever and just sit back and say, " i didnt do that". Otherwise, just camp in a tent. The offset is worth it