Important Lesson Learned

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Well folks we made it back after a long hot weekend in Goofy and I learned a very very important lesson today. If your sewer line is not quite long enough to reach the dump port dont use the hose that your dealer so graciously gave you when you purchesed your unit to extend the good hose you bought. You will be staning there looking at where you hooked the two hoses togeather with the sleeve designed to hold them with no clamps (yeah right, bet you know where this is headed now) It will fail and when it fails trust me in this heat you will say words that your mother would wash your mouth out with soap over. thank goodness I was close to the bath house. Got some very stange looks from some of the folks in there when I walked in. I will be buying a new set up in the morning so if anyone has suggestions please feel free to let me know. I am sure that in the future I will look back on this an laugh at it the way my wife was laughing at me when it happened. Somethings in life should not be purchased based on their price.    

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Bridge707 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 15 Sep 2010 Location: Bridgeman Online Status: Offline Posts: 32	Topic: Important Lesson Learned Posted: 24 Jul 2011 at 11:47pm
	Well folks we made it back after a long hot weekend in Goofy and I learned a very very important lesson today. If your sewer line is not quite long enough to reach the dump port dont use the hose that your dealer so graciously gave you when you purchesed your unit to extend the good hose you bought. You will be staning there looking at where you hooked the two hoses togeather with the sleeve designed to hold them with no clamps (yeah right, bet you know where this is headed now) It will fail and when it fails trust me in this heat you will say words that your mother would wash your mouth out with soap over. thank goodness I was close to the bath house. Got some very stange looks from some of the folks in there when I walked in. I will be buying a new set up in the morning so if anyone has suggestions please feel free to let me know. I am sure that in the future I will look back on this an laugh at it the way my wife was laughing at me when it happened. Somethings in life should not be purchased based on their price.
	Greg Bridgeman Honesty is telling the truth Integrity is telling the thruth when it hurts

Bigbit Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 27 Feb 2010 Location: USA Online Status: Offline Posts: 58	Posted: 25 Jul 2011 at 12:38am
	I have two flexible hoses; the main hose has the female bayonet connector on one end and a 90 degree fitting with the male threads to connect to the camp Sewage receptacle. The second hose is basically an extension hose with male and female bayonet connectors, one on each end. With that combo, I can safely handle a pretty long sewage line run without issues.

kymooses Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01 Aug 2010 Location: Louisville, Ky Online Status: Offline Posts: 1807	Posted: 25 Jul 2011 at 9:25am
	Yikes I'm still very happy with our RhinoFlex hose that we have. RhinoFlex Hose Where were you all staying on this trip, somewhere local? Good luck with a new hose and I hope we bump into you all again sometime this season!
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techntrek Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059	Posted: 25 Jul 2011 at 10:26am
	Take a look at my recent thread on my black water tank issues - Outbound posted a clip from RV in there, it sounds like you tried to recreate that scene...
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Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Posted: 25 Jul 2011 at 11:23am
	Sorry to hear of the troubles. I carry a cheap blue 10' dump hose that does a fine job at most every dump station. In addition to this, I also carry a 20' "premium" hose - for those situations when the above will not reach or I will be camping with full hookups for an extended period. The blue hose, I replace every 2-3 years. The other one will probably last a lifetime.

secretbard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 12 Apr 2011 Location: Budd Lake, NJ Online Status: Offline Posts: 195	Posted: 25 Jul 2011 at 1:28pm
	Rino-flex. I swear by it and you can see the black water empty out from the semi-clear elbow of the hose. I also carry a female bayonet coupling and that Y connector as seen in the RV movie.
	2010 Rpod 172 :) 2004 Chevy Trailblazer