I took the short sewer hose tube off soon after getting my pod 4 years ago.  Without the risers anything that was below the frame was a problem (I got a fold-up jack and took the original jack off, too).  Plus it wasn't long enough to hold anything.  Since then I've used a large plastic tool box to hold the sewer hose and accessories.  Not ideal since it was hard to get the hose in there and the box had to ride inside the pod.  

With a big trip coming up I had to finally get this annoyance off of my checklist.  I ordered a 60" sewer tube from DWI, which is long enough to fit between the frame rails near the 171's sewer outlet.  I like the ends of the tube better than the old tube, both ends have a little knob and a door which swings open where the original screws open and closed which wasn't always easy.  This new one holds everything including the threaded adapter so I'm happy.  And no more tool box...   http://www.dwincorp.com/products/82/SUPER-TUBE - http://www.dwincorp.com/products/82/SUPER-TUBE

Some bonus shots of cleaning my roof, below.  This started out with a visit to a local Girl Scout fund raiser car wash mid-day where the TV and everything but the pod roof got a decent cleaning (they got a good donation and I grabbed a sponge to help, too).  In past years I've pulled out my 6 foot ladder and did the job on my driveway.  This was always just this side of suicide.  Plus I never could get the roof that clean because I just couldn't reach everything or get much pressure on the bad spots with a long-handled brush.  This year I decided to pull it around to my back porch where I could stand on the railing and half-lay on the roof so I could attack the roof with vengence, elbow grease, and some Oxy-clean.  As you'll see, the roof was disgusting but it is finally clean!  I did one side, turned the whole rig around, then did the other.

As my wife said "it is glowing!"  Since the pod is sitting in the shade and its been so cool I have the roof partially tarped to keep it clean for the next few weeks.  In the hour it sat in its parking spot it already had clumps of tree junk on it.  

The pod roof is NOT rated to walk on, and there really isn't anywhere to walk anyway.  It feels a bit soft in spots, too.  The most I did was half-lay on the roof with most of my weight on the edge where there is support.

I should have added to my post above, you can order a custom size of 61" instead of the 60".  Same price and the mounting holes will still fit, just on the outer edges of the frame instead of the inside edges.

Oak trees and several others.  We are surrounded by trees which is great most of the time - until the sap and other stuff gets the cars and pod dirty.  

I taped the tube in place, then marked the mounting holes, removed the tube and drilled the frame.  Then used self-taping screws.

We'll be in NO somewhere around July 10th-13th.  I don't have a copy of our schedule on this computer so I'll have to verify that later.

Neither, I had to scrounge the screws from my large "coffee can" collection.  No instructions, but none needed.  Just position the mounting holes where you want them, mark, and drill the holes in the frame.  Yes, my hose has the multi-threaded adapter which fits most campground sewer connections, the 90 degree elbow which fits into the mult-threaded adapter, and the standard camper connection.  I was worried the adapter wouldn't fit inside but it does.

25.5 inch is the length where the stock tube is mounted under the battery box.  60 inches is the length between the frame rails on the body of the pod.  My hose is way too long to fit in the stock tube but there is room to spare in the new tube.