Building fence post sewer hose storage. Need 5.5" caps

rhagfo wrote:

Jay Pat wrote:
Using 5" square plastic post.
Can't find 5.5" plastic caps....
Interested in other ideas for different cap material.
Thanks!
Pat

Is this what you are looking for?? We got ours and post at lowes.

This looks exactly like what I had on the previous rv.
The cap was large enough to put the hinge on inside the cap and still had enough room for the cap to close over the post.
Are your caps 5" or 5.5"?
All I can find are labeled 5" caps.

5 inch vinyl fence post cap
Barney

The trim caps are not on the shelf next to the posts?

No, the valterra is a lot more $$$. Like double. I just bolted mine, and used a wing nut through the caps. But mine has a ladder in it and not a sewer hose. Caps were at the same place i got the fence post, lowes.

With the cost of the vinyl fence post tubes, the caps, hinges and brackets and then having to put it all together, wouldn't it be better to just buy one of these? Valterra Adjustable Hose Carrier

Jay Pat wrote:
Using 5" square plastic post.
Can't find 5.5" plastic caps....
Interested in other ideas for different cap material.
Thanks!
Pat

Is this what you are looking for?? We got ours and post at lowes.

Get a piece of aluminum flat stock - flashing material, and a pair of 6" duckbills. Cut a square, snip the corners, bend a hem all around and then bend 90's at all 4 sides.
Or if you know somebody like me who has a brake, get them to bend you up a couple pieces.
Attachment is easy to prevent them from falling off.

I have a screw through the hollow bumper and rubber cap at one end. The other end has a Camco magnetic mount cap that has lugs to attach to the waste hose. 1/4 turn to lock the cap to the end of the hose, and the magnet holds the cap closed to the bumper. Even if the cap is bumped off the end of the bumper, a significant portion of the hose would have to be pulled out of the bumper to lose the cap.

HD has the caps.

Tired of losing bumper end caps, I just taped a 'sticky back' piece of velcro onto opposite sides of the bumper, then ran a strip between them that could be pulled off and put back on...in my mind, the point was 'keep the sewer hose in', not 'impress the neighbors with my craftsmanship'

Another idea, since you're using a plastic tube, could be to simply drill a hole in the top and drop a 5-inch-long bolt with a washer into it...wouldn't bounce out...and, if that's the worry, tap a hole on both top and bottom and get a bolt and nut long enough to actually thread the screw onto the bottom end...again, may not be the prettiest but should work