Sewer connection mod?

If you decide to add additional pipe, remember the rules for being a plumber, "Stuff" does not run Uphill and payday is Friday" If you don't have a straight downhill slope to run the pipe with no dips you will have a problem.

xPIXx wrote:

ScottG wrote:
The reason they didn't connect the two was pure laziness.

I find that hard to believe. A 16' piece of ABS is cheaper then a sewer connection, laziness would have nothing to do with it.

Laziness and being cheap are two different things.

I have a 2012 Mesa Ridge and i don't know where my head was when i bought it , I should have seen it and i would have walked away. But i just connected the back to the front with 2 adapters, turned the back on and controlled it by a valve at the front.Tied it to the frame with plumbers strap. Its good to go !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have two connections. The front connection is Black #1 and Grays #1 and #2. The second connection is for the 1/2 bath, Black #2 by the rear steps about 20' away. I thought about connecting them with a pipe but getting around the axles and such I was concerned about clearance issues, appearance and proper drainage. My solution was to modify the length of hose at the CG connection (90 deg. elbow) to about 2', put my "y" and then run to the sewer connections on the trailer. Each run of hose is supported by sidewinders to drain properly. What I'd like to find is a "Y" elbow so it "y" right at the CG's sewer connection.

I've seen a "Y" elbow that connects to the CG's sewer pipe at a CG but the owner was not around to ask. Have not found one online or in a store.

ScottG wrote:
The reason they didn't connect the two was pure laziness.

I find that hard to believe. A 16' piece of ABS is cheaper then a sewer connection, laziness would have nothing to do with it.

I have three valves and one is about 6 or 7 feet from the other two. I think I will put a valve from the galley tank closer to the other two so I don't have to crawl under the slide out. I think I will have to drop the under belly and cut the pipe and glue in a valve flange and the rest is history.

My friend almost bought a trailer like that. The reason they didn't connect the two was pure laziness. My own trailer is a common rear-kitchen layout and I've found that lower end models of the same floor plan don't connect the kitchen's grey tank to the forward dump connection. But better built units do indeed connect them - as they did with mine.
At any rate I think it would be a huge inconvenience to have to dump from two spots 10 or more feet apart and I would plumb the grey tank to the dump fitting if it were mine.

The problem is because there wasn't room to run the two drain pipes together due to frame, suspension, tanks etc. when building the rig.

You CAN if you want just make sure there is enough clearance for suspension travel, ground clearance etc.

Sometimes it's just easier to use the 'Y' connection.