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May 27, 2013

Fresh water overflow during tow

During right turns, the new Jayco Eagle HT 26.5 RLS dumps fresh water from the overflow pipes. The amount of water is proportional to the speed going into the turn. During the last 400 mile round trip little of the 3/4th full tank was used as water was available at the camp site. However, a significant amount of water was lost on the road. Does anyone have any insight in this issue? This is my friend's rig and I observed this following behind. Is there something broken or is this a design issue? If he's headed to a dry camp, it will certainly be dry on arrival.

He bought direct from the dealer at the factory in Indiana. Many quality issues were only discovered when the trailer got home more than 2,000 miles later. In my opinion, the people building this Jayco need to become more familiar with the basics of using a ruler and tape measure. Maybe poor quality is endemic to the business. I also had serious quality issues that were only discovered after delivery. Lots of this goes way beyond the scope of the pre-delivery routine at the dealer level. The dealer can't be expected to re-build defects that should never have left the factory in the first place.
  • This is a common problem with Jayco's. My FW has 2 long flat fresh water tanks and each tank has an over flow hose. It is easy for water spill out and in some cases create a siphon . I ended up tying the two over flow hoses together and then added a spigot at the end . When filling the tanks the spigot is open and when I'm driving it is closed.

    I would actually loose 2/3's of my fresh water on a 3 hour drive.

    Good luck.
  • honda man wrote:
    I am in Oregon to that should not happen they must not have used enough tubing from tank to outside and it should have a loop in it.I know in Oregon if you even leave a drop of any thing on the road while moving, big ticket even if its water but see people all the time draining they boats after pulling out.


    So what do you do when it is raining and you have a lot of water draining off your trailer? Pull over and wait?

    What about AC condensation
    from your car?

    You can dump fresh water all you want.

    To the OP It is normal for many trailers to lose water going down the road. My dad loses up to a third of his tank. I lose some but it is minimal. It depends on curves and hills.

    Paul
  • I'm in eastern Oregon and this happens to me all the time. every time I go camping in the mountains here and going around some of the forest service roads I see water shooting out of the tank. I keep trying to think of a way to stop that from happening and the only thing I can think of is a shut off valve but people here have ruled against that idea. so I carry a couple of 6 gallon jugs with me to top off when I get camped
  • I am in Oregon to that should not happen they must not have used enough tubing from tank to outside and it should have a loop in it.I know in Oregon if you even leave a drop of any thing on the road while moving, big ticket even if its water but see people all the time draining they boats after pulling out.