Sewer hose length and support recommendation

Doesn't matter what brand..or even what they call "better or best" They all seem to leak after awhile. Pinholes and such. Super-duper at, say Camping World or whatever is available at Wal-Mart. Lasts the same.

I carry a 20 footer and a 10 footer. I've put fittings and the rubber donut on both...and do have other types of fittings that I've purchased over the years. Some campgrounds don't use the rubber donuts.

JoeGood988 wrote:
The size of your coach has nothing to do with the length of sewer hose. The factor is distance from coach outlet to sewer connection in the ground. There have been times I only needed 5' of hose. Then again, there have been several times I needed 30' of hose. So I carry a 5', 10' & 20' length of hoses...never know. Same way, I carry (2) 25' lengths of water hose and (1) 10' section. Some parks have shared water connections and you have to stretch to connect. Always better to have too much than too little.

precisely. we do the same except I carry one extra 6' length of sewer hose. and yes we have run across at least one instance where we needed all of our sewer hose to reach the sewer connection.

as for support I carry two "accordion" style supports. they compress into just a few inches and take up very little space.

We like the Easy Slider three section slide out as sold by CW to provide the proper (1/4 inch drop per foot of length) slope for proper drainage.

They develop pinhole leaks from squiggling on the ground when you dump. I have had the same hose for eight years. Reason, I lay mine in plastic gutter I carry. Much easier on the hose than concrete, asphalt, or gravel.

We're in our tenth year of full timing with a 42' 10" rig. We use only a twenty foot very good quality (not the best, thickest) dump hose. We also carry a cheap highly compressible 10' extension. We have only needed the 10' extension once. That was when I was too lazy to turn my coach around to dump on the road side.

The Rhino Flex hoses are nice but they require lots of handling to extend and to compress them. I am loath to handle my sewer hose any more than absolutely necessary. (Just my hangup.)

My personal thoughts on a sewer hose support is "why bother". My storage space is precious. Furthermore I don't want a yucky sewer support in my bay. When I am at one of the many CGs' that have a high drain hose fitting I just don't leave my sewer open to the drain. Once every 4 or 5 days I drain my tanks and then lift the hose to drain the water from the hose.

Just my thoughts. Good luck on your continuing adventure.

Happy trails,

Eric, currently outside of Peoria, Il.

The really pertinent questions is do you wear plastic gloves when hooking up and take down. Do you use your fresh water hose to flush the dump hose. Have you ever,ever dumped black water to the ground surface. Did you ever back flow black water into the grey water tank for that extra little bit of hold capacity. Have you forgotten to close the valves before putting the cap back on and dropped a couple gallons under the rv next time you dump. How do you wash your shoes after a dump.
The answers to the above can describe wither you are an occasional rver or full time traveler

traveylin wrote:
The really pertinent questions is do you wear plastic gloves when hooking up and take down. Do you use your fresh water hose to flush the dump hose. Have you ever,ever dumped black water to the ground surface. Did you ever back flow black water into the grey water tank for that extra little bit of hold capacity. Have you forgotten to close the valves before putting the cap back on and dropped a couple gallons under the rv next time you dump. How do you wash your shoes after a dump.
The answers to the above can describe wither you are an occasional rver or full time traveler

Yes - I have a germ issue. No. No. No. No. Don't need to.

I use a Rhinoflex and slinky.

Elizabeth

I usually carry about 30' of sewer hose in various lengths. Since we move around a lot, instead of just sitting in one place for an extended period of time, I only hook up my sewer line about once a week or so, to empty my tanks. The same goes with my fresh water...only hooked up to fill the tank.
When I drain my tanks, I also hook up a water hose to flush the black tank, which also flushes my sewer line. Then I just unhook the sewer hose and elevate the input end to allow any left over water to enter the RV parks sewer connection. I have never used a hose support because I have never found an RV site that was so out of level that my coach drain outlet was not well above the sewer inlet at the RV park.

traveylin wrote:
The really pertinent questions is do you wear plastic gloves when hooking up and take down. Do you use your fresh water hose to flush the dump hose. Have you ever,ever dumped black water to the ground surface. Did you ever back flow black water into the grey water tank for that extra little bit of hold capacity. Have you forgotten to close the valves before putting the cap back on and dropped a couple gallons under the rv next time you dump. How do you wash your shoes after a dump.
The answers to the above can describe wither you are an occasional rver or full time traveler

no
no but I do use a separate hose
no
no
no but I did have a faulty valve one time
no

We went to Key West in November and learned the hard way. The sewer hook up was at the front corner of the lot, went to Home Depot and bought enough for the full length. It's light and can be useful.