found a new lost 10' 3" waste hose today. Did you lose one

As I read the idea of the wire/spike placed in the drain, I thought this might cause even more backups, but then read it was from one park owner to another, so it must not be problematic. I like the stainless wire, would slice through most debris like a cheese cutter.

And here I thought it was for the one I saw on the side of I70. Someone lost their whole slinky, fittings and all.

westernrvparkowner wrote:
You should "spike" all your sewer connections. All you need to do is dig down about 6 inches along the side of each connection and put thin wire thru the middle of the PVC. The fancy way to do it is drill small holes and use stainless steel wire. The fast, easy way, (my way) is to run a 6 inch fencing screw across.
Waste will easily pass over the spike, however sewer hoses, connectors, tennis balls dropped in by children and the like will hang up. So will diapers, wash cloths and other assorted things people think can be flushed, but can't. Much easier to fish them out 6 inches into the pipe than from who knows where in the main lines.

We do have most of our risers spiked with 7" galvanized gutter nails, we hold them with vise grips, heat them with a torch and push them through pvc about a foot deep.
This spring we trenched in, placed second farther back sewer risers at a few sites for the TTers with rear dumps so they could use a short hose. Those did not get spiked. Felt it unnecessary at the time due to the run and T into the mainline. Now all will be spiked.
If the folks who lost their slinky down our pipe would give me their name and address, We would gladly return his destroyed hose, clean at at our cost, with a coupon for a free months camping at any and every park on the continent.

Dang.

I though that thing would have disintegrated by now.

:W

:):)

We've seen this happen at dump stations, also, along with cans/water bottles and assorted trash stuffed down - most likely, on purpose. :(

At most of the places I dump I don't think the hose would fit down the hole easily. The end of it that connects to the camper would hang up. At least for a second and give you a chance to grab it. I think it would take work to get it to go down the hole.

Come to think if it, most of the dumps I use have a elbow in them just below the ground. Maybe this is part of the reason why.

When I camp where there is a dump port at my site I don't even leave the hose hooked up. I just use it when i need to dump and then put the hose back in the bumper.

Tennis balls being dropped in by little kids sounds easy enough though.