Question for class A and C people with toads!
Has anyone noticed more and more lately of poorly located sewer connections. Most are located at the rear of a pull through, far enough back the toad would be left in the road. And some of these are h...
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Its really a crapshoot (pun intended, haha), as to where a campground places the sewer hookup. Might be in middle of site, might be at the back, or may even be near the front. That has always been the case. It just depends on where, how they run the lines, lay of the land, etc. Been that way as long as I can remember.
That is why you have to, like others said, bring enough hose to reach to the back of the camper, front, middle...wherever they may place the sewer outlet.
I typically carry a 10' hose and a 20' hose, both with the appropriate connectors so that I can easily hook them together when needed. That has worked fine even when sewer hookup is all the way at the back of the site.
Somewhat related to this: Last time we were out camping 2 weeks ago, we were staying just overnight at a place on our way home. We'd been staying at a place all week that had no sewer hookup, so chose to stay here overnight on the way home so we could empty the tanks. Sewer hookup was near the back, far enough back that I needed to use the longer 20' hose.
Well, guess what? Sewer hose busted a leak, so couldn't use it. And, 2nd hose, the 10' one, would not reach. Didn't want to unhitch the Jeep and back up enough to make it reach, so in the morning when we rolled out, we pulled out of the site, drove a loop around, came back into the campsite just far enough that shorter 10' hose would reach, used it to dump the tanks, then we went on our way.
Was a reminder of why I always like to carry two hoses - In case one busts at a time, place where you can't get a replacement right away, we have a backup hose (even if it may require some creativity in getting it to reach, haha).
That is why you have to, like others said, bring enough hose to reach to the back of the camper, front, middle...wherever they may place the sewer outlet.
I typically carry a 10' hose and a 20' hose, both with the appropriate connectors so that I can easily hook them together when needed. That has worked fine even when sewer hookup is all the way at the back of the site.
Somewhat related to this: Last time we were out camping 2 weeks ago, we were staying just overnight at a place on our way home. We'd been staying at a place all week that had no sewer hookup, so chose to stay here overnight on the way home so we could empty the tanks. Sewer hookup was near the back, far enough back that I needed to use the longer 20' hose.
Well, guess what? Sewer hose busted a leak, so couldn't use it. And, 2nd hose, the 10' one, would not reach. Didn't want to unhitch the Jeep and back up enough to make it reach, so in the morning when we rolled out, we pulled out of the site, drove a loop around, came back into the campsite just far enough that shorter 10' hose would reach, used it to dump the tanks, then we went on our way.
Was a reminder of why I always like to carry two hoses - In case one busts at a time, place where you can't get a replacement right away, we have a backup hose (even if it may require some creativity in getting it to reach, haha).
