wondering why..question on bumper plugs
Our new TT has the standard hollow rear bumper for sewer hose or other storage. I know some do not use the bumper for sewer hoses due to rust problems. Question is: The rubber plugs on our new TT b...
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ItsyRV wrote:
O.K., how do all of you get the hose into the bumper carrier? For the life of me, I can not get the rigid ends of the hose to go through the void without getting hung up on the mounting bolts inside. I already replaced the mounting bolts with round head truss type bolts but it seems the rigid ends barely clear the side walls let along any protrusion. I was told I can always just remove the ends and install them when needed but that seems to defeat the tight seals of the ends. It's a finger cross moment with the two hose couple in the middle, so removing the applied ends seem risky.
So there has to be some way of doing it I'm missing. Any suggestions?
(The stinky slinky is the RinoFlex Extreme)
Our RhinoFlex fits the bumper, but only barely. If you turn the 4 little wings on the fittings so that they point toward the corners of the bumper, it should fit. I'm even able to leave in place the elbow end fitting that bayonets onto the threaded sewer fitting. But if you've got bolts inside the tube you may be out of luck, unless you get someone to weld the bumper in place and pull out the screws.
Or, just get the vinyl posts and go that way. I don't get the attraction that some have for that, but to each their own. I also carry additional lengths of the cheap blue slinkies, and those I roll up in a 5 gal bucket in a storage compartment.
This is what I use to secure the square plugs. Bent up out of some SS welding wire.
