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d3500ram
Oct 07, 2015Explorer III
realter wrote:
... Also the water flowing out the front of the truck bed-- what a poor design. Good spot for mold in the summertime.
I did not like that either... I changed my drain to poke out to the side of the camper by adding an extension of clear hose and then drilled a hole in the bottom of my bed and push this hose down so the water flows under the truck if draining the tank while mounted.
This is where the drain valve went down through the floor, all I had to do was rotate the valve 90 degrees. It is in the factory location still, but you can see the new side hole:

I bought plenty of hose to make sure I was able to see where best to divert it when I put it back on the truck... the hole in the bed was more on the inside vertical part so the hose would line up directly and efficiently with a slight slope:

(edited by d3500ram to add photos)
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