Sewer hose length and support recommendation

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

FW hose? Never. I have two hoses marked "DO NOT DRINK/NOT FOR POTABLE WATER". One is just for flushing out my macerator pump or slinky. Both ends of the hose used for flushing have anti-siphon valves to minimize the chance of contamination. The other hose is the poop hose and even though I don't have to, I do run some bleach through it just so it doesn't become a mini septic tank. It is well marked, and when not in use, is capped at both ends, and stored in its own tub.

Black water onto the ground surface? Before I bought my rig, I was looking used and one prospective seller was caught by the Texas DPS doing that (in fact, he had a remote control relay so he could open the tank valves while driving.) He got a $3500 fine, and he was lucky he didn't wind up in the pokey. Definitely not something I'd want to do. Plus, it is a very repugnant act, because it is a good excuse for places to get overnighting banned from cities/counties.

Backflow black water into grey water? No need, because my current TT has a big BW tank, so it might have 10-15 gallons (1/2 capacity) when my grey tank fills up, and that is including the 3-5 gallons I "pre-charge" the tank with as insurance against the dreaded pyramid. I've backflowed grey water into the black water tank fairly often when using my macerator pump, as it does a good job at rinsing the tank out.

Part of my checklist is making sure all valves are in and the cap on. I run through it twice before I head off.

As for washing shoes, I use some bleach wipes on them and the rubber gloves, toss the wipe, then toss the gloves in the plastic tub.