Sewer hose length and support recommendation

lanerd wrote:
IMO, Executive has the only real good answer here. If you don't have a Macerator, you should get one. They are small, easy to handle, very little storage, and work at the simple touch of a button. The hose is only about an inch in diameter, coils up to less than 1 sq ft of floor space, extends to almost 30 feet and with the simple addition of a length of garden hose for further distance, can be pumped up hill, sealed with a simple little cap when not in use so no need to remove, clean out and store, can be permanently installed, and uses suction to remove everything from the black tank (no gravity required).

I can't believe all of those who still use a stinky slinky. They are so outdated, dirty, hard to handle/support, take up lots of storage, difficult to clean out, smelly, gravity operation required, and just make the whole process that much more difficult and unnecessary. ugh!

I have both, and use both. If pumping to a tote tank in my pickup truck bed, I use the macerator pump.

However, the sewage hose isn't too difficult. Get it out of the plastic tub, screw 90 degree fitting into the dump hole, twist hose onto that, open cap, twist hose onto the dump port on the TT, let a little bit of grey water out to check for leaks, let black tank rip, let grey tank rip, "walk" any excess to the dump port, close valves, disconnect hose, disconnect fittings, put caps back on, done. There might be a couple drops of grey water when disconnecting the hose, but that's basically it. It almost takes longer to write up how to do it than to let fly.

Where I see people make messes with sewer hoses are using cheap hoses (I've been happy so far with the Valterra "Dominator" house), not using a 90 degree fitting (sticking the hose directly down is asking for blowback), connections that are not tight, and storing the hose in the bumper. Good hoses will not fit there.