Sewer Drain Hose

[LaunchnRetrieve]

I'm going to get a new sewer drain hose for my trailer.
I brought trailer home from storage and it's missing.
I can't imagine anyone stealing it. Don't know where it went, just can't imagine anyone stealing a sewer hose.
Anyway, just thought I would share the excitement of my day with you.
Oh I need an end cap for the bumper. It's missing, too.

[johnm1]

I picked up a couple of the "self locking" caps also. They worked fine on our last outing of ~300 miles round trip. They seem better but as you said ... time will tell!

[mosseater]

fla-gypsy wrote:
I keep all my sewer stuff in a plastic bin. Never liked bumper storage.

+1 !

[LaunchnRetrieve]

Dtaylor wrote:
I think I saw your hose on the side of the road

Well, someone had to say it. 🙂

Bought a self locking end cap. You push in the center once it's in and the shape change "locks" it in place. Time will tell.

[dclaarjr]

I dont have a hollow tube bumper. I also dont want the sewer hose in my storage area.

I bought a tube that connects to my back bumper that holds the hose. The cap just twists off to access the hose. Easy and no smells in the camper.

[daveyboy12]

I just coil mine up and throw it in the storage compartment

[fla-gypsy]

I keep all my sewer stuff in a plastic bin. Never liked bumper storage.

[BarneyS]

Instead of a screw, just drill a hole thru the top of the bumper with the endcap in place and then put a SS cotter pin in the hole through them both. That will hold the endcap in place, be very easy to remove, and won't rust.
Barney

[Dtaylor]

I think I saw your hose on the side of the road

[LaunchnRetrieve]

skipnchar wrote:
End cap missing? So...I bet you carry the hose in the bumper? Shouldn't be too hard to figure what happened to your hose 🙂 Drill a small hole close to the edge of the bumper and put a metal screw in the hole to press against the tab of the end cap. Shouldn't loose another one after that.

For what it's worth, the bumper is a bad storage location for the sewer hose anyway since it is put away wet and the water drains out inside the bumper rusting it out.

Can't disagree with you re: water and rust, but I feel like that's a minor concern since end caps have holes and water evaporates on a warm day (just let me have this one).

Great idea for end cap security. Will def make that happen. Thanks.

[LaunchnRetrieve]

That would be a sight to see, someone's slinky sliding out of the bumper at 55 mph, would definitely expect a horn honk out of it. On the other hand, it's not like someone was behind me all the time on the back roads.

I'm telling myself that I probably threw it out because it was leaking and I never got around to replacing it. That's easier to believe than someone stole it, but mlt's story gives one pause.

[skipnchar]

End cap missing? So...I bet you carry the hose in the bumper? Shouldn't be too hard to figure what happened to your hose 🙂 Drill a small hole close to the edge of the bumper and put a metal screw in the hole to press against the tab of the end cap. Shouldn't loose another one after that.

For what it's worth, the bumper is a bad storage location for the sewer hose anyway since it is put away wet and the water drains out inside the bumper rusting it out.

[opnspaces]

That's a bummer. I know that he end caps unfortunately can fall off and then the hose just vibrates out of the bumper.

[mlts22]

If the end caps are like the ones on my TT's bumper, they can jostle loose on the road, then any hose inside will flop out. That's why I just keep my slinky in a plastic tub in an outside storage compartment.

I doubt it is theft, but it wouldn't be impossible. I have had someone steal trash bags from the bed of my pickup which happened to be camp trash, including the "output" from a bag toilet.

However, I live near Austin, and who knows what some people are into for fun these days.