Downwindtracker2
BC
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I'm new to TTs,the third mod I did was a 6" belly pipe,behind the axel,beside the blackwater drain.Stuffing a rhino in the bumper tube didn't appeal to me. Even after those cloth diapers years ago,I'm still a little squimish. And it's likely not too good for the steel,either. My question is,did you guys drill breather and or drain holes? I used screw-on sewer "caps" with gaskets instead of the more common socket/pipe thread connector and plug. THX
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danager
Edmonton Alberta
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I drilled several small holes in each of my end caps. Should be enough to let it breath, and small enough to keep the insects and gravel out.
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eHoefler
ozark mountains
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Drill a couple of holes in the bottom to let any water drain out. I drilled 1/8" holes in mine.
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fla-gypsy
North Florida
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I just cap my Rhino and throw it in a plastic box. never been an issue
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rgolding
Southern Illinois
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LORDY, LORDY ya sure don't want to make it air tight.
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AJP69
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What is the issue with just using the bumper storage? I'm not saying I would eat off my stinky slinky but it isnt filthy. I dump the black first, then the grey. Then I flush clean water through the slinky.
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rgolding
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AJP69 wrote:What is the issue with just using the bumper storage? I'm not saying I would eat off my stinky slinky but it isnt filthy. I dump the black first, then the grey. Then I flush clean water through the slinky.
I do the same and feel the same. Have never seen the fear of the "black snake".
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CRAMD
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AJP69 wrote:What is the issue with just using the bumper storage? I'm not saying I would eat off my stinky slinky but it isnt filthy. I dump the black first, then the grey. Then I flush clean water through the slinky.
The metal storage tubes rust,the hose gets dragged over this rust, and pretty soon you have a sprinkler system instead of a drain hose.
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AJP69
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CRAMD wrote:AJP69 wrote:What is the issue with just using the bumper storage? I'm not saying I would eat off my stinky slinky but it isnt filthy. I dump the black first, then the grey. Then I flush clean water through the slinky.
The metal storage tubes rust,the hose gets dragged over this rust, and pretty soon you have a sprinkler system instead of a drain hose.
I just got a new camper this year but last year my camper was a 1977. I never saw rust and camped three years with no leaks from the slinky and the hose looked to be several years old when I got it.
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CRAMD
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AJP69 wrote:CRAMD wrote:AJP69 wrote:What is the issue with just using the bumper storage? I'm not saying I would eat off my stinky slinky but it isnt filthy. I dump the black first, then the grey. Then I flush clean water through the slinky.
The metal storage tubes rust,the hose gets dragged over this rust, and pretty soon you have a sprinkler system instead of a drain hose.
I just got a new camper this year but last year my camper was a 1977. I never saw rust and camped three years with no leaks from the slinky and the hose looked to be several years old when I got it.
You have had good luck, then. I have seen rust, and have also seen leaks starting on the hose from my own trailer (not the one I have now;no metal slinky storage on this one at all)
I have also seen the original metal tube on my parents' trailer rust out completely (1980's Prowler).
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