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olustee bus · 11-26-2016, 06:16 AM

I am about 10 feet from the septic inlet. I have an accordion support but at the end of my sewer hose, the hose leads up about eight inches. I try to empty tanks and the water backs up in my hose and I have to lift it the lift the hose the length of it to get the water out. IT takes a while to empty it.

I guess I need another support system when I have that situation but I don't have a lot of room to carry another system. I won't always know when I will face this problem.

What do you do in that situation?

palehorse89 · 11-26-2016, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by olustee bus

I am about 10 feet from the septic inlet. I have an accordion support but at the end of my sewer hose, the hose leads up about eight inches. I try to empty tanks and the water backs up in my hose and I have to lift it the lift the hose the length of it to get the water out. IT takes a while to empty it.

I guess I need another support system when I have that situation but I don't have a lot of room to carry another system. I won't always know when I will face this problem.

What do you do in that situation?

I have never used a support for the sewage hose........and without one, there is a "Water Trap" formed in the hose............

Triker56 · 11-26-2016, 06:28 AM

I lift the hose the length of it to get the water out.
Almost at all campgrounds you will be at a different length/height and you just have to adjust to each one.

vsheetz · 11-26-2016, 06:29 AM

Never used a hose support. Just pick up the hose and drain it. Some CG require a support - if so, I don't connect the hose until needed to dump and stow again afterwards.

jacwjames · 11-26-2016, 06:36 AM

I put some guttering around my back deck cover, I bought it from Lowes. It is plastic and light weight. I had a ~6' piece left over that actually fit in the tube that holds my sewer hose. I carry this piece and use it when I get into a similar situation. I hang one end under the sewer hatch cover suspending it with a bungie cord. The other I just prop up in the direction of the sewer pipe.

lynnmor · 11-26-2016, 07:17 AM

For a one time use, live with it. If you have a long term site, I would hacksaw it off and do it right.

Smokyjoe · 11-26-2016, 07:30 AM

I use a 3/4 hp garbage disposal to pump my sewage through a 1" hose from the coach to the septic. The disposal lays on it's side under the waste pipes. I have a 4" line to the disposal,then a1" hose out with a shut off handle at the end. I have 3 25' sections of 1" hose which allows me to dump most anywhere.

Jim28730 · 11-26-2016, 07:37 AM

Problem solved with Sewer Solition system. One of the best investments I ever made.

wa8yxm · 11-26-2016, 05:56 PM

I have seen that in a couple places.. First you can talk to park management perhaps they can cut the pipe down a few inches, it shoudl actually be slightly BELOW ground level.

But you can also do what I do when that happens.. I break out the Flo-Jet portable Macerator. it can pump up a short hill no problem.. Takes a bit longer (like 7 minutes) to empty the tanks (about 6GPM on level ground) but it pumps up hill no sweat.

Bigd9 · 11-26-2016, 06:12 PM

That happen to us a few campsites ago. The sewer hole was not only about 8 inches above the ground, but the ground sloped uphill from our assigned site! I had to do what many of you posted, I "snaked" the sewage out of the hose!

AbdRahim · 11-26-2016, 08:49 PM

I would ask to change sites or have them cut it to an appropriate height.

Rvpapa · 11-26-2016, 09:40 PM

Don't think they are likely to cut it down. Usually a situation like this is because the area is prone to flooding, so the sewer inlet is raised to prevent ground water from flooding the septic system.
Art

MikeandClaudia · 11-26-2016, 09:56 PM

I use a plastic gutter like Jim, but I bought a 10' section, slip one into the other, then I block it up with short blocks of 2 x 6 until it is leveled out.

I also have a short block of 4" x 6" about 8" long that I use as it comes out of the MH to keep it high enough for gravity to work.

I have been thinking about buying another 10' section of gutter to give me a total footage of around 12', including a little overlap where the pieces fit together. Where they overlap, I wrap a short elastic cord around them.

I would send you a picture, but it is dark out. ;~)

MSHappyCampers · 11-27-2016, 09:24 AM

Don't think I've ever seen an inlet quite that high, but about 4" is pretty common. I do carry a couple of sections of plastic gutter, but most of the time I'm too lazy to use it!