Have You Done Any Mods?

Originally posted by dsmiths Raymondo, look on the end of the factory short tube and you will see a www. address, I went to it, called them and they sent me a tube that fit my new rhino hose for around $27 bucks, I could not buy the pvc to make a custom one for that, 4 self tapping screws later I was in. I have a 172, the longer holder fit just in front of the black water drain opening, I built spacer to ofset the tube to make it closer to the black water size. It is a lot easier with the Rhino 15 ft hose. good luck.

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That's not a bad price for a replacement. Do I understand that the one you got as a replacement is LONGER than the one Forest River puts on the Pods at the factory ? I have a 177 and the factory tube holds a 10 footer but no way could I jam a 15' hose in there. I wouldn't mind having a longer one but I'm not quite ready to buy the PVC and fittings to start from scratch. Do you have any pics of the tube set-up on your Pod ?

Thanks in advance,

'Slogger

One problem with my OEM tube was that the hinges on both ends broke, and I' ve been using twist ties to keep the lids on. .

For what it's worth    ...I bought the 10' (I think it's 10' anyway) Camco sewer hose at Walmart. It came with a grey opaque connector that attaches to the dump valve on the Pod and a 90 degree adapter at the far end. I added a Camco threaded extender (about 4" in length) that attaches to the elbow. The extender gets rinsed and stored in a compartment under the Pod. The rest (hose and elbow) fits in the stock factory tube. Close fit, but it works. I'm just more careful on how far away from the ground pipe I am when I park the Pod. No problems so far and really glad I didn't have to replace the tube. Just wondering though    ...the factory tube has a name on it. Gotta believe they make them in different lenghts and Forest River just happened to chose this one - - just sayin'

'Slogger

I bought one of those larger diameter white PVC holders from Camping World. It doesn't really fit the pipes either tho it is a tad larger than the stock black one. You have to turn the fittings somewhat sideways. My thoughts have run to using one of those 5" fence posts ( I have one n the garage that was missing its end and connector fittings- so Lowes replaced the whole thing!) and cobbling together some sort of an end cap/door. Saw one on one of the forums, but that gent had used the PVC end fittings and made them fit the square post.

The first couple of times I took out my '11 RP171, I didn't use the sewerage system, only the grey water. When it cam to dump the tank, I was dismayed the flex hose was a whopping 5' long stretched out. No wonder it fit well in the tiny under-tongue hose storage tube. I went out and bought the RhinoFLEX 15' "World's Toughest" sewer hose with transparent elbow and locking rings and swivels. Great! Where do I stow it? I wasn't going to fit in the factory provided tub, it's 54" long. I modified a new storage tube from PVC in the rear just behind the grey water tank, drilled and used 2 #14 self-tapping hex screws into the bottom of the tube frame. Added end caps, and I went to put the hose home, and it wouldn't fit! 4" PVC is outside dimension, not inside. I had to go to 6" PVC and redo the exercise at a greater expense. ($60 for the 4", $94 for the 6" solution). Note the 6" PVC screw cap (clean-out) is $114 alone. I didn't but that one, just the friction fit caps and a drill hole & screw to keep it on. RhinoFLEX fits now, the white tube looks good hanging just under the frame ready for camping.