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    Posted: 06 Nov 2011 at 9:13am
Will a longer black/grey water dump hose fit in the exsisting tube or will I need to change the tube also ?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Nov 2011 at 9:34am
The standard tube will fit a 10' hose, but it won't fit a 20' one or 2 10's.  I know that people have put PVC piping to store the hose.  I have not; I do store it in the pass through where the spare tire is at but close both ends so that odors are locked into the hose as much as possible.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Nov 2011 at 11:11am
Like some people I replaced the factory holder with one made from PVC fence post.  Much happier with that, and it took very little time or materials.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06 Nov 2011 at 1:54pm
I put mine in a lidded plastic bin and store it in the back pass through compartment.  Some day I'll get around to using the fence post mod.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Nov 2011 at 8:42am
If you replace your hose carrier with a pvc 'fence post' determine whether or not a 4inch post will fit the hose. A 4 inch diameter tube will not fit the drain hose if you have plastic fittings on the ends of the hose. After following the suggestions of several forum posts, I was going to use a 4 inch diameter plastic post.  The drain hose is 4 inches.  I also have plastic end fittings on the hose to connect to the drain gate valve and an elbow for the other end. A 4 inch tube wouldn't hold the hose.  I found a post that was slightly larger (about 5 inches).  Now the hose will fit even with the plastic end fittings.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Nov 2011 at 1:15pm
Still on my to-do list, thanks for the pointers.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Nov 2011 at 7:39pm

Tidalwave is correct, the 4 inch pvc fence post will not work, the next size up (4 3/4-5) works great, even has end caps to fit.  I have one installed under my battery and painted it black, it looks nice! 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Nov 2011 at 1:49pm
I put one on our 176 under the pass through. I sprayed it with black truck bed paint from Walmart.  Minimal time & effort to construct.

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