Sewer line...

[twiceblessed....nacole 433]

Does anyone use this?

 

http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/sewer-solution/16617

 

We purchased a Flush King and had a heck of a time with it at The Fort.  Our trailer is very low to the ground so the Flush King was "in the way" and made emptying the tank very hard.

[Santa ... Shannon 160]

I used to have problems with my jetted elbow until I did an axle flip which raised the trailer about 5". It was pretty easy to do and the extra clearance is wonderful.

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[twiceblessed....nacole 433]

I used to have problems with my jetted elbow until I did an axle flip which raised the trailer about 5". It was pretty easy to do and the extra clearance is wonderful. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

 

I would love to raise our trailer... we BARELY clear the bumper when backing it up our (steep) driveway.  An axel flip... is that installing new axles on the camper?

[Santa ... Shannon 160]

No, it's repositioning the axle so the springs are under the axle instead of over it. The hardware kit for my 28' trailer was about $80 and took maybe 3 hours to install. Also called a spring-over conversion.

[jmaul 65]

Does anyone use this?

 

http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/sewer-solution/16617

 

We purchased a Flush King and had a heck of a time with it at The Fort.  Our trailer is very low to the ground so the Flush King was "in the way" and made emptying the tank very hard.

 

Watching the video, seems more complicated than it's worth.  Too many things to hook up.  

 

Compared to the Flush King (which I used on the last trailer), it probably does a better cleaning.

 

If your black tank is exposed or somewhat accessible, I'd go for one of the mounted flush kits like this  http://www.amazon.com/Camco-40123-Quickie-Flush-Preventer/dp/B000EDOSME

 

Or something real easy like this http://www.amazon.com/Camco-40094-Swivel-Holding-Shutoff/dp/B000BUQOCC

 

 

I would love to raise our trailer... we BARELY clear the bumper when backing it up our (steep) driveway.  An axel flip... is that installing new axles on the camper?

 

If you have leaf springs, you basically place the axle below the springs.

 

If you have a torsion suspension, no flip available, but there may be another option.

 

What's the brand and model trailer?

[twiceblessed....nacole 433]

Watching the video, seems more complicated than it's worth.  Too many things to hook up.  

 

Compared to the Flush King (which I used on the last trailer), it probably does a better cleaning.

 

If your black tank is exposed or somewhat accessible, I'd go for one of the mounted flush kits like this  http://www.amazon.com/Camco-40123-Quickie-Flush-Preventer/dp/B000EDOSME

 

Or something real easy like this http://www.amazon.com/Camco-40094-Swivel-Holding-Shutoff/dp/B000BUQOCC

 

 

 

If you have leaf springs, you basically place the axle below the springs.

 

If you have a torsion suspension, no flip available, but there may be another option.

 

What's the brand and model trailer?

 

Thanks.  On the Amazon/Camco product...we met a gentleman at The Fort who used this and loved it.  Said it worked better than the Flush King he had, so we are considering this.

 

As for the axle...gosh, I have no idea  :- .  I am learning all of this as we go.  I can tell you that we have 2 axles and that our trailer is a 23' (when towed) hybrid by Trail Cruiser.

[arthuruscg 34]

You can also install a axle alignment kit and get about 2" of lift and be able to set the alignement.

 

http://www.riecotitan.com/products/ccbushings.php

[Santa ... Shannon 160]

This is where I got my kit: eTrailer.com..

There are other kits available here for other axle sizes. I did a "trip report" showing the process I went through installing my kit here: click me. If you scroll down to post 7 in that thread you can see the before/after shots. Quite a difference.

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[twiceblessed....nacole 433]

This is where I got my kit: eTrailer.com..

There are other kits available here for other axle sizes. I did a "trip report" showing the process I went through installing my kit here: click me. If you scroll down to post 7 in that thread you can see the before/after shots. Quite a difference.

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Wow... that was a nice difference!  Awesome job!

 

You can also install a axle alignment kit and get about 2" of lift and be able to set the alignement.

 

http://www.riecotitan.com/products/ccbushings.php

 

Thank you!  We'll take a peak at this one too...

[Helmsey......Todd 134]

We have a sewer solutions packed up in the front of the 5er, it's left over from our old camper that sat low to the ground. I got it as it seemed a lot of the times the sewer input was above the output on our camper. And as the saying goes, "stuff" flows downhill so having a higher entry point caused issues. We used it many times and had good luck with it, I still use it sometimes if I need to run uphill to the dump or I'm a ways away from the dump connection. It does slow the emptying process down as you are greatly reducing the flow of the water and "stuff" out of your camper. When I would do it, I would turn on the water to the jet, open the black tank, and go do other things to pack up. I would check back on it 10 minutes later and it was usually done. The one negative I did find on it is that it does not provide the "whoosh" of water coming that tends to get all the solids out of the tank. With it draining a little slower, the solids will just kinda float down and settle on the bottom of the tank. After realizing that and using a tank rinser we never had any problems with it. 

 

As far as the axle flip - I'm betting since your camper is lighter it has torsion axles on it. And while you can lift it with those, it is a different process all together that just the "axle flip" that has been mentioned before.