Water Tank Drain Extension

[Cate&Rob]

Draining the water tank results in a big mess under the trailer . . . particularly if you are on a grass or dirt site. Crawling under the trailer to open the valve also usually means at least a partial shower . . . particularly on ours where the draining water hits the axle and comes straight back at the valve opener .

After rummaging around in my bins of spare parts . . . and a few standard pieces from the local Lowe's . . . I came up with the following:

Routing the drain to the side of the trailer with 1 1/2" ABS was relatively easy. (There is a special glue for connecting the ABS to the PVC valve.) The hangers are from Lowe's. I ended with a standard 1 1/2 threaded clean-out fitting and plug and then created a couple of different "adapters" to allow me to drain away from the trailer through either a garden hose or a standard sewer hose.

The pull cable is a manual choke cable that I happened to have . . . and it took some "fabrication" to make this work for pulling the valve. There are probably better ways to do this, but I was determined to use "parts on hand".

Rob

[J&G garage]

Nice job Rob. That ought to keep the knees dry.

[Gumpster]

Looks great Rob. Just wondering how hard was it to hook up the cable pull for the valve?