User Tag List
Thanks: 0
Likes: 0
Results 1 to 10 of 16
Thread: Portable Waste Tote
-
01-19-2016, 08:30 PM #1
- Join Date
- Nov 2015
- Location
- Louisiana
- Posts
- 15
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Portable Waste Tote
I'm purchasing a portable waste tote for my next trip. I am pulling my Imagine with a Ford Expedition so I'm having a hard time figuring out where to store it. It will take up too much room in the bay and I don't want to put it in my Expy or in the TT. Any suggestions on how to mount it on the bumper or on the hitch? Or anywhere else?
Also, any suggestions on the tote to buy? And what size?
Thanks!
-
01-19-2016, 08:52 PM #2
- Join Date
- Apr 2014
- Location
- Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas
- Posts
- 462
- Mentioned
- 1 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
I don't have one but I see a lot of them strapped on the rear ladder.
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkMike & Debbie
Hot Springs, Ar
2014 Ram 2500 4x4 Short Bed Diesel
B&W Companion 5th Wheel Hitch
2014 Reflection 303 (#405)
-
01-20-2016, 12:58 PM #3
- Join Date
- Dec 2015
- Location
- Nashville, TN area
- Posts
- 144
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Yep, strap it to the ladder.
-
01-20-2016, 01:01 PM #4
- Join Date
- Nov 2015
- Location
- Louisiana
- Posts
- 15
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
The Imagine 2800BH does not have a ladder. Any other suggestions?
thanks
-
01-20-2016, 02:00 PM #5
- Join Date
- Feb 2014
- Posts
- 170
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
I have a large one, and travel with it between the fifth wheel hitch and the tailgate.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
-
01-20-2016, 02:05 PM #6
- Join Date
- Feb 2014
- Posts
- 170
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Sorry, just realized you have a SUV.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
-
01-20-2016, 02:06 PM #7
- Join Date
- Feb 2014
- Posts
- 170
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Not being familiar with your travel trailer, is there room to place it sideways on the a frame portion of trailer?
Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk
-
01-20-2016, 02:09 PM #8
- Join Date
- Dec 2015
- Location
- Nashville, TN area
- Posts
- 144
- Mentioned
- 0 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
Well that sucks.
Does it have a bumper? The pictures online are lacking, but it appears to have a bumper tucked up under the rear wall with a spare tire mounted to it. If this is the case, I'd look to see if the spare can be moved to one side and make a bracket. I'd go to Lowe's or Home Depot and find some heavy aluminum flat bars that are long enough to make the bends and thick enough to support the weight, (like item# 103631 at Lowes). I'd buy two and bend them each so that a 4" section was at the bottom to mount vertically to the bumper with self-drilling sheet metal screws. Then I'd make a bend towards the rear to set the tote in so that it doesn't rub against the rear wall, and then bend them upwards high enough to come up to, or just below, the top of the tote when laid on its side. So if you look at the brackets the side they'd look like a chair shaped with 4" legs. I'd then screw another flat between the two brackets to cross-brace them. Then I'd use bungy cords to secure the tote to the brackets.
Since the totes don't weigh that much I don't think this would stress the bumper at all. I would paint the brackets just so they don't stand out - particularly if I had to use steel.
-
01-20-2016, 02:42 PM #9
How about putting a roof rack on the Expedition? I used to have one on my SUV when I was towing a TT, and you'd be amazed at how much extra storage it gives you.
Jim
-
01-20-2016, 08:30 PM #10
- Join Date
- Jul 2014
- Location
- Wherever...
- Posts
- 9,111
- Mentioned
- 190 Post(s)
- Tagged
- 0 Thread(s)
We bought one when we went full-time - have never used it. Would let it go to a new home...
U.S. Army Retired
2012 F350 DRW CC LB Lariat PS 6.7
2020 Solitude 310GK-R, MORryde IS, disc brakes,
Sailun LRG tires, solar, DP windows, W/D
(Previously in a Reflection 337RLS)
Full time since 08/2015
Similar Threads
-
Portable waste tank
By Jim & Deb in forum General DiscussionReplies: 15Last Post: 03-18-2018, 08:36 PM -
storing a Portable Waste Tank
By maldomaldo in forum General DiscussionReplies: 1Last Post: 01-18-2018, 10:21 PM -
Sewage hose and barker tote
By CampPete in forum New To RV'ing, Purchase Questions & General ConcernsReplies: 21Last Post: 01-04-2018, 01:09 PM -
Tote Tanks
By Lee Bode in forum General DiscussionReplies: 11Last Post: 07-10-2017, 05:26 PM -
Portable waste tank
By blackhawk17 in forum General DiscussionReplies: 5Last Post: 04-30-2016, 08:49 PM
No power to RV
Today, 07:39 AM in Electrical System and Wiring