What do you carry as a fulltimer? (Sewer Hoses & Electrical Cords)
bigboomer said
09:32 AM May 8, 2016
Ok, I have to ask all you fulltimers out there....
What length of sewer hose do you carry on board? 25', 30', 50', 60'?
What length of electric cord do you carry on board? 25', 30', 50', 60', 75?
-- Edited by Howard on Monday 9th of May 2016 07:00:49 AM
Neil and Connie said
11:26 AM May 8, 2016
bigboomer wrote:
Ok, I have to ask all you fulltimers out there....
What length of sewer hose do you carry on board? 25', 30', 50', 60'?
What length of electric cord do you carry on board? 25', 30', 50', 60', 75?
Sewer…3x10 foot Rhinoflex and we need 3 maybe 1 out of 10 times. Also have 2 15 foot older ones that are still serviceable.
Electric…25 foot built in with reel, 25 foot extension and another 25 foot 30 amp one along with all the adapters between 50/30/20 amp plugs.
Bill and Linda said
11:57 AM May 8, 2016
Sewer: We carry 5 - 10 footers. 2 are usually new (spares) but I've used 50 feet before - 40 is not that uncommon.
Power: 50 Amp - 30' on the powered roll up reel, 30' - extension / 15' extension (which I use all the time) and 1 - 30' - 30 amp extension.
Why a 30 amp with a 50 amp rig? - I've been places where one of the 50 amp legs is really high and I used it as a voltage drop "resistor" to get the power down into the safe levels so the Progressive Industries EMS power monitor doesn't tip off. Yes, I have used all these power cables, including the 30 amp, all at the same time to reach a working 30 amp plug.
Alie and Jims Carrilite said
05:56 PM May 8, 2016
On board we have
---2- Rhino hoses with couplers and another 10' section, total length 40'. We have an additional Drainmaster sewer hose that came with the rig that I have the fittings to connect it to the Rhino line if necessary.
---50amp service- 1- 25', 1- 33' extension (off a bus that I added an end to), 30 amp 30 ft. several other 10/3 extension cords to reach 15amp power.
---1-30' fresh water hose, 2-15' hoses and several shorter pieces to make up connections between filters and water bandit fitting.
jrzygrl64 said
10:21 PM May 8, 2016
We have the following:
Electric - on power reel 40' 50 amp; 20' 30 amp extension cord; 20' and 100' 20 amp extension cords we've used when moochdocking; been wanting to buy a 20' 50 amp extension but haven't found it at the right price - may make my own
Sewer - 1 20' Rhino; 2 10' each extensions; 25' garden hose for grey water; 3 20' fresh water garden hoses
Sewer: 3 20-foot Rhinoflex sewer hoses with connectors (Use 1 85% of the time; 2 most of the rest of the time; and 3 very rarely)
Water: 4 25-foot white fresh water hoses; 1 75-foot garden hose (to wash rig or empty gray water) & 1 15-foot garden hose (mostly for back-flushing holding tanks)
bigboomer said
07:49 AM May 9, 2016
Thanks for all the responses. The reason I asked is that we ran into an issue at an RV park where we are in an 80' pull thru and the hook-ups are more than 50' away towards the front half of the site. We had never seen the hook ups in this location before in all the years we have been FTing. We also ran into an issue at the previous park with a 70 ft pull thru where the sewer hook ups where at the very back end of the site where we needed over 50 feet of sewer.
Both places thought we were nuts not carrying more than 50 feet of 50 amp cord and/ or 50 feet of sewer hose.
bjoyce said
09:02 AM May 9, 2016
We can reach about 60' of 50AMP electric by using our 15' and 25' extension cords and needed it all once at a country park that put the electric in a field about 40 to 50' behind the RV sites. (A couple years later they rewired the campground and this is no longer a problem.) We also have two 25' 30AMP extension cords, so we can go 110' for 30AMP and 65' of normal extension, so we can go 175' when driveway camping. We have gone over 100' while driveway camping.
About 60% of the time we use 10' of sewer hose, about 25% we use two 10' sections and the rest we add a 25' section. We have had the sewer connection on the passenger side rear a couple places, where they put the utilities for 2 or 4 sites together.
We have accumulated alot of water hoses over the years and can probably go over 200'. We have run it over 100' to fillup the tank outside a campground, but 50' has been enough in camprounds.
injunear said
07:56 PM May 9, 2016
We have 30' of 50 amp that hooks up to the 5er , 50' of 30 amp and 75' of 20 amp. Used the 20 amp this past winter mooch docking
in central Florida.
For sewer three 15' sections, one 10' for the dump station and a short 5' hose for the blue bouy tank.
Started with a 50' and 25' water hoses. The 50 footer is hard to uncoil when cool outside so I bought 2 more 25 footers. Much easier
Ok, I have to ask all you fulltimers out there....
What length of sewer hose do you carry on board? 25', 30', 50', 60'?
What length of electric cord do you carry on board? 25', 30', 50', 60', 75?
-- Edited by Howard on Monday 9th of May 2016 07:00:49 AM
Sewer…3x10 foot Rhinoflex and we need 3 maybe 1 out of 10 times. Also have 2 15 foot older ones that are still serviceable.
Electric…25 foot built in with reel, 25 foot extension and another 25 foot 30 amp one along with all the adapters between 50/30/20 amp plugs.
Sewer: We carry 5 - 10 footers. 2 are usually new (spares) but I've used 50 feet before - 40 is not that uncommon.
Power: 50 Amp - 30' on the powered roll up reel, 30' - extension / 15' extension (which I use all the time) and 1 - 30' - 30 amp extension.
Why a 30 amp with a 50 amp rig? - I've been places where one of the 50 amp legs is really high and I used it as a voltage drop "resistor" to get the power down into the safe levels so the Progressive Industries EMS power monitor doesn't tip off. Yes, I have used all these power cables, including the 30 amp, all at the same time to reach a working 30 amp plug.
---2- Rhino hoses with couplers and another 10' section, total length 40'. We have an additional Drainmaster sewer hose that came with the rig that I have the fittings to connect it to the Rhino line if necessary.
---50amp service- 1- 25', 1- 33' extension (off a bus that I added an end to), 30 amp 30 ft. several other 10/3 extension cords to reach 15amp power.
---1-30' fresh water hose, 2-15' hoses and several shorter pieces to make up connections between filters and water bandit fitting.
Electric - on power reel 40' 50 amp; 20' 30 amp extension cord; 20' and 100' 20 amp extension cords we've used when moochdocking; been wanting to buy a 20' 50 amp extension but haven't found it at the right price - may make my own
Sewer - 1 20' Rhino; 2 10' each extensions; 25' garden hose for grey water; 3 20' fresh water garden hoses
Do you mind if I ask - why are you asking?
We have:
Electrical: 1 25-foot 50-amp; 1 25-foot 30-amp extension; 3 25-foot 20-amp extensions; Adapters: 50-amp - 30-amp adapter & 30-amp - 20-amp adapter
Sewer: 3 20-foot Rhinoflex sewer hoses with connectors (Use 1 85% of the time; 2 most of the rest of the time; and 3 very rarely)
Water: 4 25-foot white fresh water hoses; 1 75-foot garden hose (to wash rig or empty gray water) & 1 15-foot garden hose (mostly for back-flushing holding tanks)
Thanks for all the responses. The reason I asked is that we ran into an issue at an RV park where we are in an 80' pull thru and the hook-ups are more than 50' away towards the front half of the site. We had never seen the hook ups in this location before in all the years we have been FTing. We also ran into an issue at the previous park with a 70 ft pull thru where the sewer hook ups where at the very back end of the site where we needed over 50 feet of sewer.
Both places thought we were nuts not carrying more than 50 feet of 50 amp cord and/ or 50 feet of sewer hose.
About 60% of the time we use 10' of sewer hose, about 25% we use two 10' sections and the rest we add a 25' section. We have had the sewer connection on the passenger side rear a couple places, where they put the utilities for 2 or 4 sites together.
We have accumulated alot of water hoses over the years and can probably go over 200'. We have run it over 100' to fillup the tank outside a campground, but 50' has been enough in camprounds.
We have 30' of 50 amp that hooks up to the 5er , 50' of 30 amp and 75' of 20 amp. Used the 20 amp this past winter mooch docking
in central Florida.
For sewer three 15' sections, one 10' for the dump station and a short 5' hose for the blue bouy tank.
Started with a 50' and 25' water hoses. The 50 footer is hard to uncoil when cool outside so I bought 2 more 25 footers. Much easier
roll up a 25' hose when cold than a 50' snake.
Wayne