I've just fitted two PVC pipes to the back of my van to carry our grey water hoses.
Nothing new about that as people have been doing that for years but mine are a little different in that I fitted the ends with "screw on" fittings both ends so that it can easily be hosed through for cleaning to prevent any odour build up.
Had to go across the back instead of under the van due to articulation problems at the back involving our steep drive way when backing in.
With the left over piece of pipe I made a cylinder for carrying awning & mat pegs.
Hopefully it will make things a little easier and prevent the hoses from cracking which happened when wound up in a bag.
This is the way I did mine, 2- 5 mtr water hose,s and 2 - 5 mtr sullage hoses drilled holes in the bottom of the 40mill poly pipe one end for drainage ,does the job nicely.
-- Edited by Olley46 on Wednesday 29th of October 2014 01:28:30 PM
I wind my 2 lengths of sullage hose into separate large rolls which are about 2ft across and tie them in 2 places with short lengths of cord I keep for the purpose. They then get dumped on a wire rack that our 'van manufacturer put on between the draw bar. I keep the jockey wheel and satellite dish legs here as well. Never blown or jumped off and Ive driven over some pretty rough WA dirt roads. I also make sure I put plenty of hot water down a sink hole when in a caravan park - no sludge or smell in pipes - always clean.
As an aside, I paid $2 for a plastic connector (For connecting 2 hoses together) from Bunnings. When I roll my water hoses (I carry 2) I connect both ends together and then use pre-cut lengths of velco to tie them neatly together. I can them keep them in my ute with no residual water leaking out of them. I splashed (yes - pun intended) out and bought 3 of these $2 connectors in case I ost one and as theyre so small, they are kept in the cutlery drawer. Ive also been in a C/P where the taps were so far apart, that it was necessary to join the two water hoses
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I have a heavy duty wire rack under the rear tyre and a storage box which I just feed the hose into wherever it goes . It's easy to push in and stays put . We have four outlets including the washing machine so the sullage hose has several tee pieces which I connect without clips just pushed together works well and gives me the ability to shift and move things around when needed . Dhutime
-- Edited by Dhutime on Tuesday 2nd of December 2014 12:14:59 AM
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We have a Coromal semi off road which is a little higher off the ground than the normal van. I have attached 4 50x50 cm wire baskets on the off side either side of the dual wheels. Here we store our hoses, and our firewood, plus any other odds and ends etc. Free up a lot of space in our boot area.
Costs $10 all up, as the baskets were from recycle depots.
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I've just fitted two PVC pipes to the back of my van to carry our grey water hoses.
Nothing new about that as people have been doing that for years but mine are a little different in that I fitted the ends with "screw on" fittings both ends so that it can easily be hosed through for cleaning to prevent any odour build up.
Had to go across the back instead of under the van due to articulation problems at the back involving our steep drive way when backing in.
With the left over piece of pipe I made a cylinder for carrying awning & mat pegs.
Hopefully it will make things a little easier and prevent the hoses from cracking which happened when wound up in a bag.
I just made use of our two spare wheels on the back, just coiled the sullage hoses and put inside the rim, they are held in with a plastic hub cap. One in each rim, the hoses are 5mt long each.
-- Edited by madaboutled on Monday 6th of February 2017 04:46:01 PM
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