In reading one of the posts on this subject someone mentioned they had
pumped the air bags up to the top to raise the vehicle so they could get
under to remove the holding tank.
It occurred to me (and maybe they did it anyway), but if one is working
under the vehicle at any time, and even more importantly if the air bags
are pressurized to higher pressure to raise the vehicle, please, please,
be sure to put blocks under as well, for safety supports.While it may
only happen very infrequently and hopefully never, if an air bag burst
when one is underneath, there is precious little room for ones survival
to tell the tale. Typically the bags run around 90-95 lbs If one pumps
them up to raise the vehicle, one may be putting in 110-120 lbs. If the
air bag is in poor shape, that extra pressure may just be the last straw
which blows the bag and drops that side of the coach like a rock and
with a bang like a shot gun. Even if the bags are not pressurized more,
if underneath- just safety block it anyway! Its bad enough losing
coaches to fire and accident, but lets not lose each other.
And on not so depressing a note for all those macerator affectionanoes-
it seems to me you are wasting an awful lot of space underneath behind
the waste tank with the hoses and macerator and only have one tank. Me
thinks I can with my two tanks (Black water and gray water) dump within
seconds as fast and as cleanly with my regular style dump hose. In fact
although I keep some rubber gloves back there, most of the time I don't
bother to use them, as they are not needed. The gray water flushes out
the hose and it is pretty quick to rinse a bit and put away. If we ever
meet at a dump station- I'll have you a race- who is fastest. The other
thing is - no freezing, no breakdown, keeps it simple.
My opinion only,
Claude.
Claude in Victoria
pumped the air bags up to the top to raise the vehicle so they could get
under to remove the holding tank.
It occurred to me (and maybe they did it anyway), but if one is working
under the vehicle at any time, and even more importantly if the air bags
are pressurized to higher pressure to raise the vehicle, please, please,
be sure to put blocks under as well, for safety supports.While it may
only happen very infrequently and hopefully never, if an air bag burst
when one is underneath, there is precious little room for ones survival
to tell the tale. Typically the bags run around 90-95 lbs If one pumps
them up to raise the vehicle, one may be putting in 110-120 lbs. If the
air bag is in poor shape, that extra pressure may just be the last straw
which blows the bag and drops that side of the coach like a rock and
with a bang like a shot gun. Even if the bags are not pressurized more,
if underneath- just safety block it anyway! Its bad enough losing
coaches to fire and accident, but lets not lose each other.
And on not so depressing a note for all those macerator affectionanoes-
it seems to me you are wasting an awful lot of space underneath behind
the waste tank with the hoses and macerator and only have one tank. Me
thinks I can with my two tanks (Black water and gray water) dump within
seconds as fast and as cleanly with my regular style dump hose. In fact
although I keep some rubber gloves back there, most of the time I don't
bother to use them, as they are not needed. The gray water flushes out
the hose and it is pretty quick to rinse a bit and put away. If we ever
meet at a dump station- I'll have you a race- who is fastest. The other
thing is - no freezing, no breakdown, keeps it simple.
My opinion only,
Claude.
Claude in Victoria
