Where I come from, we send our storm water under the roads. :dodgy:
These friggin' gulches they put in the roads out here for drainage shake up my van way worse than any speed bump ever has. I swear I've gotten air off one before.
Anyway, yesterday, pulling into a grocery store right downtown San Diego, I crossed one such friggin' gulch. I saw it and slowed down, not going fast to begin with, but it still shook my van, as they always do. I parked, got out to head to the grocery store, and realized something was wrong when I heard water flowing. Looked back to see water gushing from my gray dump valve. "Aww ****," I proclaimed loudly. Got back in the van, and sped off leaving a trail of sudsy water and confused onlookers.
I ditched quickly into a back street. Dumped the contents of the tank - they were coming out one way or the other. The flange which the valve bolts to had broken, evidently just from the shaking going over that gulch (it was probably the original). Drove to the nearest RV store, got the parts, reconfigured the plumbing in the parking lot of Home Depot, glued on a new flange, bolted on a new valve... so it's fixed, and maybe it'll be good for another 18 years.
But man, screw those gulches.
These friggin' gulches they put in the roads out here for drainage shake up my van way worse than any speed bump ever has. I swear I've gotten air off one before.
Anyway, yesterday, pulling into a grocery store right downtown San Diego, I crossed one such friggin' gulch. I saw it and slowed down, not going fast to begin with, but it still shook my van, as they always do. I parked, got out to head to the grocery store, and realized something was wrong when I heard water flowing. Looked back to see water gushing from my gray dump valve. "Aww ****," I proclaimed loudly. Got back in the van, and sped off leaving a trail of sudsy water and confused onlookers.
I ditched quickly into a back street. Dumped the contents of the tank - they were coming out one way or the other. The flange which the valve bolts to had broken, evidently just from the shaking going over that gulch (it was probably the original). Drove to the nearest RV store, got the parts, reconfigured the plumbing in the parking lot of Home Depot, glued on a new flange, bolted on a new valve... so it's fixed, and maybe it'll be good for another 18 years.
But man, screw those gulches.