I have the pleasure of raising the bed (hinged of course), crawling inside the under the bed storage area, and contorting my 63 year old body into the shape that roughly resembles a folded store mannequin....then operating the bypass valve after I remove the cover that is held in place with 4 wood screws. Yep, that's exactly where I would have put the bypass valve if I was designing the trailer......Bastages #$!@!%