While I have not experienced any problem with the valve opening while travelling, I have had a problem with both the rod and the handle on one of the grey tanks. In the first instance, when I pulled on the handle to open the valve, the handle came right off the aluminium rod. As it turned out, the threads were stripped and the handle needed replacing. In the second instance, the rod itself came out of the valve and I was left holding both the rod and the handle. Again, the rod had worked loose and needed to be re-threaded onto the valve. I applied some Lock-Tite and haven't hand a problem since. Since these incidents, I now pull on the handle very slowly and carefully.
I also installed a 4" sewer slide valve and the end of the sewer pipe so when you take the cap off, you need to pull another valve before anything will come out of the sewer line. Sort of a "safety feature" to prevent a sudden gush of $%^&*# if you forget to close off any of the valves to the tanks.
Both the rod and the rod handle are a bit on the shoddy side IMO.
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2008 Cougar 5th Wheel 27RKS
2005 2500 GMC Duramax
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