We went on our shakedown trip for our new Cougar X-Lite 28RBS.
All went well, untill...
We had been set up for a day and a half, and I had tested both fresh and city water systems and done the sanitizing and flushing of the lines.
So with my grey tanks starting to fill up, I decide to dump them.
I have 2 grey tanks, the one at the back is the bathroom grey tank and the connection and valve handle are located near the black tank at the back side of the camper. They are a bit under the camper, but reachable with some stretching.
The front grey is for the kitchen and the valve and hose connection are also a bit under the camper but in front of the wheels under the slide. This is our first travel trailer and we have had no prior experience with dump valves before so we didn't notice this potentially nasty location.
So now with the need to dump the tank, the connection and valve are now in a land unto themselves WAY under the slide out.
I crawl no my knees under the slide, greased up the back of my shirt on the slide out gear, sit on the ground under the slide out, pick the rocks out of my knees, hook up the hose, yell for my son to connect the other end to the bit at the sewer, listen to the quiet giggles from around me and proceed to dump the tank while thinking, "Who comes up with this stuff?"
So I learned,
If I am on a sewer site, hook up the front tank and open the valve BEFORE deploying the slide out.
If I need to use a blue boy or a honey wagon, things are gonna get rough.
So the question is,
If I drop the belly pan and connect the front tank dump to the rear tank dumps like a sane person would have done in the first place, will I have a warranty problem or should I wait until I'm out of warranty and Keystone no longer cares what I modify?
Thanks for listening