Valterra Sewer Hose Tube Install Question - Polar Package

[BigSky!]

I have used Valterra sewer hose storage tubes and 5X5 fence posts in the past on previous units to store my sewer hoses. Install has always been rather easy. However, I just bought a 2015 Keystone Cougar with the Polar Package. Consequently, the entire underside is covered with material which makes it difficult to ad a center brace/bracket.

This Valterra I bought is the extendable version making it somewhat less rigid in the middle. This makes me want a bracket (included with the tube) mounted somewhere in the middle third of the tube. However, I want to know what I may be drilling into and I don't want to be cutting the material/fabric underneath.

Does anybody have any ideas of a good way to go about this? As a last resort I can mount it on top of or below the bumper; but, I don't really want to do that if I don't have to do so. I would actually like to mount a couple of extra made of the 5X5 posts for storage of other things. This is a great route I've gone before. Thanks in advance.

[Terry W.]

I bought the storage tube from CW and mounted on the I beam of the frame. Keystone Avalanche been there for years

[BigSky!]

I have the outside i-beams running down the exterior sides to which I can easily mount the ends. What about the center? Is there one running down the center of a Keystone Cougar travel trailer underneath the fabric?

[WNY Bullet]

Originally Posted by BigSky!

I have the outside i-beams running down the exterior sides to which I can easily mount the ends. What about the center? Is there one running down the center of a Keystone Cougar travel trailer underneath the fabric?

I installed the Sewer Hose Tube and only fastened at the ends, I didn't add a center support. Working fine!

[flybouy]

I took a sheet of marine plywood and ripped a 12" length. Screwed that to the frame and the tube to the plywood. This allowed me to move the tube to the edge of the J wrap for easy access.

[BigSky!]

Originally Posted by WNY Bullet

I installed the Sewer Hose Tube and only fastened at the ends, I didn't add a center support. Working fine!

That makes me a feel a little more optimistic. I know it's not a lot of weight; but, physics always exists beyond my desires. Thanks WNY.

Originally Posted by flybouy

I took a sheet of marine plywood and ripped a 12" length. Screwed that to the frame and the tube to the plywood. This allowed me to move the tube to the edge of the J wrap for easy access.

Interesting mod. Thanks flybouy.

[Texas Steve]

Add a piece of kindorf (HD in electrical section) and mount from I-beam to I-beam then mount the storage to that. They also have connectors which slide in the kindorf.