Gorilla compact 25’ hose for marine and RV use

[Ronbrink]

8 hours ago, Jason Foster said:

I prefer the word efficient to lazy. Less time to set up/break down means more time for the important things.  Like beer. 

It would take me two beers to patiently and correctly wind up the Gorilla, being that I would probably fumble it a time or two trying to get the perfect roll and have to start over!

[topgun2]

22 minutes ago, Ronbrink said:

It would take me two beers to patiently and correctly wind up the Gorilla, being that I would probably fumble it a time or two trying to get the perfect roll and have to start over!

If you start with 3 beers it makes the process go a bunch easier - you don't give a ....!

Bill

[Jason Foster]

7 hours ago, jd1923 said:

Keep one if you ever need to use the boondocking port. 

I can imagine the flattened nature of these hoses would resist water suction. However, I use a cutoff hose that can be inserted into a bucket for transport. A longer hose for boondocking wouldn’t make sense for me. 

[Jason Foster]

5 minutes ago, topgun2 said:

If you start with 3 beers it makes the process go a bunch easier - you don't give a ....!

Bill

Hm. 3?  Maybe 5. 3 is just a buzz. 

[Ronbrink]

7 hours ago, jd1923 said:

Keep one if you ever need to use the boondocking port. 

That will work or get a small section of PVC clear reinforced braided vinyl tubing. My dedicated hose fits inside a gallon Ziploc bag for ease of storage. Mostly used in the tank sanitation process via the boondocking port, but I also carry two 5-gal collapsible containers if fresh water supply ever runs low. I can see in your application where the longer hose would be necessary.

[Jason Foster]

3 minutes ago, Ronbrink said:

That will work or get a small section of PVC clear reinforced braided vinyl tubing. My dedicated hose fits inside a gallon Ziploc bag for ease of storage. Mostly used in the tank sanitation process via the boondocking port, but I also carry two 5-gal collapsible containers if fresh water supply ever runs low. I can see in your application where the longer hose would be necessary.

This is what I use. Though I should upgrade. Mine lookes like it was left outside sitting in a dog turd. 

[jd1923]

1 hour ago, Jason Foster said:

I can imagine the flattened nature of these hoses would resist water suction. However, I use a cutoff hose that can be inserted into a bucket for transport. A longer hose for boondocking wouldn’t make sense for me. 

 

1 hour ago, Ronbrink said:

That will work or get a small section of PVC clear reinforced braided vinyl tubing.

These hand-held options don't work for us. We do not carry small water tanks to the rear of the Oliver. I fill a 35-gal FWT in the truck bed every time we fill water. With the onboard FWT full and our extra tank we can boondock, not worry about water for 10 days.

I use a 25' and 10' rigid hose to connect the two while still being hitched. Fill about 18 gallons after a few days out and the rest of the tank after a week. I must use rigid hoses and never seem to have an issue stretching them out since I wind them in large 3' circles and curve them oval to fit in the Oliver trunk over other stuff. Flat hoses would be cool, but will not work for us!

[Jason Foster]

2 minutes ago, jd1923 said:

 

These hand-held options don't work for us. We do not carry small water tanks to the rear of the Oliver. I fill a 35-gal FWT in the truck bed every time we fill water. With the onboard FWT full and our extra tank we can boondock, not worry about water for 10 days.

I use a 25' and 10' rigid hose to connect the two while still being hitched. Fill about 18 gallons after a few days out and the rest of the tank after a week. I must use rigid hoses and never seem to have an issue stretching them out since I wind them in large 3' circles and curve them oval to fit in the Oliver trunk over other stuff. Flat hoses would be cool, but will not work for us!

That is more boondocking than I have had time for, unfortunately. If I could get away from my job long enough to need that much water, I would absolutely love to carry extra hoses with me. 
 

My boondocking experience so far has been two days near a water supply I couldn’t quite reach with my abundance of hoses. 

[Ronbrink]

27 minutes ago, Jason Foster said:

That is more boondocking than I have had time for, unfortunately

That @jd1923 really has it goin’ on with his water and power setups!

[Jason Foster]

6 minutes ago, Ronbrink said:

That @jd1923 really has it goin’ on with his water and power setups!

He lives in the desert, sonit kinda makes sense. You never know when a Graboid will break into his goll dern wreck room. 
 

edit:  hint 

 

Edited May 15 by Jason Foster

[jd1923]

It’s just nice even at a campground to not bother with any hookups. We have all the water and electric we need. Just dump gray every 5 days, black every 10, and where we Boondock most places we can drop some gray in the BLM or NF.

[Jason Foster]

1 hour ago, jd1923 said:

It’s just nice even at a campground to not bother with any hookups. We have all the water and electric we need. Just dump gray every 5 days, black every 10, and where we Boondock most places we can drop some gray in the BLM or NF.

I’m with you on this. One day when I actually get more than a day and a half to do some camping, I could see how far I can go with what water I have.