Lazy Daze Owners' Group

Well it was time to get new oil and brake fluid.  Call the Ford Dealership - Northwest Ford Truck.  Gave em the keys went home.  Oh three, four hours later seems the guys while backing off the lift re-designed the black/gray tank plumbing.  See included image.  They shared with me that they would repair said design mod.  I was told it would take five days or so to get the part.  Today they called.  I picked up 'Baxter' drove home.    I tested said repair by putting water thru the system. No joy.  But sides were leaking.    I returned 'Baxter' to Dealership.  Pointed out were the water was leaking - suggested next time to test the system by putting some water thru the system but keep your hands out of the toilet.  They will look at it tomorrow as they have run out of time today.    I'm thinking they'll have no luck fixing the leak.  I'll let em suffer for a few then take it off their hands and do the job myself.

Who said owning a RV was cheap or easy (smile) -- wallet feeling a tad lighter.

glen

My wife and I just got our first LD - a 2013 24' TK, and the first thing we noticed when looking at it was the low-hanging dump valve setup.  We like to boondock, and are worried about scraping it inadvertently, even in town.  I'm wondering why Lazy Daze designed it that way, when virtually everything else seems very well though out.  Has anyone been able to re-route the lines to raise this a bit?

I'll admit - I was sort of free-thinking here - trying to throw out possible avenues to investigate.  I was trying to avoid putting a pump down there, but that could work too.

My skid plate idea probably would lower clearance a bit, depending on how it's done, but still might be preferable to having the dump valves peeled off on a rock or curb.  I'll agree - probably not the most desirable method.  A compromise might be to weld some protective angled steel bars that would not pass under the pipe, but would take the hit first, acting as a warning before your valves get torn off. 

My idea for a flexible joint at the holding tank outlets would require a bit of modification underneath, and possibly to the side of the LD.  I was thinking the flexible joint woud allow raising the whole dump pipe assembly under the frame while not in use, then some sort of cable or strap to lower when dumping.  To make it cleaner, you might have to put some sort of small access door similar  in size to the current cover for the flexible hose storage the LD's have now, which you would open to connect to the valves for dumping.  You probably would have to shorten the pipes a bit to tuck everything up inside the chassis.  Certainly would take a bit more engineering to develop a clean working solution.  I don't think it's impossible - but it is probably going to take more work.

Jiffy-Lube advised me that they change oil in box trucks all the time, and a Ford E450 was not problem if the truck was not over 30' or so.
.We requested and were allowed to stay in the LD while they performed the service.  It was the only way we were doing the service during the C-19.
20 minutes we were out with a complete oil/filter change, tires and all other fluids checked and filled for a few bucks over $125.00.  This also included a new air-filter.
We have NO affiliation with Jiffy-Lube at all, but I can tell you they were life savers.