[VAL] Re: VAL Digest V1 #193

["Scott Scheuermann" <s.l.scheuermann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Amanda,

While I don't own a 50's, I have seen a few up close and I do own a 1960.

Yes your dad will be able to use the toilet if he has full hookups. Assuming
that the trailer will come with the needed connector and hose for the sewer.
The original sewer hose on my '60 was a good half inch smaller in diameter
than modern day sewer hose. Adapters from the old system to the modern day
standard are hard to come by. Most people seem to convert the whole system
to the modern standard just because the correct size hose is no longer
available. If the toilet sits on a raised platform the trailer has a holding
tank for the toilet.

SOME 50's Airstreams have a seperate drain/outlet for sink water. He may
need a seperate blue boy or bucket for the sink runoff. If the trailer just
has one exit for all waste water then the sink water will drain out the same
hole as the toilet water. Assuming that the toilet has a tank and the valve
is closed, the gray water will still drain out...there is normally no
provision to collect it except a blue boy or bucket.

The electrical cord will be seperate. Kinda like a heavy duty extension cord
that plugs into a receptical on the outside of the trailer. Hopefully this
will also come with the trailer and be in usable condition.

The ball on the hitch should be 2". And the electrical plug to the tow
vehicle will not be the modern standard unless someone has rewired it. The
plug itself may be OK, you will just need to switch a few wires.

Scott
1960 Overlander