Posted 2009-03-12 7:14 AM (#101163) Subject: Where to put fresh water tank??
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I'm doing my own living quarters and am trying to decide where to locate the fresh water tank...... on the roof or one of those stand up corner mount units??? I will probably have a sink and a cowboy shower. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Posted 2009-03-12 7:26 AM (#101165 - in reply to #101163) Subject: RE: Where to put fresh water tank??
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We are in the process of doing the same thing. We bought a 40 gallon fresh water tank and we are going to put it inside the boot box and we will still have plenty of room for storage.
Posted 2009-03-12 8:24 AM (#101172 - in reply to #101163) Subject: RE: Where to put fresh water tank??
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Boot boxes, under cabinets, steps and dinettes, most corners, even as a saddle rack. They can be mounted vertically or horizontally. A polypropylene tank mounted outside will be eventually damaged by sunlight. You will want easy access for filling and draining.
Posted 2009-03-12 1:44 PM (#101203 - in reply to #101163) Subject: RE: Where to put fresh water tank??
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Posts: 714 Location: Minnesota
A friend of mine used a 10" PVC pipe that he capped, attached a hose a filler cap and vent. Mounted it horizontly on his roof. Always has gravity pressure. I believe he said 18' holds 5 gallons. He says it really works well and takes no room inside.
Posted 2009-03-12 7:58 PM (#101234 - in reply to #101163) Subject: RE: Where to put fresh water tank??
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Posts: 42 Location: elkhart indiana
elkhart plastics makes on that is only about 2"tall and as wide as your standerd mattress, you put your matt on it. holds aprox 50gal, I have also seen people put in the 10" pvc pipe and it worked great. They installed it in behind the corner shower were you would leave a little room for your other plumbing, also one in the back tack behind the saddle racks,and in very small cabnets that extend from floor to roof.pretty smart, it allows you to keep your benches and boot boxes for other stuff.
Posted 2009-06-29 8:46 AM (#107223 - in reply to #101203) Subject: RE: Where to put fresh water tank??
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Originally written by genebob on 2009-03-12 2:44 PM
A friend of mine used a 10" PVC pipe that he capped, attached a hose a filler cap and vent. Mounted it horizontly on his roof. Always has gravity pressure. I believe he said 18' holds 5 gallons. He says it really works well and takes no room inside.
I was think about making a fresh water tank and came across this idea.
The 5 gallon estimate is a little off though, here is what I found to be the gallons on a 10" diameter x 18' long PVC pipe is:
A cylindrical shape that has a diameter of 10 inches and a depth of 18 feet has a volume of:
Volume
= 0.278 cubic meters
= 278000 cubic centimeters
= 0.36361 cubic yards
= 9.8175 cubic feet
= 16965 cubic inches
= 73.44 U.S. gallons
= 278 liters
* calculations accurate to 5 decimal places of precision
Almost 73 1/2 gallons now multiply that by 8.345 (weight per gallon) thats 613 pounds on the roof of the trailer. I think thats a little to much weight to add to the roof.
I think i'll go with a corner standing unit instead.
Posted 2009-06-29 9:20 AM (#107230 - in reply to #101163) Subject: RE: Where to put fresh water tank??
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I made a mistake. It should have been "approx. 5 gallons per foot".
Using your figures though, if you spread that weight over the 18' length is only 18 lbs./L.F or on a seven ft wide trailer is less than 5 lbs./S.F. A 40 gallon tank, 335 lbs on a 3 S.F space is over 100 lbs./S.F.
A hay pod with 10, 50 lbs. bales weighs 500 lbs. over an approx. 42 S.F. area.
Posted 2009-06-29 11:21 AM (#107252 - in reply to #101163) Subject: RE: Where to put fresh water tank??
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Posts: 1283 Location: Home of Wild Turkey Whiskey
Another way of dealing with the water tank is to not install it in the trailer, I have a setup where I carry a 40 gallon tank that I have installed a 12 volt Shur-flo pump to the side of it and about 15 ft. of water hose, I wired the pump with a 7 way trailer plug. I keep this in the bed of the truck, hook it up to my city water inlet on the trailer and plug it into the truck's plug. When I run out of water I take the truck to the water spiget and fill it back up. I normally camp where there is water so I only take my water tank when I know I will need it.
I hated carrying water in 5 gallon jugs trying to fill my onboard water tank when I ran out.
Posted 2009-06-29 12:08 PM (#107257 - in reply to #101163) Subject: RE: Where to put fresh water tank??
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Posts: 70 Location: Temecula, CA
It's sounds that if your putting in a cowboy shower your LQ is pretty small. Storage space inside horse trailers is always at a premium. I would suggest that you mount your water tank on the roof either inside a haypod if you have one or purchase a small roof mounted rv style storge pod. This would protect the water tank from the outside elements, keep it from deteriorating and keep your water cooler.
Where to put fresh water tank??
