Posted 2006-04-26 4:50 PM (#40963) Subject: Reuse of corner slant water tank...ideas?
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Location: Baldwin City, KS 66006
I have a corner upright standing water tank for a slant load trailer (triangle shaped).....I'm wanting to use it in a way that it was not designed and was wondering if anyone had already done this so I could get some ideas. I want to run it horizontally under my gooseneck where the neck and the chest of the trailer come together. I have plenty of room. I will have to slope it...it's gravity fed. I have a 1990 Sundowner aluminum. I will have to have someone change the location of the faucet....I'm looking for ideas for attaching it ingeniously so it looks nice and works. IDEAS? PICS?
Posted 2006-04-27 3:59 PM (#40999 - in reply to #40963) Subject: RE: Reuse of corner slant water tank...ideas?
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Location: Northern Utah
Since no one else has ventured a thought on this. I'll try.
Those triangle water tanks hold about 30 gallons of water. Water is a little over 7lbs per gallon if I remember right. So it will weigh over 210lbs. That's heavy enough that you should weld a sold support bracket under the tank to hold it. I wouldn't try to support that with straps.
I'd problably have a weld shop weld a tray across the front of the trailer bulkhead. Slip the tank into the tray and then have some kind of retaining tray that you bolted in place across the top edge. Just find a shop that is good at welding aluminum.
Personally I think this will be more trouble and cost than buying a new plastic tank to fit a roof rack or truck bed.
Posted 2006-04-27 10:44 PM (#41012 - in reply to #40963) Subject: RE: Reuse of corner slant water tank...ideas?
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Location: Howard Cty, MD
ISHOM,
You've asked a good question and PaintedHorse gave a good answer from a weight and modifications point of view. The costs of welding up special brackets and then modifying your existing tank could run in to lots of bucks and make it not worth while, even though you already have the tank.