Water storage solutions

Looks good, but how do you access the water from the footwell tank - wouldn't the outlet pipe at the bottom be below the level of the door sill?

Wildmax, a hose from the fitting shown at the bottom, to get the last bit out, lift I suppose. If not, storage would be less than advertised...........

Or short hose, 12v pump (ciggy lighter connection ?), hose to outside the door to fill pots or bottles etc.

Or you can buy 4 X 10 spring water casks from a supermarket for $4 each, 2 will sit in each footwell and save you $225


Stephen

Correct Stephen L, we do that of course for our drinking water :-)
I'm considering the footwell tank as a supplement to our camper tank for washing/cooking etc when we are spending long periods camping remotely. And of course in that position in the vehicle it has the advantage of being weight forward of the rear axle, instead of (for instance) in jerries on the draw bar.

I am not a fan of bladders because they usually have to hang and the stress of 70 L of water is significant. Bladders are far thinner than a poly tank and while resilient they can be holed more readily and gradually thin at stress points. A poly tank can be repaired with a soldring iron if need be.

I can attest to Dolium tanks in a different way. Bought one for water in the front of tub and it leaked around the boss where the drain fitting is moulded in. Absolutely poor production and never checked in manufacture either. Zero QA. Yes, replaced, but the replacement has poor moulding of the neck of the fiiler and while ok is very thin in spots.

I also use a red poly tankfor diesel from same maker. It was purchased as a damaged tank. Upon inspection the tank neck had received a hit and driven the neck down into the tank on one side. Hardly any thickness of neck wall and tank top where it joined. Maybe 1mm. Again very poor construction integrity. When repaired with additional poly welded into the neck and top fillet all is ok.

Best to check where fittings are moulded in or formed in, I have learnt. They may be perfect, some are not.

If in tub or behind a seat the hose can simply drain water out for use through an open doorway.

Thanks David, would be ideal for what I need but I am in Noosa, QLD.

Mine is either full to the brim or empty so no sloshing.

Instead of any 'fancy' footwell bladder or hard plastic tank or even 20lt jerry cans we now fill the the spaces previously used by same with 5 and 10lt water packs from the super market [ same as wine casks ] for these reasons , #1 purity of water #2 not all water is in 1-2 containers #3 easy to monitor actual usage and of course no sloshing ,, yes it may cost a little more but the convenience and knowledge that the water is not contaminated is a 'small' price to pay ,