Water Storage
Submitted: Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 09:00
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Troll83
I want to fit a permanent
water tank to my GU however I don't think I have room under the car to fit this there might be room for a little tank...I am after something that can hold maybe 50 l. I found these bags I can buy and put them in the quarter panels in the back but I think at $240 each for a 25l bag is a bit to much....what is everyone else doing for water storage. I am over taking water containers it's just taking up space where I can fit more beer :)
Thanks
Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 10:35
Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 10:35
I thought there was plenty of room under GUs? Same as GQ basically along chassis rail under drivers
seat to rear
seat??
There was a stainless tank on Ebay the other day that fitted over the rear left wheel arch.. Stainless jobby for $400.. 55ltr it was too. It looked good.. maybe see if its up again
I have a wedge shaped one that fits behind the middle seats and infront of cargo barrier :) Stainless off ebay $250 :)
if your putting it inside the car have a look at this [ View Image]from a mate who is gettin into doing storage stuff. The tank can be made to any shape and size, but anything custom will cost more than 'off the shelf'.
Concept Storage Solutions
http://au.geocities.com/c_ssol
The only thing with stainless is it will be lots of $100's for the storage capacity.
You say
" I am over taking water containers it's just taking up space where I can fit more beer"
...a tank inside the car will do the same.
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Follow Up By: cokeaddict - Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 16:00
Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 16:00
Spot On Truckster.
I have one bolted under car 95ltrs in fact. Fresh clean
drinking water (so far) :-)
Runs an electric pump off a switch mounted to my rear bar with a tap to open / shut water flow. works a treat.
Dont ask me how much though, it was there when i bought the car. best way to go though, out of sight .. out of mind. Dont worry bout damage from offroading either, I have dome some pretty rough stuff with others in this
forum and its as straight today as it was when she was fitted.
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha) - Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 20:33
Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 20:33
My experience with underneath water tanks is they heat up alot so for good
drinking water you would need to fill your days water bottles and keep them cool inside rather than drink straight from the tap. If fitting one from scrattch I would look at some kind of system that draws from the top with electric motor rather than gravity feed as while the tanks seem robust the taps are not.
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Reply By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:00
Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:00
I reckon either Opposite Lock or TJM make one that fits under the passenger's side along the chassis. It was pretty big $$$$ from memory and required a hole to be drilled through the floor behind the back
seat (middle row) sort or near the front of the wheel arch, which was for the filler pipe to be located. I think the outlet tap was just forward of the rear wheel.
Too much for me.....I carry a 20 litre jerry between the engel fridge and the cargo barrier (an area that would otherwise be difficult to utilise). That one is "plumbed" in semi permanently with a hose fitting and tap at floor level just inside the back door (near the jack's hidey hole). I can fill this one using the same outlet tap as it has a standard nylex hose male fitting.....and I have a narrow breather hose going from the top filler cap, weaved up through the cargo barrier so that sloshing won't see the water escaping.
I also have removed the plastic bit from the driver's side of the cargo area where you can normally store bottles of wd40 etc. The front portion of this is used to house the barret HF box, but the rear section is where I have a 10 litre water jerry can with a couple of foot of hose and another simple garden irrigation on/off tap.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
Roachie
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:20
Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:20
yea I remember about $800-1200 at the 4wd show for some of the tanks they had on display... is it really that expensive to buy?
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Follow Up By: kev.h - Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:27
Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:27
instead of hole in floor you can run a hose up to the engine bay and have the filler on the firewall or other convenient place - I try to avoid holes if possible
Cheers Kev
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:49
Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:49
I agree with no holes in floor.
try running it to a tap on the rear bumper, few in teh club have this setup
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Reply By: Member - Captain (WA) - Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:22
Friday, Jun 03, 2005 at 11:22
Hi Troll83,
I have a 60 litre tank in the back, very similair to the one posted by Truckster. However,
mine is fabricated from 6mm HDPE (type of rigid plastic) and I then built a storage system around it. Click on my rig
pic below to see the finished product.
One problem to watch for in under car tanks is the temperature they get to on a hot day. Also the location of taps can be vulnerable. But the trade-off for no lost interior space may be worth it. All depends on your needs I suppose. If you have a cargo barrier and no 3rd row seats, interior may be the way to go. But if standard interior, then under vehicle will save space.
Cheers
Captain
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