Water Tanks

I have a 52litre in my Troopy, behind the rear diesel tank. It's as tasty, cool and fresh as you like.

It is up the back though. It get a bit of a bashing too on steep rock steps, but it is as tough as nails. Really thick. Great jacking base for the air bag too.

I'd think about getting standard steel, coz you can weld it a lot more easily. I snapped the tap off mine, and it was an easy weld for a new one.

Just my opinion.

Cheers

I have a 60ltr stainless tank thats wedge shaped, fits in behind the center seats against cargo barrier... no heat there :)

Hi Barry,
You probably read my reply in that post. I can assure you mate i have never had hot water comming out of mine. Its definately the way to go if you ask me, thats if cost is not an issue. One of the better add on's which came with my GQ when i bought it. Its out of the way, never have to worry about storage space lost to carry water. Only thing i have done to mine is purchased a spare pump just incase it dies.

Good luck with it mate.
Ange

I am one of the guys who reckon you do get hot water - BUT thats not the be all and end all. Underbody storage of water in most cases makes alot of sense. In relation to hot water all you have to do is In the morning fill up your days drinking water. I assume you would have handy convenient water inside for drinking. And one other thing I always take a reserve amount of water inside (5l for non remote and a 20l jerry for remote) coz underneath tanks can suffer from untoward accidents either to the tank or tap. I currently have a 30l tank under my 80 on the passenger side. I have a stopcock directly on the back and that silver braid hose that comes out under the sidesteps to a tap held on by zip ties. The tap is vulnerable but the stop cock on the back of the tank far less so. When I pull up undo stopcock and I have water to camp with

I have a TJM poly tank under the drivers side (100 LC) and it does get warm to hot after driving for a while, depending on the ambient temp. I suspect that it gets hot mainly because it's reasonably close to the exhaust pipe (specially the filler and breather pipe) and perhaps because it's black. Still, even though I have a Glind, it's handy to have hot water on tap after you pull up. I carry drinking water in 20l tanks in the car as well. I'd like to get another tank under the passenger side, but they don't appear to make them in poly for that side. Other tanks are just a bit too expensive.

Andrew

I can't say I've got a plasticy taste from the poly tank, but b4 I put a filter in the breather pipe, we'd get a bit of dirt in it. If you had 2 tanks down either side, my guess that the drivers side tank would always have warmer water than the passenger side. The exhaust on a 100 series is down the inside of the chassis, but I think most of the heat I was getting was from where the filler and breather passed near the engine pipe. I've got to fiddle with them a bit and route them further away from the engine pipe. If I had a choice, stainless would be the go.

Andrew