water supply

Gday Paul

With jerry can type (rigid) containers, I think you may have some problems snapping taps and hoses off etc, depending on the way they are restrained on the ute...I ended up going for a flexible bladder, which holds (supposidly) about 120 litres. It fits perfectly across the back seat floor, which is great for me with small kids and a wagon, low and central with the weight. You could look at something similar in the back of the ute in a plastic toolbox or even a plywood box. gravity feed via a hose out the door works good for me, with a tap and push on hose fitting for ease of filling and draining.....I have thought about a 12 v pump as well, an inline type hat is portable and can be used for filling as well as draining, but haven't needed it yet.

Not really what you asked, but may be a good option for you, may even be scope for fitting it under the tray somewhere, and much cheaper than a permanent water tank

Cheers Andrew

Paul...I went to a caravan shop and got an in-line 12 volt pump and hooked this up from the water supply to a tap on the rear wheel carrier. I then wired a on/off switch in the back of the truck...all up cost under $100.00....Cheers

I've used a jiggler siphon before so I didn't have to unload the water containers to use them. they are very easy to use. (buy them in hardware & camping stores)

Paul we use a 12Volt shureflow pressure pump. Just cut a hole in the lid of one jerrys using food grade water hose (to minimise bad taste) with a trigger tap on the end & a toggle switch to turn off avoiding accidental loss of water. Town pressure out of the back of the car & handy for putting out a spinifex fire.
Cheers Craig...........

Paul,
Best cheap simple idea is to have a syphon hose permanently mounted thru a hole in the cap. Put an irrigation on/off tap on the end, and a small breather hole in the cap. You'll be surprised how well it flows, and nothing electrical to complicate things. Naturally you'll need enough length on the hose to get it lower than the jerry.

We used to have the large water containers but had the same problem as you regarding access. We bought a plastic caravan water tank which we mount in the back seat area and run a hose down that goes into a clip on the side step - a simple tap turns it on and off and gravity does the work for us! we have a breather hose that is attached up the cargo barrier. I am sure you could adapt this to suit the back of the ute.