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Post by turnerboomer on Feb 5, 2012 18:18:59 GMT -5
Do most of you keep the fresh water tank in your vintage campers or do you remove it to allow for more storage?
Or do you replace it?
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Post by universalexports on Feb 5, 2012 20:26:35 GMT -5
mine was already gone, most probably are, due to rust and time, since I only camp at a sites with water and electricity, I dont see ever really needing one. if worse came to worse I could always just throw a couple of 5 gallon water jugs in the back of the truck.
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Post by aahicnow on Feb 6, 2012 14:48:57 GMT -5
Currently mine is mounted on the rear bumper, beside the spare tire but the tank sat so long that the bottom is all pinholes so it's now just for show
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Post by Hamlet on Feb 7, 2012 0:20:27 GMT -5
Ours is a '59, galvanized steel, and in good shape. We took it out and cleaned it.
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Post by crowelle on Jun 19, 2012 23:57:22 GMT -5
I removed my original and purchased a new, smaller plastic tank. I really would only use that water while on the road as I don't plan on wilderness camping in my rig. These plastic tanks are plentiful on eBay.
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Post by Gone Kayaking on Jun 20, 2012 16:59:34 GMT -5
I will eventually add a plastic tank in the cabinet under the sink and an inlet for water from a hook up. Right now I just have the faucets installed (one for shore, one for pump from tank) to fill the holes in the counter and have the sink drain into a bucket if I use it with water from my aquatainer. When I do hook it up I'm guessing I'll only use it during the winter when cooking outside is impossible....that's what I prefer, so that's where I need the water.
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Post by ModernMe on Jun 20, 2012 17:11:16 GMT -5
My new trailer did have its original steel water tank, but I just dropped it off yesterday to have a new plastic tank installed. The old one might have been fine, it just didn't seem prudent to me to use it. Eventually I hope to get this trailer outfitted enough to boondock a fair bit, so having good water on board was important to me.
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Post by cowcharge on Jun 21, 2012 11:11:09 GMT -5
It's very easy to have both a tank and shore water, since the shore hookups have check valves in them and so does the pump. That way neither the pump nor the shore hookup leaks water backwards when the other one is in use. The only time you'd have to install valves is if you wanted to be able to fill the tank from the shore water hookup.
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Post by crowelle on Jun 21, 2012 12:11:14 GMT -5
Funny you should mention that cowcharge, I found this out by accident! My system has the tank, then the pump, then the inlet for shore water, then the supply for the sink. I installed a shut off between the pump and the inlet (for when I have the system hooked to shore water), but forgot to shut it off one time when I hooked up shore water and everything worked fine. I wish that there was a way I could temporarily override the check valve on the pump and allow water to flow backwards through the pump so that I could more easily fill my water tank, but then I'd have to provide a way to allow for overflow. It is just such a pain to fill that tank with the gravity fill valve. I guess I could do a bypass around the pump which would normally be off, but could be turned on to fill the tank -- but I would want to watch the level while I was doing it! Hmmm. that is an interesting idea...
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Post by cowcharge on Jun 21, 2012 12:51:54 GMT -5
The ones I've seen had a simple bypass, teed into the lines on both sides of the pump, with one shutoff valve. Pretty simple, a couple of feet of line, two tees and a valve. You could also put one of those whistles in the tank to let you know when it was full...
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Post by Gone Kayaking on Jun 21, 2012 12:56:30 GMT -5
I am also considering for boon docking to connect the pump faucet in the sink to a 7 gallon aquatainer that sits outside... and hence is very easy to refill.
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Post by pathfinder3081 on Jun 21, 2012 19:03:55 GMT -5
Now I do not have the old classic galvanized water tanks. Mine is a 40 year old plastic model. It's holding up still and I like having the ability to collect and store the H2o. Now, the itty bitty sink that is in our Loflyte is a bit of a joke for washing anything much larger than "tea set", I can change that and I am thnking about putting a traditional "spigot" at the drain valve and pulling it out to the edge of the camper for use. We spend very little time in our camper as of yet. We stay and cook and play outside as well.
I challenge you to pull your awning out in the next rain storm or thunder shower this summer. Shoot, pull a tarp out about the same size as such.
Tie it of to a car bumber, a door knob or tree limp and fill up a 5 gallon bucket. +/-
It's not just boon docking anymore. Water is water and when it falls, have a little fun and collect it up.
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Post by arttchrandmaker on Apr 22, 2013 20:48:01 GMT -5
We tried to fix the crack in the bottom of our fresh water tank with that JBweld for tanks, but it still leaks like a sieve. I've looked on the internet to find a replacement, but they are all rectangular, and ours is rectangular at top, but then one side angles to fit the front of the 1970, 1400 model. I like your idea of catching the rain water, but we live in sunny CO, and have a long ways till I get to sewing up that awning!! Anyone know where we might be able to source that odd shaped tank??
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Post by schweetcruisers on Apr 22, 2013 20:51:42 GMT -5
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