Undertray water tank

[Cowboy Dave]

These guys are worth a look too as they have some of the fittings and pumps as well as a few tanks:

http://aussiervproducts.com.au/category13_1.htm

[Monkeyz]

Nice one dave, that RV site aint bad...

Mojo..

[Chill]

These guys are worth a look too as they have some of the fittings and pumps as well as a few tanks:

http://aussiervproducts.com.au/category13_1.htm

I have something like this under my alloy tray but it's about 600x400x200 with a little pump to give me some pressure like having a shower. It's about a 60 ltr tank

[4wd26]

http://www.aev-conversions.com/shop/products/body-exterior/fuel-caddy-889




fits under the vehicle (ment for the spare wheel carrier) on a 17" rim, the hole in the middle would allow for the spare tyre chain to hold, is around 50lts

or this for the middle of the wheel, only 9lts though


sure I have seen in a bias boating (or similar) a bladder that fits in a spare tyre holder- in vehicle think the pajero

anyway options that are outside the square

[Jm3132]

That eBay one is awesome but the 835mm wide makes it hard to squeeze anywhere.

That RV site is great, will be doing some measuring but some of them look promising to fit with existing spare wheel.

I was actually laying under the car looking at the space inside the spare wheel thinking, something that fits in there would be nice..


Anyone have any thoughts on how to lower the spare if there is a tank between the twidler and back of the tray?

Will measure up for some of the tanks listed and report back

[Colsha]

I'd really like to use the side walls of the tub for water storage. A flexible bladder could easily fit in there for 20-40 litres per side. Anyone else thought of this? Would take some thinking to work out how to hold them in.

[Jm3132]

I was thinking the same thing about the rear quarters. There is so much space in there, can stick your arm the whole way up.
Only thing I came up with was you can get hanging water bladders on eBay and could use a whole bunch of nutserts. However the hanging ones seem to be pretty large, so could probably stuff it in there and half full it?


http://aussiervproducts.com.au/prod284.htm

This tank maybe also fit in front of the spare underneath

[NowForThe5th]

Threads merged. Let's try to keep it together, huh?

There are mentions in general threads like the "What did you do to your Triton today" thread, e.g.:

http://www.newtriton.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=9964&p=366093&hilit=under+water+tank#p366093

http://www.newtriton.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=13337

A search using keywords like "water tank under" will bring up many pages of results, some of which are immediately irrelevant, but easy to scan through, including quite a few in individual build threads.

[Monkeyz]

Why not do a custom stainless jobbieee, measure it all up make a cardboard mock up get it right then head to ya local fabricator....

it will maximise space usage and Ltr's carried..

Mojo...

[viking shippy]

Why not do a custom stainless jobbieee, measure it all up make a cardboard mock up get it right then head to ya local fabricator....

it will maximise space usage and Ltr's carried..

Mojo...

Costly but no shity plastic taste

[Jm3132]

Yeah I've talked to a friend of mine who is a fabricator and suggested an alloy tank, I was too scared to ask how much it might be.. He's good but knows how to charge.

The PVC pipe idea is taking my interest, thinking about making a larger scale one.

[Snooozy]

just in case this was missed in the early pages of this thread
here's one I prepared earlier

It's been on now for over 2 yrs & no issues with the mounting or pipe. It is great for a hand wash & lasted almost 2 weeks on our Flinders Ranges trip. very handy mod

water tank build

[Calblitzen]

Snooozy just read your water tank install. What a great write up. All the pros and cons complete with a material list.

[Jm3132]

I have it saved haha

Spoke to a plumbing mate about 90mm PVC, it's remarkably cheaper especially for the bends etc.
he said no go as it is very brittle and doesn't have the thickness and strength of the 100mm.. For anyone thinking about doing it

[Monkeyz]

ditch std PVC if you must use it and go for the pressure rated stuff, usually blue. much better as drinking wtaer rated and has a thicker wall profile and not as brittle..

Mojo...

[Snooozy]

mine was never intended for drinking, it's only for hand-washing etc.
PVC is fine for that.
but as stated use the heavier sewer pipe.