50 Gal Water Tank Mounting
Hello!
I was wondering if anyone had come up with a highly secure way to mount a large, heavy water tank under a travel trailer. I have a Winnebago Minnie Plus and it came with a 50 gallon water tank mounted under the floor inside the frame, but in their infinite wisdom Winnebago seemed to think that two lengths of thin L channel attached to the frame with flimsy self-tapping screws and a sheet of particle board underneath was enough to support 400+ pounds of water. I've tried jury rigging it back in a couple of different ways, including round bar and now cable straps, but nothing has really worked to my satisfaction. It's already fallen out twice now and it's been parked since I bought it (I live in it in a full time park). I have no idea how they expected that to hold up with any amount of water in it jostling down the road, and I do eventually want to get myself into a position to start travelling full time, so I need to figure this out.
Anyway, I'm thinking some kind of square bar grid or something that rests directly on the frame to support the entire bottom of the tank. Has anyone done anything like this and found that it works? I don't have the skillset to do it myself, and I don't want to end up paying someone to fabricate something for me only to find out it's going to break anyway. And while it seems simple enough to have someone weld a grid of some kind together, part of the trick would be making it removable so I can get the tank out if I need to.
Alternatives are always welcome, of course!
Thanks!
I was wondering if anyone had come up with a highly secure way to mount a large, heavy water tank under a travel trailer. I have a Winnebago Minnie Plus and it came with a 50 gallon water tank mounted under the floor inside the frame, but in their infinite wisdom Winnebago seemed to think that two lengths of thin L channel attached to the frame with flimsy self-tapping screws and a sheet of particle board underneath was enough to support 400+ pounds of water. I've tried jury rigging it back in a couple of different ways, including round bar and now cable straps, but nothing has really worked to my satisfaction. It's already fallen out twice now and it's been parked since I bought it (I live in it in a full time park). I have no idea how they expected that to hold up with any amount of water in it jostling down the road, and I do eventually want to get myself into a position to start travelling full time, so I need to figure this out.
Anyway, I'm thinking some kind of square bar grid or something that rests directly on the frame to support the entire bottom of the tank. Has anyone done anything like this and found that it works? I don't have the skillset to do it myself, and I don't want to end up paying someone to fabricate something for me only to find out it's going to break anyway. And while it seems simple enough to have someone weld a grid of some kind together, part of the trick would be making it removable so I can get the tank out if I need to.
Alternatives are always welcome, of course!
Thanks!
