Fresh Water Tank Fell Out

Thanks for all the replies and information. It’s somehow comforting to know I’m not the only one this has happened too. I don’t know what type of hanger system they used to hold the tank in place as my visibility was somewhat limited and I was reluctant to dig to deep into it in a Walmart parking lot. I plan to use it one more time in two weeks then I’ll bring it home. If the weather cooperates I may tear it apart then but more than likely I’ll wait until spring.

I will say in the past with this camper and every other camper I’ve owned I’ve always filled the tank to maximum capacity when I get ready to travel. Why put a 60 gallon tank in the camper if you should only put 20 gallons in it? And if you don’t fill it until it runs out of the overflow how would you know when it’s full? Unlike my other campers this system to fill the tank is what I’ll call a closed system. You attach the hose in the same location as you would for “city water” There is a switch to change between “city” and “gravity”. With this system I can see how it would be easy for pressure to build up while filling. Admittedly the previous time I used the camper when I was filling it I got distracted and let it overflow for a while once the tank was full. Maybe 5 minutes. I’m now speculating this may have expanded the tank and set the table for the eventual fail. Lesson learned. In the future I’ll be more diligent when filling the tank. It will also be reinforced better to prevent this from happening again.