Fresh water tank support strap
When I arrived at home from my last trip, I noticed the metal support strap for my fresh water tank had fatigued and broke. It's a 2 inch(?) wide piece of metal, about 40" long that was screwed into ...
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Mine was in between two pieces of angle along the edges as normal. It also had a piece of 2x2 angle iron running between the frame rails for added support. We've always had an issue where we could never get the last 15 gals of water out. It holds 54 gal total. I also had a floor squeak above the tank so I thought why not drop the coroplast and fresh water tank and see if I could fix the floor squeak. That would also give me a chance to look at the tank suction area.
Well to my surprise the tank still sagged with the angle iron running under it. It seems as though the tank is made of a semi flexible plastic that will sag when full. The tank was drained prior to dropping the coroplast and you could still see quite a bit of water left in it because it sagged so much that it couldn't drain out.
So I made a frame out of 1-1/4" tubing that spans the width of the 5er frame and has cross pieces at the 1/4 points. Once in place the whole tank is supported and when full it stays straight across the bottom.
Last time out dry camping we used the fresh tank like always and we never had to add additional water like usual. Plus peace of mind knowing that the tanks never going anywhere.
And yes I fixed the floor squeak. :)
Well to my surprise the tank still sagged with the angle iron running under it. It seems as though the tank is made of a semi flexible plastic that will sag when full. The tank was drained prior to dropping the coroplast and you could still see quite a bit of water left in it because it sagged so much that it couldn't drain out.
So I made a frame out of 1-1/4" tubing that spans the width of the 5er frame and has cross pieces at the 1/4 points. Once in place the whole tank is supported and when full it stays straight across the bottom.
Last time out dry camping we used the fresh tank like always and we never had to add additional water like usual. Plus peace of mind knowing that the tanks never going anywhere.
And yes I fixed the floor squeak. :)
