Holy sagging water tanks, Batman!
Since I was already having a venting problem with my FW tank, I decided this weekend to look and see why there seemed to be a bulge in my enclosed underbelly. The venting problem was a pretty simp...
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2012Coleman wrote:
Looks to me like angle iron tacked on to stop movement of the tank.
Those are tabs welded to the two support braces to prevent the tank from shifting side to side ... tank doesn't move in the slightest. And yes, each brace is secured to brackets welded to the trailer frame - 2 bolts per bracket, in all a total of 8 bolts ... makes removing the braces for painting a simple task. :)
Anyway, my post last year to this thread was simply to add to the discussion about lousy tank support by trailer manufacturers and offer my own solution, not to get into some mindless debate with someone who passes judgement from an online picture over the welder's qualifications. :S Fact is, that solution was implemented nearly 3 yrs ago and it's working just fine, "lousy" welds included. :B
Final point - I recently looked under a brand new 2017 Coachmen Freedom Express 192RBS and noted that Coachmen hasn't made any improvement at all to fresh water tank support ... it's just the same now (terribly inadequate) as it was on my 2014 model. Pity those who have an enclosed underbelly, can't see whether their tank(s) are properly supported or not, and find out the hard way that it's the latter. :M
