ArmySFCRet wrote:
thomasmnile wrote:
Jayco manual for our new WhiteHawk states not to travel with any tank "loaded".
Could that just be "leagalize" for "we don't want to get sued for poor workmanship or quality"?
Have read of tanks falling out of the belly on the Jayco owners' forum. I don't know how the tanks are installed (I had read they are strapped in place on the ultra lites but am not sure); if they are just supported on the perimeter by angle metal or if they are on a plywood or OSB platform. On my fifth wheel (different manufacturer) they were set on a StructureWood platform between the I- beams and supported by web trusses under the StructureWood. I would suspect the tanks on the WhiteHawk are the same blow mold polyethylene tanks with about the thickness of a milk jug that are used by many manufacturers.
EDIT: The manual says don't travel with loaded tanks, yet the yellow weight sticker listing cargo carrying capacity that the RVIA requires on rigs now, lists the weight of a full fresh water tank. Seems like a contradiction, doesn't it? Why would that matter if you're not supposed to roll with a tank of water?? :h
