Avion truck campers - Hundreds of photos
Without going into too much painful detail, we had a mishap several week-ends ago. While working with sand bag crews on the Mississippi River, the truck and camper fell into the flood waters as a road...
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Ticki2, I'd suggest that the simplest and cheapest solution would be to make an exact copy in fiberglass using the old tank as your 'plug'. Glass over it, cut it in half, remove the old tank and glass the halves back together. The result would be larger all around by the thickness of the laminate. For an exact size copy, use that first fiberglass part as your mold for laminating another fiberglass tank inside. It would be quite a straightforward job, even if you have no experience with fiberglass.
I considered several tank options for Argo. With so many plastic tanks available, it would seem a suitable size could be found. My welder is going to fabricate a couple of aluminum tanks for me in the new Argo configuration. A competent welder could duplicate your plastic tank in aluminum or stainless easily.
At one point, I considered putting a flexible bladder inside the black water space in Argo's bustle. Many sizes and fittings available in that scenario.
The end result for me was to create an integral tank, using the space inside the bustle occupied by the plastic tank as three sides and the bottom. I laminated a top, the fourth side, and a couple of internal baffles of fiberglass inside the bustle. Also a straightforward job. The folks at TAP could probably connect you with someone who could do that for you, if you didn't want to take it on yourself.
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I considered several tank options for Argo. With so many plastic tanks available, it would seem a suitable size could be found. My welder is going to fabricate a couple of aluminum tanks for me in the new Argo configuration. A competent welder could duplicate your plastic tank in aluminum or stainless easily.
At one point, I considered putting a flexible bladder inside the black water space in Argo's bustle. Many sizes and fittings available in that scenario.
The end result for me was to create an integral tank, using the space inside the bustle occupied by the plastic tank as three sides and the bottom. I laminated a top, the fourth side, and a couple of internal baffles of fiberglass inside the bustle. Also a straightforward job. The folks at TAP could probably connect you with someone who could do that for you, if you didn't want to take it on yourself.
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