Boom goes my fresh water tank....
Leaving on Wednesday for a five day trip, filled fresh water tank half full per tank indicator so we can start preparing and boom the water tanks holding brackets bent and the tank fell out. Wow that...
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CJW8 wrote:
I think a lot of people over fill their tanks at some point or another and end up damaging the supports. Don't ask me how I know. My Forest River had flat edges in the tank that ran the fill width of the frame that supported the tank. (angle iron on top of the frame) It also had two pieces of angle iron under the tank. These were on edge like an inverted "V" and welded to the top edge of the lower part of the I beam. These bent when I over filled the tank. I used jacks to put them back in place.
How can you "overfill" your tank? I've never seen a fresh tank that won't overflow out the vent when it's full. It's either designed to be able to carry it's rated capacity while sitting still or under way, or it's a shoddy design (or build)...PERIOD. That extra 1-2 gallons, if that, that's in the vent and fill lines isn't going to "overfill" your tank.
Lyle
