Fresh water tank

caysea7254 wrote:
Can a fresh water tank be replaced with a larger capacity tank? Thanks Tara

On my last trailer, I increased the useful tank capacity just by changing where the supply hose pulled from. Changed it from a side outlet, to pull from bottom. It was a 40g tank, and as I remember, I think it left around 7 gallons that could not be used until I changed it. It's worth taking a look.

Oh wow, never thought of that! Good idea.

Check out ballast bags for wakeboarding boats, fairly inexpensive and easy to stow when not in use. I got a 70 gal bag with a high volume 12v pump for about 220

i just purchased 2 20 gallon jugs just fill them up and bring a little pump to transfer. my tank is only 43 plus hwt . works great

I have a 50 gallon US tank plastic tank that sits between the 5th wheel and my aux fuel tank. I use a 12 volt pump to move water into the 5er when needed. I also have a 50 gallon collapsible tank I use behind the 5th wheel. The 12 volt pump is used on that also. I have an 8 ft box on the dually. The gray water tanks don't get full faster than without the extra tanks. My old toyhauler carried 100 gallons US of fresh water and I still had extra water carrying capacity. We boondock 95% of the time so the extra water just saves trips to get fresh water. I forgot to add that the plastic tank sits below my tonneau cover.

If your hitch is removable, you can also do a bladder tank in the bed of the truck.

We purchased a 33 gal plastic tank and installed it in the bed of our truck with a 12v transfer pump. 5 min with a rv hose straight to our tank transferred as much as we needed. I have a roll-n-lock cover so I had to buy a shallow tank, but plastic tank places have nearly every size/shape/capacity and will plastic weld fittings to suit your needs.

Daryll

Don't forget that tank =depth= can greatly increase your capacity. Adding 2" depth to a 4'x2' tank, will give you right at 15 gallon's more capacity. If there's room =between= the tank and the coroplast, you can pick up quite a bit of capacity and horizontal dimensions aren't as important. Yes, a larger tank will affect pin weight and total cargo capacity, so that needs to be taken into consideration. Carrying a couple extra 6-7 gallon jugs, or a bladder tank in your truck bed are a much simpler solution. There are even options to add a bladder tank to the =roof= of an RV and just gravity-feed what you need. Paint it black and save on propane for heating water, too. :-)

Now, the other issue is when you find a great floorplan you like, but the mfr decides to put a stupidly small =black= tank in it, which makes that particular FW pretty much impractical for boondocking. How long to you thing a 28 gal black tank would last for a family of 4 out in the woods? The whole reason for having a camper is so you don't have to cr@p on a log, right? The Cougar High Countrys were nice rigs, but had too small a black tank. The Jayco Eagle HT line is better, but still only has 32 gallons black capacity. As this is on my short list, I'm seriously thinking about what it would take to change the black tank to a larger one...IF there's room. If I can't find out this info by the time I'm ready to buy, then they lose my business.

Lyle

caysea7254 wrote:
Can a fresh water tank be replaced with a larger capacity tank? Thanks Tara

I flush using grey bath water. The galley is on a separate grey tank so the grey water is in very good for flushing. This saves me a very significant amount of fresh water and also extends the life of the grey tank.

Hmm thanks everyone! We kinda figured it was not an option but ya never know till you ask.:)