Hanging the water tanks

[Biscuitsjam]

Originally Posted by ol trunt

Perhaps a stronger way might be to drill completely through the square tub and insert a sleeve so that a bolt and nut could be used. Water is very heavy and moving water (sloshing) acts even "heavier" and I'd be concerned about a rivet being strong enough--especially an aluminum rivet.
Jack

Aluminum would also cause corrosion.

[JackE]

Originally Posted by WIbluebird

For people with factory understorage, did you put the tanks directly on the bay floors? Mine look pretty decent/strong but I've seen other people with rusty pushers where the cargo bay floor just fell apart.



I may have to rig up a system where the weight of the tanks is shared between the floor beams and the cargo bay floor.

How does one go about determining if the floor of the bay is going to be strong enough? If it's laying flat on the floor, it has a giant foot print, so most likely not overly heavy in any one spot. I think making sure it is secure from shifting would be the bigger issue. It would be nice to just toss it in there and not worry about it, but that isn't the best option.

[Hiyu]

Bed frames are designed to be still all the time (well most of the time) the metallurgy of the bed frame may not work with all the jostling a bus does, brinelling issues and so forth. Just a thought

[Hiyu]

Two questions: Does it matter which side my black tank discharge valve is on and how does one start a new thread?

I have a mini skoolie and it would be easier to have the dump valve on the passenger side of the bus at this point.

Thank you

[musigenesis]

Originally Posted by Hiyu

how does one start a new thread?

Click on the Forum button up top, then click on whichever forum is appropriate for your new thread, then click the New Thread button.

[DeMac]

Originally Posted by Hiyu

Bed frames are designed to be still all the time (well most of the time) the metallurgy of the bed frame may not work with all the jostling a bus does, brinelling issues and so forth. Just a thought

Standard bed frames are made of spring steel, which is difficult to permanently "brinelling" or bend.

[Rwnielsen]

Originally Posted by milkmania

Don't forget All-Thread comes in heat-treated and non-heat treated...
In life or death situations, I think I'd want heat treated.

Unistrut and all-thread both come in stainless too but I imagine it's pricey

[Hiyu]

I hung mine similar to yours, but mine was only a thirty gallon tank. I hung one end using carriage bolts, with a plywood board centered and the other end was shimmed off a cross frame. Very solid. I then cradled the tank on three sides with two by fours, and the fourth side I injected foam between the tank and rear cross frame. It's solid as can be. We were t boned a few weeks back and that system didn't budge at all.

[Danjo]

Originally Posted by WIbluebird

For people with factory understorage, did you put the tanks directly on the bay floors? Mine look pretty decent/strong but I've seen other people with rusty pushers where the cargo bay floor just fell apart.



I may have to rig up a system where the weight of the tanks is shared between the floor beams and the cargo bay floor.

Yeah, water is heavy. I would put all thread up through the storage bay and catch the frame. Maybe consider every foot front and back of the tank and bridge it with unistrut