Would a beer keg make a good water tank?

[Airspeed]

I have two EMPTY aluminum beer kegs,one of the newer types and an older rounded style. I'm thinking of using the newer one for my water tank,I was also thinking of using air pressure for a small compressor to run the system. any thoughts on this? I'm not sure the woulume of the keg but 17 gallons stick in my head for some reason,it's about 5:30 am right now so I'm to lazy to go out to the shed and check the volume.
I figure if it's good enough for beer it should be fine for water?
Thanks for any suggestions! Aaron

[Arne]

Yes, it would work. 10 gallons of water would weigh 70 pounds, plus the keg. A keg is pretty sizeable. Space disappears quickly in a tear. Plus the weight and space for a compressor.

[Airspeed]

what size and type of tank do most of you use in you tear? I saw somewhere here a tank made of abs pipe,I was also thinking of using some 6" or 8" PVC, I figure a 6"dia X 5' pipe would hold around 7 gallons and an 8"X5' pipe would hold 13 gallons (if my math is correct)
Thanks, Aaron

[madjack]

Aaron, here is a tank capacity calculator...we built a water tank outta 4"sch40PVC...it holds 5 gals...the one concern I have aboutthe air pressure thing is that compressor air is dirty...you might contaminate your water/tank...if you go that way be sure there is a filter on the air line....
madjack

p.s. by the way, for us the tank was used so infrequently and the space for the sink/faucet so valuable that we are not putting a tank on the present build, opting to use a portable 5gal tank or park water.......MJ

[Airspeed]

Thanks for the link to the calculator. My math was right (for a change)
I really like having water right there and everything in it's place so I dont have to move a tank around, not to mention I cant lift one.so it has to have one for me,I have laid out the space in mine and I have more than enough room for a decent size tank and weight wont be much of an issue as I usually fill my tank when I arrive or just before I get to my camp site. I just dont want to spend $100 buying and shipping a comercial tank. Thanks! Aaron

[Podunkfla]

Yeah, if ya add some hops, barley malt, & yeast... and let it set a while.

[Airspeed]

Thats a good idea! I always run out of beer when I go camping,maybe I could add a still as well. Aaron

[Arne]

Here is my lonesome take on water tanks (in the 'why bother' category). I don't want a built in sink, they are usually too small anyway. I don't want a built in water tank, I put a container on the picnic table which has a spigot. I don't want my tear to mimic my house. I am camping. Oh, I don't want a water pump, either.

I occasionally use a camp stove in the galley. Most times it is on the picnic table (or the 2x4' table I always take, got it at sam's). The water dispenser goes on the picnic table. To wash dishes, I heat a pot of water, and rinse in a salad bowl of cold water, all on the picnic table.

I save limited galley space for important things, like the air conditioner and microwave/g/... things that can't be move easily. The stove, water container, rinse bowl, cutting board, eating utensils, are easily put on the table, where it is easier to use them.

If the weather is crappy, I go to a diner.

[asianflava]

I'm with Arne on this. I was originally gonna install a sink. Then I thought about it and decided that it wasn't worth the trouble and weight. If I'm going to camp where there is no water, I'll bring a 7gal water jug. Otherwise I use collaspeable sinks (vinyl) when I need to wash something.

[Lynn Coleman]

Otherwise I use collaspeable sinks (vinyl) when I need to wash something.

Do you have a link or picture of these kinds of sinks? This is a new one to me, thanks in advance.

Lynn

[Kevin A]

Otherwise I use collaspeable sinks (vinyl) when I need to wash something.

Do you have a link or picture of these kinds of sinks? This is a new one to me, thanks in advance.

Lynn

Here's a couple models from Cabela's
http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0013223515270a.shtml

[Lynn Coleman]

Otherwise I use collaspeable sinks (vinyl) when I need to wash something.

Do you have a link or picture of these kinds of sinks? This is a new one to me, thanks in advance.

Lynn

Here's a couple models from Cabela's
http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0013223515270a.shtml

Cool, I'll have to show hubby, thanks.

Lynn

[asianflava]

Otherwise I use collaspeable sinks (vinyl) when I need to wash something.

Do you have a link or picture of these kinds of sinks? This is a new one to me, thanks in advance.

Lynn

Here Ya go. This is the one that I have.

http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-PVC-Doubl ... B0009PUQVY

[Ira]

For the limited cooking I did at my last--and first outing--I was glad I put the sink in. It was just so easy pulling the potatoes and other stuff out of the galley cabinet, running it under water in the galley sink to clean, and laying them down on the galley counter.

And to me, the kewl factor is just too strong to resist:

I built this thing to make people jealous and feel real badly about the poor state of their insignificant lives, and the sink helps me accomplish this.

Also...and this was a biggie for me...when I had dirty pots, dishes, utensils, I liked throwing them in a sinkful of soapy water to soak. Yeah, you can do this elsewhere on your site, but this was all so neat and tidy.

Aaron, I used an aluminum chafing pan from a restaurant supply house, so the sink is big and the cost was tiny. My water tank is the 5 gallon collapsible Coleman jug, so unfilled, it doesn't take up any space. (Also, you can set it on the side or under the TD and and not in the galley at all.) And my supply/"faucet" is the matching Coleman shower powered by two C batteries.

Aside from shower arrangements, you really don't use much water camping on short trips. It's surprising how little.

But for your TD, how awesome the thing looks, it would be a shame for you not to do the sink up really right. Know what I mean?

I would look here for how people did their 12V or 120v feed systems with real faucets, and then hit eBay and elsewhere looking for the perfect sink and/or faucet. Maybe something funky.

Come on--do us proud! You haven't let anyone down yet!