Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

I would like to get some opionions on this tank being used as a possible water tank, I picked it up about a year ago to use as a gas tank for a VW Trike I am building but it was to big so I made one. the tank has never been used I had a differant neck welded on but it will be removed and a patch welded over the hold with a fitting for an over flow line and vent. I have the mounting brackets also I will only need to weld on some supports to the frame and run the line back to a pump in the back.

Is it stainless? It looks like it. If so, I say go for it. That's one cool looking tank.

-Greg

nope it's aluminun;

That looks awesome! will you be drinking the water? the reason I ask is will the water get hot sitting in the sun on the tongue? If that doesn't matter I would definitely use it ! How many gallons does it hold?
I think it looks perfect! Aaron

That's the same thing I thought -- looks awesome, but after a day on the road you're not going to want to drink the steam that's left.

Can you mount it inside you galley? It's too pretty to hide, but I don't think you'd ever been happy with it cooking in the sun.

I wouldn't use aluminum for a water tank. Altheimers and all that stuff. But if you could coat the inside of it with something.... hmmmm...

Anyways, it looks cool. You'll find a way to use it.

Mike...

Lots of boats have aluminum tankage with no ill effects

While there are a dozen useful things one could mount on the tongue, I think the trailers look best with nothing there. Since I can't have nothing (my genset just about has to go there) I'm a little bummed, but if I didn't need the genset, no way would I clutter up the tongue with a water tank which is so easy to conceal elsewhere on the trailer. Using some 3 or 4 inch PVC for a tank and mounting it out of the way would be much preferable to me

Don

Can bet all those water tanks are inside coated. If not, they would all look black for oxydation ! If you did coat the inside, would purge it for days with freash air pumped into it first! Like a cheap aquaruim pump. A portable cheap plastic tank is much easier to remove and fill ? It is a real nice looking tank though!

I'd cut it in half and make a tongue box of it.

I would not use aluminum for drinking water either. If ya really wanna use that tank , maybe cut an end cap off & insert a PVC just a little smaller pipe into it & put the cap back on & have a tank ina tank. Put a neck on it & your done. A gallon of water is about 7 pounds so ya probably would fill up at the campground??? Good luck!

4" PVC holds about 1 gallon per foot. I intend to belly mount 2 7' runs of 4" and use a small air compressor to pressurize it to about 5 - 7 psi when needed.

bobhenry wrote:4" PVC holds about 1 gallon per foot

I think 18 inches of 4 inch pipe is still a little less than a gallon . . . . but I intend to do the same thing you are, though I'll use a pump instead of an air compressor

Don

Alphacarina wrote:

bobhenry wrote:4" PVC holds about 1 gallon per foot

I think 18 inches of 4 inch pipe is still a little less than a gallon . . . . but I intend to do the same thing you are, though I'll use a pump instead of an air compressor

Don

dang it I will need more pipe. Your right at .6527987 per foot 18" holds .979198 gal

The 12 volt pump was $50.00 + the little air compresser is $10.00