Fresh Water Tank

[swbc150]

On my return trip on this last campout 2 weeks ago I left the drain plug open, the sloshing around did empty the tank completely after a 260 mile drive.

I still need to do something with the supports and I still may let the welder add a few supporting brackets that I can bolt additional metal straps to, this way if the water tank needs to be removed I can still get it out.

For now the stronger mixture of bleach is keeping the algae out, right now there is zero algae in my fresh water tank.

[easwen]

Could someone please take a picture and post it of the bracket problem...it would GREATLY be appreciated!

[pjcd]

I had posted several pic's of the straps, if I can find them, I'll repost.

[pjcd]

The problem on mine was the gray and black tanks, the black tank brackets were installed wrong, it was any easy fix. before and after.

[peislander]

Recently I tried a little experiment related to draining the freshwater tank. Like others I had noticed that the drain spigot is located on the side of the tank -- as low as it could be installed on the side but still up a wee bit from the bottom of the tank. Previous attempts to drain had always left some water in the tank. The experiment was to see what would happen if I lowered the front jack as low as possible while draining the tank. Perhaps I'm being Captain Obvious but with the front of the trailer dipped as severely as possible --- practically all of the water drained. In previous drainings the trailer was typically level -- and water remained in the tank. The experiment helped me realize that if I had the wheels on even modest blocks - like say a 2x6 - and I lowered the front -- all water will drain from the tank. 

[charliem]

[quote timestamp="1466301016" author="@peislander" source="/post/22315/thread"]......Perhaps I'm being Captain Obvious but with the front of the trailer dipped as severely as possible --- practically all of the water drained. In previous drainings the trailer was typically level -- and water remained in the tank. The experiment helped me realize that if I had the wheels on even modest blocks - like say a 2x6 - and I lowered the front -- all water will drain from the tank. [/quote][font size="3"]Cap'n O,

Been there, been doing that quite a while. Good ideas travel north       [attachment id="1490" thumbnail="1"]  [/font]

[mrt]

[p][font face="comic sans ms" size="3"]During my last outing I ran out of water (pump starting sucking air).  Checking the tank, I could see that it was approximately 1/3 full!  Further investigation revealed the inlet for the pump is also mounted on the side of the tank.  Given that and the cavitation probably created by the pump my 30 gallon tank is reduced to 20 gallon capacity.  Has anyone come up with a solution to this before I start digging into it?  With the clearances on these trailers I can't understand why the drain and pickups were not mounted on the bottom, although that's probably the only way they are made by the supplier.[/font][/p][p][font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"]
[/font][/p][p][font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"]Spigot for the drain is on the front (side).  Pickup for the pump is on the back (side).  Tipping back and forth is not an option![/font][/p][p][font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"]
[/font][/p][p][font face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"]Mike[/font][/p]