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I'm working on a water tank idea for my trailer. I was kicking around the idea of plumbing it with a schrader valve so I could pump a few psi into it for flow. Something between 5-10psi like my kegerator.
Anybody know if that would work on the plastic tanks?

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MaddBaggins said:
I'm working on a water tank idea for my trailer. I was kicking around the idea of plumbing it with a schrader valve so I could pump a few psi into it for flow. Something between 5-10psi like my kegerator.
Anybody know if that would work on the plastic tanks?

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Yes it will work several have done it with my set up and a sink hand held sprayer.
 
http://www.erowaterproducts.com/index.html


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go to the site and watch the 2min video for a full demo. this is what I am getting for my trailer plus an ecotemp l5 as recommended by you guys on this forum for hot water solution.
 
dwikto said:
go to the site and watch the 2min video for a full demo. this is what I am getting for my trailer plus an ecotemp l5 as recommended by you guys on this forum for hot water solution.
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Nice product and priced fair. Thanks for the link:cool:
 
dwikto said:
Ouch like everything they sell priced outrageously! I'd rather buy 1 or 2 tanks from my buddy for 67 each and go to a hardware store and make up my own fittings. 485 for a plastic tank is nutty. If money is no object AT has awesome stuff, but a tank is a tank is a tank.


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and most times you get what you pay for..

would you prefer to pay a bit more, know what you're getting, get a quality design/build team behind your order..plus!..have customer service to back it up in the event something doesn't go well? with years and years of experience with expedition travel..and the list goes on and on..


or would buy from some dude who just showed up on the interwebs, pimping some unknown product, with no proven track record...selling you a plastic tub to pump water out of?

let me know how that goes..
 
Well Titan to each his own man, I chose to have a common sense approach. I don't pay for labels and since I have seen the build quality of the tank I posted and I know where and how they are made and the quality of the CS, to me it is not just an interweb dude. To your main point do I think you get what you pay for? sometimes.... To your second point do I want to pay a little more? sure if the tank was 200 I might even stretch that and say well why not. After all every other link posted here from the "interweb" has tanks in the 70-200 range. The one standing out is AT's 485$ tank, or 685$ if you want an exchanger. Is AT not "pimping" a plastic tub to pump water out of?

BTW for what it is worth I went through your entire ROAM thread. That trailer is awesome and with a couple of mods I think it would be much better than a Chaser or an AT and I bet it cost less than half of one to make. Point being I would buy your trailer before I would buy and AT. Why it is better at meeting my needs and would be more in my budget.
 
titanpat57 said:
and most times you get what you pay for..

would you prefer to pay a bit more, know what you're getting, get a quality design/build team behind your order..plus!..have customer service to back it up in the event something doesn't go well? with years and years of experience with expedition travel..and the list goes on and on..


or would buy from some dude who just showed up on the interwebs, pimping some unknown product, with no proven track record...selling you a plastic tub to pump water out of?

let me know how that goes..
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dwikto said:
Well Titan to each his own man, I chose to have a common sense approach. I don't pay for labels and since I have seen the build quality of the tank I posted and I know where and how they are made and the quality of the CS, to me it is not just an interweb dude. To your main point do I think you get what you pay for? sometimes.... To your second point do I want to pay a little more? sure if the tank was 200 I might even stretch that and say well why not. After all every other link posted here from the "interweb" has tanks in the 70-200 range. The one standing out is AT's 485$ tank, or 685$ if you want an exchanger. Is AT not "pimping" a plastic tub to pump water out of?

BTW for what it is worth I went through your entire ROAM thread. That trailer is awesome and with a couple of mods I think it would be much better than a Chaser or an AT and I bet it cost less than half of one to make. Point being I would buy your trailer before I would buy and AT. Why it is better at meeting my needs and would be more in my budget.
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pat, the dude has a good point or two.

and...yea, $485 for a water tank is stupid.

AT makes good s***, but definitely caters to the EP / Winston Howell the 3rd crowd.
 
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I don't agree that a tank is a tank, however for $485 I'd sooner buy the plastic welder or the stainless sheet and make the tank myself.
 
ntsqd said:
I don't agree that a tank is a tank, however for $485 I'd sooner buy the plastic welder or the stainless sheet and make the tank myself.
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FWIW I have found in a side by side comparison a stainless water tank will freeze quicker then a plastic. Not sure if that is why AT trailer use plastic tanks isolated from any metal.
 
LandCruiserPhil said:
FWIW I have found in a side by side comparison a stainless water tank will freeze quicker then a plastic. Not sure if that is why AT trailer use plastic tanks isolated from any metal.
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I seem to remember that trip.
 
water tank

Hi there!!!

I went to a local camper supply store. I found a rectangle 20 gallon tank that I put in the front of my m416 trailer. I used a small pump hooked up to a spare battery.
I works well just make front of trailer a little heavier

Hope it helps out
Good luck
 
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