Hi all,
As part of my 'camper' build in the back of the Paj, I've been keen to come up with a solution to carrying some additional water.
If I'm towing the caravan, it has it's own 80l water tank, but when I'm camping otherwise without the van and heading a little more remote, I needed a way to cart water that wasn't going to take up valuable space within the rear of the vehicle.
I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time and pick up a slim line 35L water tank off gumtree from a local seller for 100bucks.
They normally retail about 350ish
The tank is nice and flat giving plenty of options for placement.
unfortunately the filler and both drain holes are all at the one end making filling vs usage quite difficult.
Unless perfectly flat you either can't fill it or can't get water out of it.
To fill it needs to be tilted downwards away from the filler but to use it, you need to tilt it backward towards the filler.
In the end I elevated it sideways with the filler higher and the drain on the opposite side lower.
It's not perfect but it works.
It is also baffled which is nice, to stop the water moving around too much. Still either full or empty is probably the best option when mobile.
Since I added solar panels to the roof cage, I can no longer use it for carrying items but this small tank makes use of that wasted space.
This pic is from the install with one of the panels flipped back onto the other one, but you get the idea.
I routed the hose off to the rear of the vehicle on the passenger side under the rack.
I may end up running a longer hose but for now this is a work in progress.
I'd be interest in others roof top tank installs if you have pics or want to share.
Whilst I'd prefer to have my weight low, I figure 35L is worth the bit of extra weight considering I won't be carrying anything else up there.
Overall, I'm happy with the results for now but I think this will go through a few changes before I'm totally happy with it.
As always, here's the vid
cheers Brett
As part of my 'camper' build in the back of the Paj, I've been keen to come up with a solution to carrying some additional water.
If I'm towing the caravan, it has it's own 80l water tank, but when I'm camping otherwise without the van and heading a little more remote, I needed a way to cart water that wasn't going to take up valuable space within the rear of the vehicle.
I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time and pick up a slim line 35L water tank off gumtree from a local seller for 100bucks.
They normally retail about 350ish
The tank is nice and flat giving plenty of options for placement.
unfortunately the filler and both drain holes are all at the one end making filling vs usage quite difficult.
Unless perfectly flat you either can't fill it or can't get water out of it.
To fill it needs to be tilted downwards away from the filler but to use it, you need to tilt it backward towards the filler.
In the end I elevated it sideways with the filler higher and the drain on the opposite side lower.
It's not perfect but it works.
It is also baffled which is nice, to stop the water moving around too much. Still either full or empty is probably the best option when mobile.
Since I added solar panels to the roof cage, I can no longer use it for carrying items but this small tank makes use of that wasted space.
This pic is from the install with one of the panels flipped back onto the other one, but you get the idea.
I routed the hose off to the rear of the vehicle on the passenger side under the rack.
I may end up running a longer hose but for now this is a work in progress.
I'd be interest in others roof top tank installs if you have pics or want to share.
Whilst I'd prefer to have my weight low, I figure 35L is worth the bit of extra weight considering I won't be carrying anything else up there.
Overall, I'm happy with the results for now but I think this will go through a few changes before I'm totally happy with it.
As always, here's the vid
cheers Brett
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