Thread: Auxillary Water Tank

Yes, Long Range Automotive make these in 50litre sill tanks and from Stainless steel.

I got a quote from LRA 2 or 3 months ago. Cost was $800 (supposedly discounted from 'normal') plus installation or delivery. Their tank usually fits on the LHS as they do a mirror image tank on the other side for an extended fuel tank.

Mundy

Hi, we made my own out of some 150mm stainless tube, 930mm long. Weld in some ends, on one end weld in a 1/2 inch BSP fitting at the bottom and a 1/8 fitting at the top for a breather. These were mounted against the chassis on each side of the car - used some stainless straps to secure these.

I connected a 1/2 inch hose with an inline pump and a tap on the bull bar. The pump switch is under the bonnet.

A similar tank on each side of the car - around 15 usable litres each or 30litres all up. This worked well for us - only problem we had no gauge, but when we had to swap tanks it was time to fill the other. This was drinking and cooking water only.

We travelled on some pretty ordinary roads and never had a problem with the mounting only occasional noise from a 1/2 full tank.

Too wet outside for photos - Erich

Thanks gents

Long Range advised their tank kit is now $900 + $250 to fit.

When I'm travelling i carry a couple of jerries in the trailer but I like to have some built into the car for emergencies or when I drop the trailer.

50 litres would be nice but at $1150 compared to a couple of hundred max i think two 6" stainless pipes and 30 litres will be fine

cheers
mutley

I couldn't justify the expense of the LRA tank either. On most trips I used to take 2 x 15L water containers which I carried behind front seats on the floor. So instead, for $100, I bought a 35L water bladder and made a ply housing to cover it so I can stack stuff on top. Have held down using straps running from rear seat hinges to a bar under front seat. Just tried to photo but the ply is covered in black carpet and so you can't see it in the photo. If anyone would really like to see it, I can remove and photo out of vehicle.

Mundy

Had another go at cleaning up the photo. Herewith

im planning my drawer system in the back, and what im planning on doing is converting the 2 pockets on each side into water tanks with a hose running beetween the 2 and one out to the rear bar it will just be gravity fed, the reason im using this spot is because of the way im settin the back up it will be a pain to use the space for anyting else, im thinking of making it out of thin gal sheet riveted togeher and using sikaflex to seal it all up,sounds good in theroy

Originally Posted by Bundalene

Hi, we made my own out of some 150mm stainless tube, 930mm long. Weld in some ends, on one end weld in a 1/2 inch BSP fitting at the bottom and a 1/8 fitting at the top for a breather. These were mounted against the chassis on each side of the car - used some stainless straps to secure these.

I connected a 1/2 inch hose with an inline pump and a tap on the bull bar. The pump switch is under the bonnet.

A similar tank on each side of the car - around 15 usable litres each or 30litres all up. This worked well for us - only problem we had no gauge, but when we had to swap tanks it was time to fill the other. This was drinking and cooking water only.

We travelled on some pretty ordinary roads and never had a problem with the mounting only occasional noise from a 1/2 full tank.

Too wet outside for photos - Erich

I have just taken some pics of the passenger side tank.