Thread: water tank options for D3

Originally Posted by oldsalt

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Do you just put the whole lot into the tank and that's it?

I have always been worried about having these internal tanks come loose and bounce around the car in an accident. It might only have a dead weight about 90 kg when full of water but the forces exerted in an accident are massive. If my army days of running around like a mad man with half full jerry cans are anything to go by - having it half full makes it even more unstable.

If I were to have one I would use bigger straps and take a good look at how the straps are connected onto the vehicle – that could be your weakest point.

Is there an option for a tank in the third row seat well?

This is one from Gough and is a underbody 70L, 1080x810x115 and would be the best fit that I've been able to find so far.

I think it's a smidgen deeper than the recess with the rear seats out.

Tie down straps over the tank with a false floor over. A set of custom rear drawers/kitchen from Drifta to finish it off.

I'am thinking of going down this path.


Peter

Originally Posted by HarryO

I have always been worried about having these internal tanks come loose and bounce around the car in an accident. It might only have a dead weight about 90 kg when full of water but the forces exerted in an accident are massive. If my army days of running around like a mad man with half full jerry cans are anything to go by - having it half full makes it even more unstable.

If I were to have one I would use bigger straps and take a good look at how the straps are connected onto the vehicle – that could be your weakest point.

Good point Harry - I have heavy duty straps around mine which are of course attached to the cargo barrier and the tank sits snugly between the barrier and the rear seats - so I would say it's unlikely to come loose in an accident...but it pays to be careful of course - so I try not to "run around like a mad man" with a heavily loaded vehicle
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Originally Posted by Dapper

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Hi All

My father had a stainless steel water tank made for his Disco 3
Which fits in the floor in the cargo area ( removed the dicky seats )
Also has a aluminium slide out storage system.

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Steve

This is the way I'd like to go. Thanks for sharing that. I'm fiddling with ideas to make it a quick fit and remove so it's not permanently fitted. Perhaps over centre latches onto the tie downs or similar