back bay.... lots of weight.

[Oregonconversion]

I have 2 65gal fresh water tanks, a 170 gal black/grey water tank, and my diesel genset in my back bay.

so thats 2,505 pounds with both tanks full and add on 500 pounds for the generator (high guess) thats a lot of weight!

Can my back bay handle 3000 pounds on the road?

[oldmansax]

How did you get all of that in the bay? I have a 110 gal fresh, 65 gal black, & 65 gal gray, along with the appropriate plumbing, piping & pumps, and my back bay is pretty full; especially if I need to do any maintenance. Is your rear bay that much bigger than mine I have a '73 MCI-7.

FYI, we have been full timing in it for 2 years and have had no problems with weight.

TOM

[Utahclaimjumper]

You will probably never have all those tanks full at any one time, so set an average and re calculate.>>>Dan

[Damn Yankee]

My rear bay has 110 gal water tank, 110 gal black/gray tank 20 gal water heater, a diesel fired home type boiler that holds maybe 30 gallons of engine coolant and a 1000 lbs hi-lo battery with no signs of any problems in 20 yrs.  It's just amazing the weight the bays will handle.

[robertglines1]

A little history ..years back greyhound and others ran a lot of freight in the bays;some coaches even had part of the passanger compartment blocked off and a separate side door to load freight...they never worried about overloading because they didn't have to scale them..so if you had the bay crammed full of the New York Times how much would they way?? just a observation..

[JackConrad]

If our fresh water tank is full, our holding tank is probably empty and visa-versa.  I have heard stories of Greyhound hauling rebuilt engines in the baggage bays.  Jack

[bottomacher]

You won't likely have both water tanks and the holding tank full at the same time; my calculations are about 1100 pounds for the water and 500 for the genny.

[gumpy]

I have 150 gallon black and 150 gallon fresh in my back bay, along with 2 40lb propane tanks and my fresh water pumps, valves, filters, etc.  I have had both fresh and black full one time in 10 years. However, I have at least 55 gallons of that hanging from the bay ceiling framing, so technically only about 95 is on the floor with the black tank.

That's a lot of weight, but like others have said, it's unlikely you will ever have both tanks full at the same time. You have more black capacity than you do fresh, so if you look at the potential
average of say 150 lbs, thats about 1250 lbs, plus the generator. The bay can easily handle that.

I'm with oldmansax.... How did you fit all that in one bay? Can you post some photos of that bay? 

[luvrbus]

Ok guys digging through some of my old Grey Hound records here is what they used for weight in the bays on a MCI 8 ,9 and 12  

rear bay  3310 lbs
middle     1200  "  
front       1540  "  
freighter  4600 lbs above the bays on the floor in a 17 ft area from the rear

good luck

[Oregonconversion]

OK thanks guys. The reason I ask is both my tanks are full right now

I full time and I use my fresh water tank a LOT faster than filling up my black water tank. I am always on the go and I have a couple nice 32oz water bottles that I fill up to take with me. So I guess you could say a lot of my water goes "else where"

Things are packed in there, my tanks barely fit! This is why I had to have 2 65gal fresh water tanks rather than one big one. One has to fit next to my genset. I actually had to take my diesel gene out to get the tanks in, what a pain! Believe it or not, I have room in there for another 30 gal. fresh tank in there!

So then I will have 170gal black, 160gal fresh, genset, all my pluming including water pump, intake, valve setup, filter, etc.

Here is a pic of it all. You cant see mist of my pluming but I now have a few more pieces on there.

[06 Bill]

Very neat install. Just wondering why everyone mounts the pump motor down? A small pump leak & instant motor fail, soft brushes etc. I mount motor up & 180 the
motor to pump mount if nesc. for plumbing ease. 06 Bill

[WVA_NATIVE]

Very neat install. Just wondering why everyone mounts the pump motor down? A small pump leak & instant motor fail, soft brushes etc. I mount motor up & 180 the
motor to pump mount if nesc. for plumbing ease. 06 Bill

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Bill, do you have any pictures of how you mounted yours, if its a better way I'd like to see it so I can understand it.

WVaNative

[Oregonconversion]

Just found this off shurflos website. Guess I mounted mine upside down.

The pump may be mounted in any position. If mounted the vertically pump head should be in the down position so that in the unlikely event of a leak, fluid will not enter the motor.

[robertglines1]

Thanks for bringing info on pump mounting to the front..once in print it seems only like common sense...but I don't always think.one ideal on my pump I put a union on each side ;this lets me remove it with ease and in winter I just crack union to drain pump.