Horizontally mounted barrels

[Eric]

So my skoolie has the perfect frame to body distance to put 3 55 gallon plastic drums on each side... Now aside from the lovely spin fitting issue I've discussed before .. What's the general idea? I'm thinking box em in really well insulate and heat em for the winter. Assuming we don't escape by then..I'm just tired of using the head in the garage I guess


Have fun !

Eric

[Oonrahnjay]

So my skoolie has the perfect frame to body distance to put 3 55 gallon plastic drums on each side... 

     Eric, plastic barrels are cheap but you lose BIG amounts of volume when you put a round barrel into a rectangular space.  Can't you source tanks with corners to fit into your available volume?

[lostagain]

The Courier 96 I just sold has a plastic barrel for fresh water. Always worked great. Wedged with lumber and strapped to the  floor. I would eventually have replaced it with a rectangular tank for more volume, but meanwhile, it served well for 35 years since the first conversion.

JC

[Eric]

     Eric, plastic barrels are cheap but you lose BIG amounts of volume when you put a round barrel into a rectangular space.  Can't you source tanks with corners to fit into your available volume?

I was thinking easy repairs on the road we've had tanks crack, leak split when winter traveling also we has a 5er whose whole server system got ripped off on a crappy Nebraska road when we got lost! No offense Scott!

Have fun !

Eric

[HB of CJ]

I'm thinking about road protection impact prevention. (A Schoolie going off road)  Also the plastic barrels would be somewhat heated and slightly more protected from heavy frost or artic weather damage.  The space between the round barrels could always be used for RV storage.

However...me thinks some sort of tray or pan protection under the barrels would be necessary to catch and restrain any leaks...expecially from the black barrel.  Another downer would be that any holding leaks black or gray would really stink up the interior of the Bus Conversion.

Perhaps the stacked barrels could be placed over the rear axle with containment pans under and that space in the floorplan be used as a hallway?  Straddle the wheel wells. How about short closets overtop the barrels?  Or...some plywood frames and then useable bunks overtop the barrels?

How about trying to find empty olive barrels or type without the entire tip screw top and instead having just the 2"  threaded bung?  You could run the fill and drain pipes down into the barrel all the way to just off the bottom.  Siphon systems for drainage?  Priming easy.  HB

[gus]

Any round container is much stronger than a square one so there are definite advantages, especially if exposed to impacts.

My 4104 has round agricultural tanks for both fresh and waste tanks and they are strong indeed in spite of the limited lost capacity.

[Brassman]

I'll be using an old apple concentrate drum for fresh water, not because I think it is the best solution, more like it is the least expensive solution.

[Eric]

Durability and cost are my 2 priorities. Not the greatest solution but it allows me to spend the $$$ in other places! And the are easily obtainable should one fail!


Have fun !

Eric