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Hi,
I'm curious about the various solutions people have come up with for carrying water and for dispensing it when needed. Especially those that are using vehicles only, and not trailers.
How much water do you carry? And how long are you relying on it? How often do you refill?
I'm using a 50l water tank from Front Runner, the slanted tank.
I can put it in either directly behind the back seats with the angle towards the front, though I have found putting it in the back on the driver side, with the sound facing the back of the vehicle is more convenient. The fill spout and the drain are both towards the back of the vehicle, which makes it easy to fill, and to pull the hose out and open the valve and get water out. I have two valves, one at the base of the tank and one at the end of the hose, I can close the one at the tank and drain the hose and not worry about water leaking.
Right now I'm using gravity to dispense the water. Basically I hold the nozzle down below the tank when the valve is open and dispense water as needed.
I've got a 12 v water pump with a feeder hose that I think I can mount to the top of the tank and create a pressured dispenser but I haven't gone that far mainly because the gravity feed has worked well for me.
This set up has given myself, my daughter, and my father more than adequate water for 3 or so days without refills, including water for drinking, cooking, and cleaning, including our hydration packs when hiking. With conservation in mind, I figure it should keep us with water for 4 to 5 days, and possibly more if we were really careful. Of course, I'm using the roughly 1 gallon of water per day per person formula.
The only downside is the hose keeps getting in the way, and I broke the plastic handle on the outer water valve when things shifted inside and I didn't see things get put on the hose.
Always on the lookout for better solutions, what have you found to be a convenient way to carry and manage your water while traveling?
I'm curious about the various solutions people have come up with for carrying water and for dispensing it when needed. Especially those that are using vehicles only, and not trailers.
How much water do you carry? And how long are you relying on it? How often do you refill?
I'm using a 50l water tank from Front Runner, the slanted tank.
I can put it in either directly behind the back seats with the angle towards the front, though I have found putting it in the back on the driver side, with the sound facing the back of the vehicle is more convenient. The fill spout and the drain are both towards the back of the vehicle, which makes it easy to fill, and to pull the hose out and open the valve and get water out. I have two valves, one at the base of the tank and one at the end of the hose, I can close the one at the tank and drain the hose and not worry about water leaking.
Right now I'm using gravity to dispense the water. Basically I hold the nozzle down below the tank when the valve is open and dispense water as needed.
I've got a 12 v water pump with a feeder hose that I think I can mount to the top of the tank and create a pressured dispenser but I haven't gone that far mainly because the gravity feed has worked well for me.
This set up has given myself, my daughter, and my father more than adequate water for 3 or so days without refills, including water for drinking, cooking, and cleaning, including our hydration packs when hiking. With conservation in mind, I figure it should keep us with water for 4 to 5 days, and possibly more if we were really careful. Of course, I'm using the roughly 1 gallon of water per day per person formula.
The only downside is the hose keeps getting in the way, and I broke the plastic handle on the outer water valve when things shifted inside and I didn't see things get put on the hose.
Always on the lookout for better solutions, what have you found to be a convenient way to carry and manage your water while traveling?
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