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Johnny (4.174.70.164)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 04, 2004 - 4:27 pm: | |
After a too-long, way-too-cold winter, I'm doing bus stuff again. The interior insulation is completely finished, the next thing is plumbing.
Which is my question: My holding tanks will be plastic 55 gallon barrels, probably six of them (3 fresh, 2 gray, 1 black), which MUST go inside the bus. I'm thinking of having them straddle the rear wheelhouses, 3 on each side. However, 150 gallons of water weighs (gets out calculator) about 1200lbs (per side), so each barrel will be 400+lbs when full. I'm not worried about the chassis strength (rear GAWR is, IIRC, 17,000), but I'm a bit concerned about the floor itself. I know I could spread them out, but that will greatly complicate plumbing issues, as well as steal space from my floorplan, so while I will do this if required, I'd much rather not.
So, do I need to beef up the floor? If so, suggestions, please! The obvious would be a simple plate of 1/4" steel under the barrels to spread the load--but that's a REALLY heavy solution. |
JImmci9 (209.240.205.68)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 04, 2004 - 5:08 pm: | |
your figuring is a little off.... you'll not have all 6 barrels full at once... as you empty the fresh, you fill the grey/black.....so you might need to "balance" the arrangement.... you can make a 'cradle" to lay the barrels down in....that will spread the weight out quite a bit....if the supports are over a frame or floor crossmember, i don't think you'll have much of a problem.... |
TWO DOGS (63.188.225.69)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 04, 2004 - 6:46 pm: | |
I took railroad ties..marked them with the barrel...took a chainsaw & made cradels.. |
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