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Dave and Mel
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 10:11 pm: | |
After reading Captain Ron's thread, I'm almost afraid to ask this....
I have three plastic tanks, positioned so they measure
55" long by 26" high and 10" wide (one tank black)
44" long by 32"high by 13" wide.(two tanks gray) and not plumbed together.
I will be removing one of the larger gray tanks to put in a new one for fresh water. Does the orientation have a detrimental effect on a full tank? The gray tanks are my concern - they appear concave on top but look OK on the sides. I'll know more when we pull them out. |
James Maxwell (Jmaxwell)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 11:34 pm: | |
It is not uncommon for plastic tanks to "sag" inward on the long flats. They expand outward as filled and will "baloon" to some degree.
I don't really understand your ? as to vertical or horizontal orientation. Seems it would be difficult to stand 44 or 55 inches upward in a bus bay, although you may do it with the 44 in some buses. As to the length and width measurement I imagine it depends on he space they are going in and the best utilization of that space. Mine are set in in the shallow arrangement, stacked, which fits in the space I had available with about an inch to spare above them. Side by side required one more inch of vertical clearance and a lot of lost space on the sides that would have been rendered somewhat useless.
If the tanks are already tapped for in/out that may dictate orientation to a degree. Mine had "pockets" cast into them that would have lent themselves better to the side by side arrangement. |
FAST FRED
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 6:07 am: | |
Tanks last the longest an "POP" the least when used as liners in a fitted tight ply (or other) box.
Many were never designed to stand without support , although some of the HD units from Duracast are used in boats with no sidewall support.
Do it your way,
FAST FRED |
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