transporting water, your ideas?

[AeroNautiCal]

I just keep a few cans of this in the glove box...

 

[toymaster]

^^^^^ That is awesome. Bet it has an infinite shelf life!

 

[LandCruiserPhil]

If you are using Carlon Conduit, schedule 80 will provide a good UV rating, and is very impact resistant.

Schedule 80 electrical conduit UV rating is worthless it burns and gets brittle just like any other plastic. Also electrical conduit is not water rated.

 

[LandCruiserPhil]

Typical PVC conduit is listed for exposed outdoor applications. It is "sunlight resistant" what means it lasts years in sunlight, And decades longer coated with paint.
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Correct schedule 80 is "rated" as "sunlight resistant" but after installing and replacing miles of it over the last 30+years I can guarantee you the rating is worthless if you live where the sun shines.

 

[AA1PR]

I thought of this idea & glad to see someone actually doing it & perfecting it for me

 

[General Automag]

For mounting a 6 inch diameter ABS pipe on my yakima rack, I went with inexpensive stainless clamps that are available at any hardware store and slightly more difficult to unlatch (and steal the pipe) than the fist clamps: two small clamps that went around the load bars; two long clamps attached to the small ones (perpendicularly) and the connected around the circumference of the pipe; and then one large going around the center of pipe and mounted to the yakima megawarrior with a rolled up army surplus inner tube in between to cushion the pipe against the cargo rack (this is not necessary, but I was looking for a place to keep the inner tube and this worked). I don't use the pipe for storing water. Rather, I use it for storing fishing rods and other long objects, e.g. steel tripod for dutch oven. It weighs about 15 lbs full of gear. I have a bike rack on the opposite side, but I may go with a matching six inch pipe for water storage when I am not hauling the bike.

Note: I don't have a close up photo handy. But you get the idea from this pic:
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Please post a side picture showing some detail on the way you mounted your pipe if you have a chance. Thanks.

 

[TheAlmightySam]

I'm curious what you all feel are the advantages of using permanently-mounted PVC for water storage vs. say, a jerry can or two. It seems like with a jerry can, you've got a packaging advantage (all the roundy bits on PVC wastes volume) and the ability to easily carry your water supply to refill or whatever. Scepter MWCs are also dirt cheap.

Thoughts? I'm genuinely interested in what advantages you guys have found with the PVC tank approach.

 

[Dave Bennett]

I am a big fan of the Scepter water can system. Portable, easy to clean and inexpensive. And will outlive you and your rig. Can be pressurized too

 

[Overland Hadley]

I am a big fan of the Scepter water can system. Portable, easy to clean and inexpensive. And will outlive you and your rig. Can be pressurized too

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I use my Scepter cans as water tanks in my camper. I also like that a person with small hands can get inside the tank to clean it, and a water pump is easily dropped in the large opening.

I also really like my Front Runner Footwell Water Tank that resides inside the cab of the truck.

 

[MicroBird]

I have about 6 of these 5 gallon stainless steel kegs that will hold my drinking water.

 

[Inyo_man]

As others have said, Scepter containers are bomb-proof!
Two 20L cans and a handy 10L can have served us well for years.

 

[highdesertranger]

yes scepter's rule. sure wish you could still buy the gas cans. highdesertranger