So we’re rebuilding what was our old Powerline trailer that folded up a while back…
(we’ve been humping the skid around in a pickup on rare occasion that we needed hot water). Mounting everything up on this super nice heavy-duty trailer with dual axles and brakes that some guy in NC built (@Innocentbystander).
So as with any good project, it has snowballed from “hey, let’s just remount that 200gal tank and the 5.5 hot skid onto the trailer” to:
- hey, it looks like we can fit one of these 100gal slimline tanks on either side of that to have 400 gallons of water
- hey, if we slide that skid over to one side rail we can fit this old 25gal batch mix tank beside it
- hey, if we move that batch tank to the front we can fit one of these old belt drive 5.5s beside it
- hey, if we move the batch tank out to the tongue a-frame this old pickup toolbox will fit perfectly!
- hey, since we have 400 gallons anyway let’s get one of these broken down 8gpm machines working instead and swap out that 2nd 5.5
- hey, we’re going to need to carry more SH now, let’s put this old 50gal tank on
- finally, the horizontal tank doesn’t leave room for all the reels we’ll need for 2 PWs, let’s use one of the 55gal barrels instead
So the question becomes… anyone got a good idea to mount one of these things on the tail end of a trailer (2x6 decking)? I was noodling and Googling last night, and so far this is my best idea… I figure to get a pair of these, ditch all the wheels, set one down on the boards and flip the other on top of the barrel. Then I figure run 4’ allthread from the top ring, through the bottom ring and through the deck boards. That would leave full access to the 2 stock bungs in the top as well for fill/draw to the 12v pump
- Any body have better ideas/plans for securing one?
- With it sitting on the tail end of the trailer, I’d assume the majority of the forces on that filled barrel would be front/back rather than side-to-side? I was only going to use 2 allthread most likely…we could stick 3 or 4 if we really had to I guess.
