Just bought another tank...but out of room...

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Adkins PowerWash

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I ran across a smoking deal on a 275 gallon square tank, as I am in need of more water capacity, but I am out of space on my trailer. My current trailer is only a 12' tandem axle, and is pretty full, I was wondering if I should upgrade in trailer size, to say an 18' with 6k lb axles, or if I should just slide this tank in and out of the back of my pickup as needed? I really don't want to hassle with moving it constantly. My grandpa tossed out the idea of getting a smaller single axle trailer, like an 8' or so, mounting the tank on that, and double towing when I have a job that requires the extra water (it's legal to tow doubles in Texas) but I don't want to have two bumper pulls with water sloshing around on them.

Anybody have any pics of dual water tank trailers? Or, how they set them up? I like the idea of having 800 gallons of water readily available when needed! Oh..."smoking deal" is $50 bucks for the tank, ball valve, already set-up, just gotta plumb it and put it to work.

Thanks,
Jason
 
What do you need to haul water for?
 
Alot of my jobs are commercial stuff that don't have water spiggots anywhere on them. I bid using my water into these jobs. I've also got some houseboats at a country club that I clean too, and there's no water nearby. I guess I could always filter the water out of the lake lol. I currently have a 525 gallon, and I want to make sure I have enough water on hand, should I need it to where I don't have to stop what I'md oing and re-fill. The tanks are empty until I need them, I don't drive around full of water all of the time.
 
You could use a trash pump or other simliar type of pump to pull the water out of the lake but use a screen on the end of the hose so you don't pull weeds, trash, rocks or fish. Then filter the water and you should be ok.

As long as people there are ok with you pulling water out, I don't see any problem as long as it is filtered before going through your pump.

I am sure that people have done this a lot, in some catalogs there are hoses, screens and other things sold to do just this.
 
Adkins PowerWash said:
I ran across a smoking deal on a 275 gallon square tank, as I am in need of more water capacity, but I am out of space on my trailer. My current trailer is only a 12' tandem axle, and is pretty full, I was wondering if I should upgrade in trailer size, to say an 18' with 6k lb axles, or if I should just slide this tank in and out of the back of my pickup as needed? I really don't want to hassle with moving it constantly. My grandpa tossed out the idea of getting a smaller single axle trailer, like an 8' or so, mounting the tank on that, and double towing when I have a job that requires the extra water (it's legal to tow doubles in Texas) but I don't want to have two bumper pulls with water sloshing around on them.

Anybody have any pics of dual water tank trailers? Or, how they set them up? I like the idea of having 800 gallons of water readily available when needed! Oh..."smoking deal" is $50 bucks for the tank, ball valve, already set-up, just gotta plumb it and put it to work.

Thanks,
Jason
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I would not trust a single axle trailer with that much water weight, especially pulling it behind another trailer.

Where is the info on double-towing trailers here in Texas? I seriously would like to read up on it as I have been thinking about that for some jobs. Not for hauling water but equipment. Remember you still have to have the wiring done for lights/brakes so you don't get a ticket.

What kind of truck do you have? Remember that water weighs 8.33 pounds per gallon so that 275 gallon tote will be about 2290 pounds in the bed of the truck along with the trailer tongue weight. I have done that a few times but don't like to do that with my 3/4 ton truck, that is a lot of weight on the back end of the truck, even with the towing package from the dealer.

I would get a larger trailer with larger axles to support the weight, totes are cheap everywhere, I can get them all day long from $40 to $50 here within 20 miles of where I live, cheap way to add more water storage capacity to a trailer or truck.

If the account is paying good enough, offer to pay a plumber to add water spigots onto their facility and drop the price a little bit so you don't have to haul water. That is extra wear and tear on your vehicle, trailer and more fuel burned to do the job hauling that water.

Think of a 300 gallon tank as pulling around a small car all day long, they will weigh about the same and you are burning more fuel to get to the jobs along with more wear on your brakes, especially if you have to stop fast when someone pulls out in front of you.

Water is cheap everywhere, from $2.00 to $4.00 per 1000 gallons, most people never look at their water bills so they just don't know it is really cheap.
 
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