Truck Water Storage- show me your setup

[7mm-08]

Definitely a strong indicator of age when people buy those. Under 40, you probably have a reusable bottle or several. Over 50, you probably buy "bricks" of water bottles.

Sorry, but I'd probably go broke if I was required to buy the number of Yeti Ramblers required to get me through a five day outdoor adventure.

 

[Alpine4x4]

Definitely a strong indicator of age when people buy those. Under 40, you probably have a reusable bottle or several. Over 50, you probably buy "bricks" of water bottles.

I'm 35 and buy bricks of water. Its most convenient when out on a boat fishing. The bottles get reused as spitters and then tossed. Not the most environmentally friendly approach, but I use a Yeti day to day at work so it's offset.

 

[LongWayAround]

Sorry, but I'd probably go broke if I was required to buy the number of Yeti Ramblers required to get me through a five day outdoor adventure.

Yea, you buy one and refill it. Seems obvious that you're not rolling with thirty tumblers.

Anywho... Back to the original topic.

 

[5MilesBack]

Definitely a strong indicator of age when people buy those. Under 40, you probably have a reusable bottle or several. Over 50, you probably buy "bricks" of water bottles.

Or.......over 50, buy bricks of water bottles, AND have reusable bottles.

 

[Dos Perros]

Sorry, but I'd probably go broke if I was required to buy the number of Yeti Ramblers required to get me through a five day outdoor adventure.

One wonders if there are alternatives to Yeti Ramblers? One especially wonders if they might be found in this precise thread.

 

[bozeman]

I use an old igloo 'round' stand up cooler like you see on the sidelines of a Fri PM in the corner of the bed of my truck.

 

[feanor]

I’m strongly considering fabricating a tank from 18/20 gauge stainless steel with something along these lines. Depending on the final configuration, it could be from 16-18 gallons and mounted on top of my truck cap. I would maybe need to fabricate an aluminum frame to span the rails on the cap in order to hold the approximate 180 lbs of a full tank.
Any thoughts ideas related this build? I’m all ears.

 

[BBob]

Any thoughts ideas related this build? I’m all ears.

Make sure you use the correct alloy like 304 or 316 sheet. Anything else will corrode. What process do you plan on using to weld it up? Custom poly tanks weren’t too costly in the past to have made. Cheaper than a stainless fabrication but your diy might offset that cost.