best water tank to go with? what u guys suggest?

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I have a std cab s10, not the biggest truck ever. WEll im going to get a 60 gallon water tank for detailing. Cant go bigger cause of payload weight with all the other stuff i have back there.





Im having a hard time deciding on a tank that would best suite my needs. A loaf style tank, rectanguar, long, wide and low in height, or just like a round shape?



I was just thinking a rectangular long one woud be no good i think becuase when it is laid flat and water gets near bottom, it will be spread out over long distance. This means alot of water,but a thin layer maybe pressure washer wont be able to suck it up?



ALso i need one that I can use those metal straps so it doesnt move around and slosh to much. As you can see i dont know much about tanks, so i need your help. Also does anyone know what size fitting the tank needs for the pressure washer to work?



Thanks

rich

 

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Maybe you can tow more weight than you can carry in your flat bed. Consider buying a trailer for the tank. Just a small one that can carry the weight you want. If it is your day to day truck aswell that kinda weight reeks havick on your breaks and the wear and tear on the truck is more. If yu have a full tank of water and no details to do, you are still carring around the extra weigh when you go out with you buddies



Clint

 

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Where I work we have a Hotsy power washer mounted to a short bed regular cab S10 with a 100 gallon water tank. The water tank we use is round (like a gas tank on a semi) with metal straps that run over the tank holding it to the truck bed, the shape of the tank allows us to get use of all the water in the tank, every dorp. This worked just fine, not to sure what power washer you have but ours is very large 3000 psi W/oil fired heater not for cars! Another thing to think about with all that water and the power washer we had to add another leaf spring on the rear axle jsut something else to think about. Now cornering with a load of water splashing around was a little tricky had to be careful and take it easy it would really toss the truck around. We have since moved up to a full size truck seems to handle it much better.



I have never used a rectangular tank but I do know the round ones work quite well for our needs. Not to sure on the fittings needed but we also added a in-line filter to the bottom of the tank to remove any sand or whatever from the water before it gets to the power washer and damages the pump. The filter you twist off, empy and twist back on real simple.



With the fittings and filter on the bottom of the tank we had to mount to tank on some treated wood posts, 6"- 8" or so above the bed of the truck.