water storage.

[tanz-e]

hi.
can anyone help me find where to buy a small water bladder? just like a water bed bladder but much smaller...
probably 1200 X 3-400
ive recently purchased twin drawers for the back of my gq and where the wheel cuts into the cab, the drawers on either side stop against the arch and run sqaure across. (The deck then runs full width over the tops of both arches) leaving a whole lot of wasted space What im after is a bladder like thingie that would envelope the wheel arch utilising the wasted around....

any ideas on a specific product?

[Clanky]

http://www.fabricsolutions.com.au/Bladd ... dders.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.liquidcontainment.com.au/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Plenty on Google, pretty expensive though. PLastic jerry cans are much cheaper and easier to handle if you need to fill them away from the vehicle

[tanz-e]

jeezus 500 smackers... at a glance anyway...
ill check it out more tommorrow. its past my bed time...
cheers, tansey.

[Clanky]

jeezus 500 smackers... at a glance anyway...
ill check it out more tommorrow. its past my bed time...
cheers, tansey.

You noticed...half way to an air locker that is!!!

[ash_on_mtb]

What about wakeboard stuff, colloquially called 'fat sacs' - large water fillled bladders of various shapes to fit in all sorts of crevices on boats to weight them down, displacing more water for a bigger wake.

http://www.waterbed.com.au/categoryDeta ... catID=fat1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.fatsacstore.com/custom-ballast.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Google fat sac.

[DamTriton]

Two probs with bladders.

1. 1 tear and you're stuffed. Not really that strong. Helluva mess in the vehicle if she lets go.
2. All you water in one container, see 1.

Best bet is containers of not more than 2 litres and many of them. If you have the opportunity to collect water on the run then fill the empty containers and use for washing, or last resort for drinking if you trust the supply.

[Evski]

Goon sack

[zuffen]

Fuel tanks from a marine joint like Bias or Witworths.

[-Scott-]

Fuel tanks from a marine joint like Bias or Witworths.

Be careful with material choice if you plan to drink the water. Not all plastics are equal, and some will leach undesireable chemicals into the water. Even "food grade" PVC bladders will eventually taint the water.

I haven't gone to the extremes mentioned by Damkia, but I do use multiple containers. I have a bladder under a false floor behind the front seats that holds about 30 litres, then three 10 litre containers sit in a tub in the storage system in the back. The 10 litre containers are for drinking water, the bladder is for cooking/washing up water because after a few days I can begin to taste a taint - and this is with a "food grade" bladder that gets "rinsed" to the manufacturer's instructions before each fill.

I wouldn't be in a hurry to use a "fuel tank" or "ballast" bladder for drinking water.

[Ruffy]

http://www.flexitank.com.au" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

We used to run one of those in our comp truck.. did two cliffhangers, an outback, ateco and some engels without a drama.

[mnemonix]

Best bet is containers of not more than 2 litres and many of them.

I've been getting by with this option for years.
1.5l bottled water (refilled). I permanently store 5 under each seat in the ute - space that would be otherwise unused and wasted.

If I'm doing extended trips, extras go in a crate in the tray. Never had a problem with capacity.
But I'm not exactly crossing the simpson with the family... Just multi day camping/beach trips for 2.