Re: [a/s] fresh water tank woes

[Susi and John Burchard <saluqi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Glad they are going to do the honorable thing.  Perhaps they realize quite a lot
of sh.. would hit the fan if they did not??

It's incomprehensible to me that something of the weight of a fresh water tank
(water weighs 8.25 pounds per gallon) is not supported by metal straps firmly
BOLTED to the metal frame.  Self tapping screws, unless they are monsters or
very numerous, don't seem to me adequate for the job.  Certainly not if they are
going into soft metal (aluminum alloy) or wood.

The fresh water tank in my 1978 Argosy motor home is *inside* the coach, under
one of the rear berths, and rests firmly on the floor which is supported by at
least two frame cross members at that location.  One reason for having it there
is, of course, so it won't freeze if you are camping in sub zero temperatures.

John