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Gday all.
I'd been looking at a few different setups for water in the Prado. I wanted it to be portable (so I could take it out at the camp site), it had to be able to be lifted by the wife easily, and it had to be cheap & easy. I have a couple of 20L water containers, but can be awkward and heavy when they're full.
I got the idea (like most ideas I get) while having a couple of beers...
I was looking at a few camper trailer kitchens on a 4WD Action DVD, and noticed a few which were pump action. I remembered having seen them before at BCF or somewhere relatively cheap. I thought about installing one into the lid of a standard water container that you could just swap lids when that one was empty. I looked at the containers I had. but noticed that the lid was on an angle, so the water would spray back almost on itself.
Then I was in Super Cheap Auto the other day... And I noticed they had 20% off... And I noticed that they had 10L water drums that had a flat lid... And I noticed that they had the manual pump on the shelf....
TA-DAH! Water containers done.
This is the one with the pump in the lid. I just need to add a bit of water tube to go from the bottom of the pump to the bottom of the container (And cut a "V" in the bottom of the tube) to get all the water
I got 2 containers so that once one gets empty, I just swap lids and it all works perfectly well.
I can't see that we'll use more than 20L for daytrips, and for longer trips, I will just take the 20L as well & top up the 10L ones as required. I tested out the pump, and it works brilliantly. The water comes out at a decent rate, so shouldn't be an issue filling water bottles from it.
All up, I'm really happy with how it turned out, and it's cost me about $50 all up. Got to love that!
I'd been looking at a few different setups for water in the Prado. I wanted it to be portable (so I could take it out at the camp site), it had to be able to be lifted by the wife easily, and it had to be cheap & easy. I have a couple of 20L water containers, but can be awkward and heavy when they're full.
I got the idea (like most ideas I get) while having a couple of beers...
I was looking at a few camper trailer kitchens on a 4WD Action DVD, and noticed a few which were pump action. I remembered having seen them before at BCF or somewhere relatively cheap. I thought about installing one into the lid of a standard water container that you could just swap lids when that one was empty. I looked at the containers I had. but noticed that the lid was on an angle, so the water would spray back almost on itself.
Then I was in Super Cheap Auto the other day... And I noticed they had 20% off... And I noticed that they had 10L water drums that had a flat lid... And I noticed that they had the manual pump on the shelf....
TA-DAH! Water containers done.
This is the one with the pump in the lid. I just need to add a bit of water tube to go from the bottom of the pump to the bottom of the container (And cut a "V" in the bottom of the tube) to get all the water
I got 2 containers so that once one gets empty, I just swap lids and it all works perfectly well.
I can't see that we'll use more than 20L for daytrips, and for longer trips, I will just take the 20L as well & top up the 10L ones as required. I tested out the pump, and it works brilliantly. The water comes out at a decent rate, so shouldn't be an issue filling water bottles from it.
All up, I'm really happy with how it turned out, and it's cost me about $50 all up. Got to love that!
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