Our RV Fresh Water Holding Tank Cracked - I Replaced it With a New RecPro Fresh Water Holding Tank

Michael Bracewell The Travel Trailer Guy

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If you don't have time to watch the whole video I hope you at least watch the first 2 minutes, you will be surprised with what you see.
Well it happened to us on our first day of a week long camping trip at the campsite. Our 6 year old fresh water holding tank became very brittle and cracked pretty bad quickly emptying all the water out of our tank as you will see in the video. This same thing has happened to others I know so you might want to see how your factory installed tank is holding up. I was able to tape the crack and support the area so we could continue camping.
I replaced the tank with a much better quality tank, you will see me compare the old one and the new tank and you will be surprised in the quality difference.
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@bricknboxer 3 месяца назад

Our 2016 Flagstaff just developed a small crack near the bottom corner. Flex tape is holding for now but I'll be ordering a new Alpha tank soon. I appreciate the info and comparison between the old tank and the new one. Glad to see the new tank is thicker walled and better design regarding strength and port placement. Now to remove the additional bracing that was installed to prevent the tank from falling out. Thank you Michael

@thetraveltrailerguy 3 месяца назад

Thanks so much for watching and the feedback. I wish they would install quality tanks and bracing in the first place. www.youtube.com/@thetraveltrailerguy/videos

@ddprepper5227 3 месяца назад

Excellent job 👏👏👏💯

@thetraveltrailerguy 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much, this was a project I wish didn't need to be done in the first place. The factory installed a cheap one. Thanks for commenting and watching :) www.youtube.com/@thetraveltrailerguy/videos

@victorlopez2143 4 месяца назад

Great video - very clear instructions- If I ever need to replace my tank, I'll definitely refer to your video..Doing research on how to bypass my water filter since I don't use it, and I came across this..Thank you..

@thetraveltrailerguy 4 месяца назад

Thank you Victor. Some people have just removed the water filter cartridge and left the housing in place. Or they remove the hoses from each side of the filter housing and connect them. Once the filter is gone you can use a blue inline filter that goes on your hose. www.youtube.com/@thetraveltrailerguy/videos

@victorlopez2143 4 месяца назад

@@thetraveltrailerguy Thanks

@bam5235 4 месяца назад

Awesome vid

@thetraveltrailerguy 4 месяца назад

Thank you BAM :) I appreciate your feedback and for watching. www.youtube.com/@thetraveltrailerguy/videos

@caroljohnson8817 Год назад

Excellent! Thank You for your work! I needed this !

@thetraveltrailerguy Год назад

You're welcome Carol, I'm happy its helpful for you. Thanks for watching and the feedback. www.youtube.com/@thetraveltrailerguy/videos

@johns5560 2 года назад

Thanks Michael. I have the exact same trailer as you do, so I really enjoy your videos. Also, I’m really glad that I don’t have the underbelly.

@thetraveltrailerguy 2 года назад

Your welcome John. Yep not having the underbelly is nice, maybe if we lived in a cold climate area it would be nice to have. How are you liking your trailer? Have you had any problems with it?

@garlandstyle5797 2 года назад

Holy Moley! I have some work out for me. LOL Great video Michael. And I'm glad the little snippet video on removing Pex Clamps helped. Great tips too. You are the man.

@thetraveltrailerguy 2 года назад

Thanks Michael :) I sure am happy I know how to make all these repairs. If I didn't I would be broke paying someone to do all this stuff.

@orenkern9778 2 года назад

Nice work Michael; as usual! Bravo my friend.

@thetraveltrailerguy 2 года назад

Thank you Oren, I appreciate your kind words. Have fun with the new puppy

@elkmontb10 2 года назад

Thanks for another great video on your repairs.

@thetraveltrailerguy 2 года назад

You're welcome and thank you so much for watching and commenting I sure appreciate hearing from you.

@shredandenjoy7311 Год назад

Thanks for posting the video! I'm going to be upgrading the water tank in my camper and was curious about the specifics involved. It turns out it looks pretty straight forward and easy, but it's just one of those things where you don't know until you know! I've got my camper pretty setup for extended boondocking with tons of battery and solar, and way more propane than I could ever justify needing. Only problem is we've only got 26 gallons of fresh water, and with just a few very basic military style showers and some general life stuff, this doesn't last nearly long enough!

@thetraveltrailerguy Год назад

You are welcome :) Thanks for washing and commenting. Yep you can never have enough fresh water, black water, and gray water storage. But that's okay we make it work. We have solar, lithium batteries, 2000 watt inverter and automatic transfer switch. Life is good 2000 Watt Pure Sine Wave Inverter & Automatic Transfer Switch Installation - Travel Trailer (RV) - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rkRzH0Ay1z0.html www.youtube.com/@thetraveltrailerguy/videos

@JeffinTD Год назад

Great video. Shocking how brittle and thin that tank is, especially considering they installed it with minimal support.

@thetraveltrailerguy Год назад

Thank you Jeff and thanks for watching and commenting. I was shocked seeing how thin and brittle the tank material was. The replacement tank is built so much better. www.youtube.com/@thetraveltrailerguy/videos

@mjordan2900 7 месяцев назад

Awesome job thanks

@thetraveltrailerguy 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching and your feedback. Life would have been much better if they had just installed a quality fresh water tank at the factory. www.youtube.com/@thetraveltrailerguy/videos

@kenj.8897 2 года назад

Your videos are always top notch 👍

@thetraveltrailerguy 2 года назад

Thank you Ken, I sure appreciate that and thanks for watching

@jmcasteel7310 Год назад

Don't know how I missed this video but really enjoyed it, especially the Covid belly remark. 😂 Our TT are the same age so I better keep an eye on my tank. Great video as usual Mike!

@thetraveltrailerguy Год назад

You missed my video........ how dare you :) lol Still have the COVID Belly. I was shocked when this happened and fortunately it did not ruin our trip. Tony & Peggy had the same thing happen to their tank. The tanks that come with the trailers are very thin and become brittle easy. I hope you guys have been doing well

@redfred651 Год назад

How did you know what size tank to get? Great video, thanks you for sharing.

@thetraveltrailerguy Год назад

Great question :) and thank you for watching. First I took measurements of the tank that was cracked Height, Width, and Length. Then I looked up the trailer specifications for the water gallon capacity of the tank. With this information I started searching for the tank on line by entering the measurements and water capacity for a RV fresh water tank. After lots of looking and reading reviews I searched for the best price and bought it. I hope I answered your question. www.youtube.com/@thetraveltrailerguy/videos

@californiahikingadventures2249 5 месяцев назад

Little duct tape will fix that right up 🤣

@thetraveltrailerguy 5 месяцев назад

LOL Yep :)

@TNTRVing 2 года назад

Nice video Michael! I unfortunately have the underbelly that’s secured by nails in some areas..I may remove it sometime and fix all the wires like you did..Nice job!

@thetraveltrailerguy 2 года назад

Thank you, I wonder if the tank would have lasted longer if the trailer had a underbelly. We don't live in a area with extreme temperatures to make things this brittle.

@Gratefulwon Год назад

Always appreciate your videos, this one was excellent. Running scared with our 2018 2506 now!

@thetraveltrailerguy Год назад

LOL running scared :) I'm see a lot of people with 2017 Rockwood Mini Lites having their fresh water tanks do this exact same thing. Ours is a 2017 Mini Lite 2504S. the replacement tank I bought is built much better and is stronger because of its added thickness. Thanks so much for the feedback, you made my day

@nikkles1200 Год назад

Thanks for the help already by watching your video. I’m guessing I can find the metal support bars at Home Depot or Lowe’s, what do I look for, as for the name of the bars or metal?

@thetraveltrailerguy Год назад

Thanks for watching and I hope my videos are helpful to you in some way. Here's a link to the video where I show more details on how I added the additional supports and the steel I used. You will need to get the length measurements since all tank support lengths are a little different. Link to the video - How to Add Additional Support to Your Travel Trailer/RV Fresh Water Tank ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RYttKOkgCPk.html Link to all my videos: www.youtube.com/@thetraveltrailerguy/videos Materials might be found at Home Depot or Lowes, if not you can find a local steel supply company. Here's a list of what I used: Long Rail Support - Qty 1 - 1 1/2" X 1 1/2" X 3/16" steel angle iron Qty 5 - 5/16" X 1" steel carriage bolts for long rail support Qty 5 - 5/16" lock nuts Qty 5 - 5/16" washers Short Rail Supports - Qty 3 - 1 1/4" X 1 1/4" X 1/8" X 30" long steel angle iron Qty 6 - 1/4"" X 3/4" grade 8 bolts Qty 6 - 1/4" lock nuts 1 can black spray paint

@thetraveltrailerguy Год назад

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@kenheisner288 4 месяца назад

Mine is a Rockwood and noticed sagging on my tank system either black or grey oh brother Mine is six years old too

@thetraveltrailerguy 4 месяца назад

Oh no I hope you don't get a broken tank Ken, its no fun especially when it happens while on a camping trip. You might want to crawl under there and push on the tanks a bit and see if they are brittle. The fresh water tank is more likely to go than the gray or black tanks since they are built out of a better material.

@GimpyCamper 2 года назад

Good and informative video

@thetraveltrailerguy 2 года назад

Thank you, I do what I can for America

@GiantsNinerFan56 10 месяцев назад

I just found your channel Michael so I’ll be checking out your videos. A lot of great mods on here. What is the year and model of your trailer? I have a 2021 Lance 1995. I’m also in Ca, in the Sac Delta area.

@thetraveltrailerguy 10 месяцев назад

Awesome I'm happy you found it, a few of my first videos are hard for me to watch because the filming wasn't very good and for some reason after I downloaded them to RU-vid there was a hissing noise in the background. Sometimes my videos tend to be long but I do that so people that need detail on how to do something like it this way. I make the videos mainly to share ideas and to help people people learn how to do things themselves instead of paying someone a lot of money to do it for them. I try and put out a video every Friday if I can. Keep an eye out I have some really good ones coming out on the Lance. The last 5 videos are of our 2375 Lance year 2020 we bought from a friend a couple months ago and we love it. All the other videos are of the 2017 Rockwood Mini Lite 2504S we just sold (We put 27,000 miles on it). We live in Sonoma County so we camp at the coast a lot and try and camp every 2 weeks year round. What areas do you like to camp?

@GiantsNinerFan56 10 месяцев назад

I like to camp at Lake Don Pedro (we have watercraft) and in the spring and/or fall we camp on the American River in Coloma. It’s on hiway 49.

@GiantsNinerFan56 10 месяцев назад

By the way, we are considering getting a 2023 2375. There is one at Meeks RV that we can get for about 70k and it’s loaded with options, but they are going out of business. We love our 1995 and we have all the options except no inverter.

@thetraveltrailerguy 10 месяцев назад

@@GiantsNinerFan56 I just finished installing a crazy cool inverter that powers the whole trailer and can run the air conditioner for a couple hours, charger, transfer switch, four (4) 100 amp Battle Born Batteries, and 790 watts of solar panels. I'm working on editing that video, so it may come out in 2 - 3 weeks. So you might want to subscribe to the channel if you haven't already

@GiantsNinerFan56 10 месяцев назад

I’m subscribed! I enjoyed your video of the Renogy inverter and transfer switch installation. I like Renogy. If we keep our 1995, I’ll consider doing the same. As I stated previously, we may end up with a 2375.

@stevespeed2000 Год назад

When ordering a new water tank directly from the dealer / manufacture, do you know if the fittings will already be attached to the new tank? Thanks for your help.

@thetraveltrailerguy Год назад

If you order from the dealer of the builder of the RV the tank should come with all the water inlets and outlets in the correct places to reconnect your hoses and water level sensors. They will need your trailer year, make, model, and VIN number in order to order the correct tank for you. What year, make and model trailer do you have?

@Dan-sc8ww 2 года назад

Thanks, Michael. Now, I'm thoroughly terrified! Instead of simply supporting my flimsy water tank (you may recall I recently commented on your tank supports), I'm thinking about replacing it. Although, my travel trailer is only 3 years old. Does your water tank fit tightly in the space? In other words, does it touch the bottom of your floor above, or do you have a little bit of space up there? The reason I ask is that I would like to put a three-quarter inch piece of plywood in place of the metal supports, and run some thick angle iron, side-to-side, and secure the ends with bolts going through the left and right side rails of the trailer. Maybe I'll crawl under there this week now that we're on the last day of a nine day heat wave (currently 108 at 4:00pm).

@thetraveltrailerguy 2 года назад

LOL Dan I remember you. The new tank has maybe a 1/8" of space from the top of the tank to the bottom of the floor. I'm forgetting what trailer and model you have again, what do you have? And were do you live?

@Dan-sc8ww 2 года назад

@@thetraveltrailerguy I have a 20/20 Flagstaff microlite 21DS. Living in the great San Joaquin valley!

@thetraveltrailerguy 2 года назад

@@Dan-sc8ww We live in Sonoma County, great weather. www.rvusa.com/rv-guide/2020-forest-river-flagstaff-micro-lite-travel-trailer-floorplan-21ds-tr45313

@thetraveltrailerguy 2 года назад

@@Dan-sc8ww So my fresh water capacity in the specs is 43 gallons - 6 gallons (water heater) = a 39 gallon storage tank. From what I'm reading your specs is 58 gallons - 6 gallons (water heater) = 52 gallon storage tank.

@Dan-sc8ww 2 года назад

@@thetraveltrailerguy Sonoma county, eh? We're practically neighbors. Yeah my tank capacity sounds about right. I'm really hoping I have about an inch of wiggle room above my tank. Otherwise, I'll have to do something similar to what you did your tank for support.

@kalebstout7673 11 месяцев назад

Could I just remove this tank and pump if I plan on only using city water hook up

@thetraveltrailerguy 11 месяцев назад

Yes you could do that. But do you ever plan on camping without hook ups in the future? Did your tank crack like ours did?

@kalebstout7673 11 месяцев назад

@@thetraveltrailerguy it did indeed and nope just plan on keeping at the rv park until put on property

@firebrand07 Год назад

Feel better??🤣

@thetraveltrailerguy Год назад

lol I feel so much better after smashing the old tank :) Thanks for watching and commenting www.youtube.com/@thetraveltrailerguy/videos

@larrynovak6092 2 года назад

Mentioned in toy story PLASTIC DEGERATION!

@thetraveltrailerguy 2 года назад

Thank you, good old Toy Story :)

@Gratefulwon Год назад

Also, I feel like I want to remove the underbelly permanently! We would never camp when it’s cold anyways.

@thetraveltrailerguy Год назад

I like having our underbelly not covered, its much easier to maintain, catch and repair things before they become a big problem. Thanks again for watching and commenting