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Thank you, Laney.  Think I got it figured out... :-)  There's precedent
for mounting these "inside" the trailer by just raising the bathroom area
floor and putting the tank beneath.  I can live with doing that... as long
as all fittings stay tight and the tank never ruptures...  :-)

There are other options as well...


Mike

--- Laney Humphrey <laneyhh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When I read your first post, I was going to suggest that you contact 
> Silver Star & ask them how they recommend installing the tank.  Or maybe
>
> just let them do it?
> Good luck!
> laney
>
> Mike Lewis wrote:
> > Upon inspection today in DAYLIGHT, I see that the flooring is braced
> about
> > every 6 inches.  Simple bracing method, no big deal.  I'm just
> wondering
> > why this was chosen over a more conventional method that might allow
> for
> > tank installation.
> >
> > Guess the trailer will have to go back to Silver Star to have a proper
> > floor done to handle the tanks...?
> >
> > Might as well upgrade axles and brakes while its there (the cash
> register
> > in my head just went, "cha-ching...")
> >
> >
> > Mike
> > --- Mike Lewis <mlewis73@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I have an '02 Silver Star and was wondering how I'd install the black
> > > water tank.  I'm wondering even more, now.
> > >
> > > The bottom of the trailer, beneath all the flooring, doesn't have
> > > crossmembers in the traditional sense.  Silver Star used some other
> > > method
> > > of bracing the floor.  Not sure how to describe it, but I see no
> > > possible
> > > way to mount a black water tank under the trailer between frame
> > > supports.
> > >
> > > Anyone run into this before?  Can anyone explain what Silver Star
> did,
> > > why
> > > they did it, and how we Silver Star owners can work around it when
> > > building full LQ into our trailers?
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
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