I designed and built it.
Custom use of empty spare tire well?
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I designed and built it.
jahdai42
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CZ-4Runner
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Putting my maritime experience into play, you could secure a bilge pump inside the tank, those are water proof, small and powerful and designed to be under water. If sloshing around is a concern, you can add baffles (walls) inside that extend almost to the top with very large drain holes flowing to lower center where you have the bilge pump secured. Again, baffles are used on vessels in ballest tanks and fuel tanks to prevent sloshing around in heavy seas to maintain a more stable vessel and to prevent problem with fuel.
docsnavely
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So ironic you raised this from the dead. I just read through it an hour ago looking for a solution while sketching out my planned drawer system. I was thinking about including some space between the drawers and back row for the front runner tank. It fits perfectly width-wise, but is a bit higher than my desired 12 inch goal for the drawer height/sleeping platform.
Slanted Water Tank - by Front Runner
Slanted Water Tank - by Front Runner
i was about to buy that tank but read a lot of reviews of it leaking
4RExplorer
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A couple options I've run across:
Battery Box - Flush Mount 73542 from jfmco.com. Sized to carry a Group 24 battery, but could be used to store other things.
Two 5-gallon water tanks (part number 9513-A-SP0005-RT, at plastic-mart.com), each 22" x 10" x 8" high, would also fit in the OEM spare tire space. Unfortunately the price just about doubles when you add in their "shipping and handling" charge.
Battery Box - Flush Mount 73542 from jfmco.com. Sized to carry a Group 24 battery, but could be used to store other things.
Two 5-gallon water tanks (part number 9513-A-SP0005-RT, at plastic-mart.com), each 22" x 10" x 8" high, would also fit in the OEM spare tire space. Unfortunately the price just about doubles when you add in their "shipping and handling" charge.
Check this one out - still "finalizing design for production" but a buddy of mine has one and loves it. Not sure if it has a pump/can be pressurized but I do know it works with the stock lifting hoist. Overlanding | Trailedonline | United States
DavidR1
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$300 and it's not made of metal!! No thanks...lol
4RExplorer
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There is a little extra space around the spare tire under the truck, so a storage box that replaces the spare tire might have as much as 5 cubic feet of volume. It would be great to have that much extra storage space.
docsnavely
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What about a “plug and play” enclosed tank? You’d probably make decent bank off of a sealed tank that could be either tied into the fuel tank as a backup reservoir when installed, or a pump driven water tank. Either option could be selected by the buyer at time of purchase with you only needing to install a water pump or fuel pump before shipping it out. Saves you money by only creating one tank, and if it were fitted to that recess, you’d likely be the only vendor around utilizing that space to it’s maximum capacity.
jafrush
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Too many regulations involved with that. I was chatting with Long Range America at Appalachian Toyota Roundup, they're currently working on developing a tank for the 5th Gens that will fit in the spare tire spot, and the amount of hoops they've had to jump through so far is impressive. We just don't have the manpower at the moment to try to go through that regulatory and certification journey.
Big Daddy K
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I'm sure the regulations are paralyzing for that kind of stuff. I originally wanted an auxiliary tank there, but the realization that I rarely "need" spare fuel and the cost associated with it just make that option not worth it.
I'm currently thinking about using the space for my onboard air set up. If I could get a decent compressor and a 3 gallon tank all tucked up out of the way that would be great. If someone were to make a box or plate that would mount and protect everything I'd be interested.
TOYO74
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LOL! I see what you did there.
Big Daddy K
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He just won't let it go...
Jetboy
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Lighten up nancy. It's a totally impractical move to put the tire on the back door so it's in the way of 99% of your use, and then try to find something to put back where it came from that fits better than the tire you just removed. If you can't laugh at the concept of what this thread is about - what can you laugh at?
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Bumbo
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I still have my spare there but personally I would be all about a water tank down there… keep the weight as low as possible.
Having space on my roof rack I might build a 5 gallon tube tank up there but just the thought of the weight and hit on center of gravity irritates me to the point I haven’t done it yet.
I would probably pass on putting air tanks or pumps down there, they are light enough to relocate somewhere else. These things are already top heavy, I really try my best to not make it worse.
Having space on my roof rack I might build a 5 gallon tube tank up there but just the thought of the weight and hit on center of gravity irritates me to the point I haven’t done it yet.
I would probably pass on putting air tanks or pumps down there, they are light enough to relocate somewhere else. These things are already top heavy, I really try my best to not make it worse.
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