Re: Built in Fuel Tank
On my 67 Stingray V-20, it is the one with the 44 gallon tank. The tank is about 4 feet long and 3 foot wide. The plywood that covers that area is just a tad bigger. It then is anchored to vertical supports that come up from the stringers, (they are structuraly sound). It was replaced several years ago because of the spongy feeling. After replacement, it was still that way. I thought it was because of the span that it covered. Example would be like having your floor trusses in your house set on 4 foot centers.<br />Then the 100 gallon tank in my CCruiser is the same way. That tank is 4 feet wide and 6 feet long. The space between the floor and the tank is about an inch an a half. There are not any ribs that span across the top of the tank. One suggestion was to put foam between the tank and the floor, but to me it is a NO NO to use the tank for support.<br />Thought about having 4 pieces of stainless bent into anle to bridge the span, but however that gives me clearance problems between the tank and supports for it to be effective.<br />What happens iside my cabin is this. My table is a pedestal style and the pedestal is mounted on the plywood that is above the tank. So when someone steps into the cabin, their weight transfers to the floor inside, my table will then drastically move an inch or two. Enough to spill anything that is on the table. And then it moves each time a step is taken. I know this is typical in some cheap trailer campers where the floor is not supported adequately.<br /><br />I did think about taking out the tank, install three smaller ones and then put in some vertical supports off of the stringers. But thats alot of money just to fix a shakey table. Thanks
