Water Tank / Ballast

[Kat]

This was Pat's latest Sciece Fair project for Casper. It holds 90 gallons of water and weighs 900 lbs. Worked perfect to keep Casper stable at high speeds. It was built to Pat's spec's by Mitch at Mitch's Customs.

 

[jmoore]

Pretty cool

 

[dmaxfireman]

nice when i need to make weight for a pull i get 12 bags of concrete mix and then return it when i'm through

 

[Dozerboy]

Whats with the gauges? It seems kind of fancy just to hold some water or is there more to it?

then return it when i'm through

Lol nice

 

[Kat]

Whats with the gauges? It seems kind of fancy just to hold some water or is there more to it?

It's also acts as a big a$$ radiator

 

[MadMaxx61]

It's also acts as a big a$$ radiator

I was thinking that when I was looking at the pics in the 3rd one I can see a few lines running off it but could not see where they are going.

 

[minisub]

It's also acts as a big a$$ radiator

So if you re-designed it to have a completely removable top, you could have a bed-mounted hot tub to relax in after a run....

 

[Kat]

So if you re-designed it to have a completely removable top, you could have a bed-mounted hot tub to relax in after a run....

Hey why didn't Pat think of that

Actually there are baffles in there. They might hurt to sit on :rofl:

 

[Trippin]

Beer storage?

 

[LBZrcks]

Whats with the gauges? It seems kind of fancy just to hold some water or is there more to it?



Lol nice

The guages read temp and pressure iirc

 

[Dozerboy]

Thats cool, so does 900lbs. give you close to 50/50 weight distribution?

 

[hondarider552]

Onboard fire extinguisher.

 

[whitetrash21]

Doesn't the water do a lot of moving around though?? Or is it so full that there's not much room for it to move???

edit: I like the big radiator tank idea. Definately help keep the truck cool with 90 gallons to pull from.

 

[03 D-max]

Doesn't the water do a lot of moving around though?? Or is it so full that there's not much room for it to move???

edit: I like the big radiator tank idea. Definately help keep the truck cool with 90 gallons to pull from.

It has baffles so it wont

 

[whitetrash21]

It has baffles so it wont

DUH!! I guess if I paid more attention when I read, I would have caught that.....

Thanks

 

[LBZ]

Have you guys thought of using Calcium Chloride Kat? It's what they put in farm tractor tires and forklifts for ballast.

 

[Kat]

Have you guys thought of using Calcium Chloride Kat? It's what they put in farm tractor tires and forklifts for ballast.

Dale, I don't think that would be to good for the engine?

Opps I guess you meant the tires

 

[03 D-max]

Have you guys thought of using Calcium Chloride Kat? It's what they put in farm tractor tires and forklifts for ballast.

Yes but farm tractors and forklifts go slow. fluid in the tires can get out of balance very easily. NOT a good idea

 

[BoiseRob]

You can always turn it into a fuel tank and race in "The Cannonball Run"... LOL

 

[Dozerboy]

Yes but farm tractors and forklifts go slow. fluid in the tires can get out of balance very easily. NOT a good idea

Centrifugal force would balance it out wouldn't it? I think in the tires it would make handling worse since its unstrung weight. Plus Calcium Chloride is $$$$ for a few events since it wouldn't help in the 1/4.