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11-01-2019, 12:04 PM
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Location: Cincinnati
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How are your holding tanks attached?
I was working in the underbelly of our 2016 Eagle 324BHTS and noticed that one of the gray tanks was slightly pulling down at the corner. The gray and black tanks are secured with several 1 inch screws and thin pieces of aluminum. Very weak design. The fresh water tank is fastened more substantially with steel straps going across the frame members. When full the dirty tanks will weigh over 300 lbs each. If boon docking, sometimes we will have to travel with water in the tanks to reach a dump station. I'm surprised they haven't tore out of the bottom of the camper yet. Looks like one more thing I'm going to have to reinforce.
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11-01-2019, 12:09 PM
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Location: SE Wisconsin
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That's scary looking. Looks like they are cheaping out even more than the cheesy straps.
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11-01-2019, 12:37 PM
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Location: Cincinnati
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It's so bad it almost looks temporary; Like they forgot to add the actual bracing during construction.
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11-01-2019, 01:07 PM
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Location: Minnesota
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I hope you missed the primary support.
My TT just got put away. I have ether angle iron or square tubing that runs full width across the width of the TT frame, and the tank sits on this much heavier frame work
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11-01-2019, 01:41 PM
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Location: Newark, NY
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Our TT has those brackets on the gray, and black tanks, also. I was under it a while back, to secure the sensor wires with cable clamps, and removed one of those screws to attach the clamp with. It surprised me how long they were. I wonder if yours missed the mark, and were screwed into a seam between two sheets of plywood, an air pocket in the plywood, or there's another problem. There's no way to be sure until you look under the black underbelly cover. I think you might remove it, and remount inboard a foot or so, to get away from whatever's weak in that corner. Even adding additional brackets would be good.
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11-01-2019, 07:58 PM
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Location: Cincinnati
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I probably will try to reposition bracket on that corner. L channel along the length of the tanks is probably the long term fix.
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12-28-2019, 03:01 PM
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My 1/2 full black tank fell onto the highway when my trailer was one month old. Those aluminum brackets, like in your picture, just opened up. The dealership welded in angle iron bars to both tanks, they'll never come out now.
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01-02-2020, 03:32 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Cincinnati
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The tanks dropping to the road while we're going down the highway is exactly what I'm worried about. Judging by how they're attached, it seems likely it will happen at some point in the future.
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01-02-2020, 07:06 PM
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Location: Port Huron, Mi
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About the closest I've come to looking at the tanks in my Northpoint was from the top side. It appears mine are resting on the sides of the I beam frame and a "joist" that spans between the I beam frame. I'm kinda afraid to take the underbelly down to see what's really there. However, they haven't fallen out yet, the underbelly material is not sagging like something is pushing down on it, and I've traveled quite a few different times with, waste and fresh, water in them.
My previous 5er was a Forest river and about the 4th time we used it we ran out of fresh water in 12 hours. I couldnt figure out for the life of me where it went. No leaks coming out of the bottom, tanks were not even close to being full. When I got home I filled the fresh tank and turned on the faucet to the one grey tank. When the faucet ran out of water I metered the grey tank as I emptied it. I got half the capacity of the fresh water tank. That's when I took the underbelly down to find my fresh tank had half fallen out and had a half a tank of water in it. One of the cross supports had bent so bad it broke away from the I beam frame rails. 60gal tank and water being 8#/gal plus the weight of the tank is about 500# being supported by a 1" angle that's 1/8" thick spanning 6' across. I've got a 30 year old 2.3 high school GPA, so I'm about as stupid as they come and I have enough common sense to know 1/8" thick angle is barely enough to support the tank when its EMPTY. Makes one wonder WTH these idiots are thinking when they engineer these things.
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05-19-2020, 10:17 AM
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Location: Cincinnati
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I agree with you. I emailed Jayco customer service about this. They finally sent me a response, albeit a very short one. They said the mounts are sufficient, but traveling with water in the holding tanks "is not recommended."
Unbelievable. Sometimes traveling with fluid in the tanks is unavoidable. This is definitely my next modification.
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