water truck tank leaking

Anonymous-0 · May 1, 2013

we have a ol water truck at work that the tank has some small holes and cracks in.its to thin to weld been wondering about something like bed liner stuff to seal it up.anyone got any suggestions
RICK.

farmallboy15 · May 1, 2013

Jb weld or jb water weld maybe. Then use some kind of sealer on the whole tank. Possibly bed liner. Might be able to find something at Lowe's for basement walls if it will stick to metal.

Nebraska Cowman · May 1, 2013

If you can get inside the tank with some roofing tar and a patch I bet you slow it down a bunch.

gene bender · May 1, 2013

With it drained get a fiberglass kit and clean the area and use the kit on the outside.

farmallboy15 · May 1, 2013

Jb weld or jb water weld maybe. Then use some kind of sealer on the whole tank. Possibly bed liner. Might be able to find something at Lowe's for basement walls if it will stick to metal.

ericlb · May 1, 2013

we had the same problem,and wound up purchasing another water truck, i think for your use you might be able to fiberglass the whole area of the leak and get it to last for awhile, but what happens is your leak, if its on the tank itself is just the first of it, the whole tank is getting corroded and thin,and will continue to sprout new leaks as time goes on. as you found, welding on something like this is nearly impossible as you usually just end up blowing new holes which you then have to fix, jb weld may also hold for a little while but like most types of plastic pucky temperature changes affect it, for instance filling the truck with cool water when its been sitting in the hot sun for awhile will usually cause it to turn loose and start the leak again,how big is the tank? you might price a poly tank but beware these usually do not have any internal baffling, and you dont want to hit the highway with a partially filled tank, the surge is dramatic if your not used to handling it,

DaveK(IN) · May 1, 2013

Ask your local VFD for some names of fire apparatus refurbishers. They can line the tank (fiberglass I think). If the truck is sound it should be considered but it is pricy.

Janicholson · May 1, 2013

The key word is cracks. With cracks the repair must include reinforcement to stop the cracking, and strengthen the material being stresses. Two poly water tanks or the equivalent might be less effort and better end result. Jim

Old Bob · May 1, 2013

I have a 1000 gallon metal water tank on a trailer that I use for a supply tank for a nurse tank when applying chemicals. It began to have a couple of leaks in it. We used the water out and let it dry for a couple of hours, then applied plain clear silicone to the holes from the outside of the tank and let the silicone cure over night. Presto----no more leaking and to this day, approximately 4 years, no more leaks.

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