Excellent video and build. Exactly what I need and didn't even realize this existed!. I'll be matching your design this weekend. I have a local area that sells blue as well as white translucent food grade barrels. I'm thinking of building out a blue one for waste, then the translucent white for fresh water. With the white on my truck, I think I'll be able to gravity feed it to my trailer. I suppose you can as well with your setup with your smaller barrel.
I actually wound up using a 50 gallon blue barrel for black and a 30 gallon blue barrel for fresh water. I installed a ball valve on the bottom of the 30 gallon using a compression fitting and some epoxy, and used a 12 volt RV style pump powered by a lawnmower battery to pump it to the trailer. Gravity feed would probably work, but it'll take forever to drain. Pumping is much faster.
I got a 55 gallon white barrel that was used for DEF and it was like this one. A course and a fine. I like the white because you can see how much it is filled.
Heads up. Idk if part numbers changed but valterra 7201 is slips on both sides.. not spigots. So to join all the pieces you’ll need 2inch pvc or abs to join the pieces together. 7203 is spigot on both sides but appears to not be available anywhere.
Hello! I'm not a plumber, but my understanding is that "slip" and "spigot" are the same thing. You need a "hub" or "female" part the spigot goes into. 7201 is a 2 inch valve, and 7203 is a 3 inch valve, both "slip" or "spigot" on both ends. I used 7201, or the 2 inch valve, in my application. I think the only part I had trouble finding was the bung adapter to screw into the barrel.
@@justman777texas2 appreciate the reply. I just know that I ordered 7201 along with the exact parts you got and it did not all go together like it did for you in the video. Solved it by just using 2” pvc to join the pieces. Your video was still extremely helpful.
We did this but built a frame added wide and tall wheels solid rubber and added a hitch we can tow with the 4wheeler. Or with the winch on the 4wheeler can tow it up the ramp into the truck bed.
I thought about doing the same, but figured a good dolly with pneumatic wheels would work too. Have to find a way to tow it, but that shouldn't be all that hard to do. Thanks for the note!
I put a ball valve shutoff with a hose connection for the filler inlet. I connect the hose and pump it in with worrying about the hose falling out of the the barrel and making a mess.
Hello! You've probably found what you needed by now, but I believe I ordered the part off Amazon. You should be able to find it there or on any number of plumbing supply warehouses. Pretty expensive for what it is, but not many other options out there.
Hey thank you for video very helpful , in building a grey water tank and a fresh water tank for my Skoolie and have been looking for a while now in all the stores around for the fitting price , where did you order it could you give me a link ? Thank you
I ordered all the parts from Amazon or ETrailer. I think ETrailer had all the parts I needed, so you should be able to go their website and plug in the part numbers I showed.
Hello there! Not sure which pieces you're talking about, as all the pieces have spigot and hub components with the exception of the blade valve. The 2 inch barrel adapter has a threaded side for screwing into the barrel as well as a hub side. The 2 inch blade valve has a spigot on both sides, one of which is used to glue to the hub of the barrel adapter. The other spigot side of the blade valve is used to glue to the hub side of the offset/reducer. The other side of the offset/reducer is a spigot, which is used to go into the hub side of the lug adapter. It all goes together in the order I had listed in the video pretty easily, so recommend verifying you got the correct part numbers.
Interested to see how things turd out. We are going to be in a location for 6 months and I gotta be honest.. this is not a DIY project I am interested in! We won't have the distance problem you have so we will be getting the "blue boy" with the biggest capacity and largest wheels.
I hear that! I've had a 22 gallon blue boy for about 14 years now. It's been decent, but it's certainly hard to move when it's full. I also popped the wheels off one time by letting it sit unvented in the back of my truck. The sun warmed it up, the tank expanded, and the wheels popped right out of their socket. It was no fun getting them back in. I thought about getting a 4 wheel tote because they're easier to hook up and go, but several reviews included the words "cheap", "garbage", "broke", "worthless", "waste of money", etc. I figured I couldn't go wrong by spending less than half what one of the commercial versions cost. I'll try to shoot another video tomorrow to show how things turned (or turd) out. :-)
That 55 gl will weight 440 lb. That’s heavy. 35gl is only 292 lb . Still heavy. I have a 37 gl black tank tote and it’s heavy just rolling it. I couldn’t imagine trying to put it in the bed of my truck.
Hello! Little late, but I posted the materials and part numbers in the video description. I don't push a specific vendor, but you should be able to find the parts on Amazon or ETrailer, depending on who you want to give your money too. Hope it helps!
Excellent video and build. Exactly what I need and didn't even realize this existed!. I'll be matching your design this weekend. I have a local area that sells blue as well as white translucent food grade barrels. I'm thinking of building out a blue one for waste, then the translucent white for fresh water. With the white on my truck, I think I'll be able to gravity feed it to my trailer. I suppose you can as well with your setup with your smaller barrel.
I actually wound up using a 50 gallon blue barrel for black and a 30 gallon blue barrel for fresh water. I installed a ball valve on the bottom of the 30 gallon using a compression fitting and some epoxy, and used a 12 volt RV style pump powered by a lawnmower battery to pump it to the trailer. Gravity feed would probably work, but it'll take forever to drain. Pumping is much faster.
FYI. If your only able to get the white barrel you are gonna need a 2" buttress connection bc both bunks are course threads.
I got a 55 gallon white barrel that was used for DEF and it was like this one. A course and a fine. I like the white because you can see how much it is filled.
Was hopeing to see it assembled and a use case.
Heads up. Idk if part numbers changed but valterra 7201 is slips on both sides.. not spigots. So to join all the pieces you’ll need 2inch pvc or abs to join the pieces together. 7203 is spigot on both sides but appears to not be available anywhere.
Hello! I'm not a plumber, but my understanding is that "slip" and "spigot" are the same thing. You need a "hub" or "female" part the spigot goes into. 7201 is a 2 inch valve, and 7203 is a 3 inch valve, both "slip" or "spigot" on both ends. I used 7201, or the 2 inch valve, in my application. I think the only part I had trouble finding was the bung adapter to screw into the barrel.
@@justman777texas2 appreciate the reply. I just know that I ordered 7201 along with the exact parts you got and it did not all go together like it did for you in the video. Solved it by just using 2” pvc to join the pieces. Your video was still extremely helpful.
We did this but built a frame added wide and tall wheels solid rubber and added a hitch we can tow with the 4wheeler. Or with the winch on the 4wheeler can tow it up the ramp into the truck bed.
Do you have a photo of it?
I thought about doing the same, but figured a good dolly with pneumatic wheels would work too. Have to find a way to tow it, but that shouldn't be all that hard to do. Thanks for the note!
I put a ball valve shutoff with a hose connection for the filler inlet. I connect the hose and pump it in with worrying about the hose falling out of the the barrel and making a mess.
Thanks
Really helpful, thank you. Wish I knew where you got a $15 dollar barrel from. Cheapest I can find is $125
We have a few places locally that offer used barrels for a reasonable cost.
Nice. Sir where did you buy the fitting for the barrel I'm looking to make 1 for me cabin please respond thank you God bless you all
Hello! You've probably found what you needed by now, but I believe I ordered the part off Amazon. You should be able to find it there or on any number of plumbing supply warehouses. Pretty expensive for what it is, but not many other options out there.
Hey thank you for video very helpful , in building a grey water tank and a fresh water tank for my Skoolie and have been looking for a while now in all the stores around for the fitting price , where did you order it could you give me a link ? Thank you
I ordered all the parts from Amazon or ETrailer. I think ETrailer had all the parts I needed, so you should be able to go their website and plug in the part numbers I showed.
I bought the exact parts you listed but two sided spicket and hub are the exact same size. One won’t slide onto the other…….
Hello there! Not sure which pieces you're talking about, as all the pieces have spigot and hub components with the exception of the blade valve. The 2 inch barrel adapter has a threaded side for screwing into the barrel as well as a hub side. The 2 inch blade valve has a spigot on both sides, one of which is used to glue to the hub of the barrel adapter. The other spigot side of the blade valve is used to glue to the hub side of the offset/reducer. The other side of the offset/reducer is a spigot, which is used to go into the hub side of the lug adapter. It all goes together in the order I had listed in the video pretty easily, so recommend verifying you got the correct part numbers.
Interested to see how things turd out. We are going to be in a location for 6 months and I gotta be honest.. this is not a DIY project I am interested in! We won't have the distance problem you have so we will be getting the "blue boy" with the biggest capacity and largest wheels.
I hear that! I've had a 22 gallon blue boy for about 14 years now. It's been decent, but it's certainly hard to move when it's full. I also popped the wheels off one time by letting it sit unvented in the back of my truck. The sun warmed it up, the tank expanded, and the wheels popped right out of their socket. It was no fun getting them back in. I thought about getting a 4 wheel tote because they're easier to hook up and go, but several reviews included the words "cheap", "garbage", "broke", "worthless", "waste of money", etc. I figured I couldn't go wrong by spending less than half what one of the commercial versions cost. I'll try to shoot another video tomorrow to show how things turned (or turd) out. :-)
That 55 gl will weight 440 lb. That’s heavy. 35gl is only 292 lb . Still heavy. I have a 37 gl black tank tote and it’s heavy just rolling it. I couldn’t imagine trying to put it in the bed of my truck.
Heavy for sure. That's where a maceration pump comes in handy. Load the barrel empty in the bed of the truck and use the maceration pump to fill it.
@@justman777texas2 aaaaah I see. Now that’s the way to do it 👍🏼
Description of the materials pls☺️😇
Hello! Little late, but I posted the materials and part numbers in the video description. I don't push a specific vendor, but you should be able to find the parts on Amazon or ETrailer, depending on who you want to give your money too. Hope it helps!
Did you have to vent it when you filled it?
The fill hole was large enough to fit the hose from the maceration pump and leave a lot of space around it to vent.