Onboard Pressurized Water System for the 2005-Current Toyota Tacoma OBW

Dang good job on the box now I'm questioning if I want portable or not. Hopefully you will finish it soon so I can check it out this weekend

 

shweet! once the portable version is good to go...I'll most likely be in for one.

 

OP updated - 20 kits left as of 8/10/17

 

Anthony installed the system in my truck today. I decided to keep it stealthy and put it in the cubby and it looked super clean. Great job on the install! Attention to detail on the kit and install was great. He showed me the portable version in the ammo can and it looks legit . So anyone who doesn't want to drill into the truck or make it available for multiple cars I'd say go for it. I did the homedepot cabinet locks mod to keep everything semi secured . Went with the longer hose and it was a big difference in reach. As far as water pressure goes it had plenty of pressure. But if your looking for a pressure washer this is not the kit as he mentions before hand.

 

What is everyone doing for water storage? Also anyone have any ideas on how to get warm water while camping? rather than what has been mentioned already. I just store water in a water container that I got from WalMart. I also painted the container black to hopefully get the water warm when the container is in the sun...

 

I'll take some pictures of the cubby tomorrow. I was going to paint the same container I got from Walmart to make it heat up. I need to figure how to make the hose weighted so it doesn't curl up out of the water

 

Here are the pictures. I really like having the upgraded longer hose and the added swivel. I'm able to go all the way to the front of the truck . One thing I've found if the truck is at an angle and the water source Is farther away the pump had a hard time trying to suck the water up if the water was below the pump if that makes sense.

 

Looking good!

Can you share more about this swivel?

 

Here it is Anthony said you can get the mm from Home Depot or lowes and it was an extra 8 bucks I think. It allows the hose to swivel in different directions a little easier.

 

I need this! Thanks for the clear pics!

I think this is the part:

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kobalt-360-Degree-Swivel-Connector-1-4-in/50129850

 

No problem. Yeah it looks like the right part .

 

Thats it!

 

I just strapped a 7gal to the front of the bed and my intake hose runs along C-clamps to keep it up out of the way.

 

Here's a better pic of how I ran the tubing. Clamps are painted black now. This is with the test jug.

For the current blue 7gal jug I drilled a hole for the intake hose where the little air release was, and flipped the spigot upside down on the screw off lid so it's inside the jug. I have it cracked open about an 1/8". My theory behind this is my intake hose is basically air tight and as the water gets sucked out it would either collapse the jug from negative pressure or stall the pump. If that all makes sense...

 

Nice! I like the clamp setup, no need to hook up the intake hose every time.

 

Yeah it's much easier! I do need to flip my hoses so the intake is on the top. It kind of interferes with plugging in the sprayer hose.

 

Anyone come up with an idea to keep the hose from curling up when you put it in the water tank?

 

I did this, and it works well. I'll try to take a picture of what I did and post it later. It's probably more than needed but keeps the hose down at the bottom of the water source/bucket/tank.

 

It's just vinyl tubing, I haven't done anything with mine yet, but you could do what I do with all my home brewing gear (same stuff) soak it for some time in hot (almost boiling) water and let it hang straight down to cool. It's still going to want to curl up eventually, but this will help straighten it out some.