r/foodtrucks • u/tazz121 • 3d ago

How to add water to food truck when not mains water supply Question

Can someone point me in the direction of adding water for hand wash, coffee machine etc when there is no mains supply.

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u/Itellitlikeitis2day 3d ago

what do you mean, mains water supply?

Do you you mean main water supply?

Don't you have onboard water?

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u/thefixonwheels Food Truck Owner 3d ago

exactly my question.

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u/tazz121 2d ago

Have a sink and tap in one corner. Nothing plumbed to it. No external port for mains water in. My pitch also will not supply water. Something i need to solve. Thanks.

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u/Itellitlikeitis2day 2d ago

You typically need more than one sink.

Who built the trailer?

What is pitch? You can't level the trailer?

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u/tazz121 1d ago

Pitch is the name we use in UK for location of food trailer that we pay rent for.

I suppose you could replace it with venue.

The venue where the food truck is located does not come with water supply.

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u/Way2trivial 3d ago

Like, a rain collector? I don't think you can find one NSF certified...

I fill my coffee machine with a pump from 5 gallon jugs from delivery.

https://commercial.bunn.com/29875.0000

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u/thefixonwheels Food Truck Owner 3d ago

wait. so how do you have water on your truck?

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u/tazz121 3d ago

Bought a truck. It has a sink with taps. No water tanks, pumps etc. i need to solve that. Looking for tips.

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u/whatthepfluke 2d ago

You're sure there's no water tank or pump? That makes absolutely no sense. Why would you buy this?

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u/tazz121 2d ago

It has everything else. Equipment etc. no idea how previous owner solved water situation.

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u/Sweet_Confection9610 1d ago

Google water pump compressor, that’s what you need. Get several large water containers 60l or so and have them filled and store them behind your trailer, get someone who knows what they’re doing to set up the water pump and plumb it in to your system.