One of my pet peeves with the early Magnitude / Omni's is the Propane Tank and Leveler Hydraulic Power Unit compartment is open and the tank and power unit are exposed to water, dirt, road debris, etc. My old Outlaw 29H was the same way and the hydraulic power unit looked horrible after a year of being exposed to the road and elements.
I really started fuming when I saw online pictures of a 2022 model that now has the Propane Tank and Leveler Hydraulic Power Unit enclosed... just as it should have been from the beginning.
I thought about taking the coach to a welding / fabrication shop to have them make something out of steel and weld it in place to the existing structure. Then I decided that it might be a hassle welding around the propane tank. So then the wheels started turning on what else I could do myself.
The bottom of the compartment was the only thing really exposed. There already was a back metal wall and metal side walls (there were two openings in the front side wall but I thought I could make someting work). The compartment bottom opening was ~ 22" x 42" and the side walls had about a 1" lip that would allow me to drill holes and use screws to mount the floor I wanted to create for the compartment.
After looking online and striking out finding something that I could buy and put in place the wheels started turning....... and off to Lowes and Home Depot I went.
I purchased a 24" x 48" x 1/32" piece of aluminum sheet ($53
). Steel would have been a little cheaper but then I would need to worry about prepping it and painting it so it didn't rust like crazy so I figured the extra cost of the aluminum was worth the hassle.
I also purchased three pieces of aluminum angle that were 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" x 48" along with some stainless steel screws, nylok nuts and washers.
I was going to cut the aluminum for an exact fit but then I decided to use the entire piece as-is to create a forward splash gurad that would make the openings in the front wall of the comparment irrelevant.
It is not 100% sealed from the elements but it should keep 98% of the water, dirt, debris, road salt, etc. off the Propane Tank and Hydraulic Power Unit.
Here are pics of the final product in case anyone with an early Magitude or Omni (or really any other coach) who may want to do something similar to protect their propane tank and hydraulic power unit.....
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