tastrax wrote:Maybe so you can get a bucket under the tap?
Moondog55 wrote:I think tastrax has the answer
Hmmm, I considered that. However, a much better arrangement would be a straight length of pipe projecting horizontally from the outlet, extending over the pedestal – providing plenty of room to place a bucket-sized container under the tap – access to virtually all the water and no need for the two elbows. (of course, the starpost would be placed against the pedestal and the pipe secured to it providing the support needed to prevent the fittings being broken off).
In fact, the tank had water to the level of the tap (ie inaccessable)! Imagine the frustration, confronted with this after a 20km tramp!
Fortunately, the much smaller tank in the background had a horizontal pipe/tap arrangement and still had accessible water.