Why did Bigfoot put the water pump smack dab in the middle of this cabinet? Why did they bring the stove gas line up there (just to the right of the pump) and then have to traverse over a foot to the left, before going up to the stove, especially when there is no under-trailer obstacle to bringing it up in the right place to begin with?


A no brainer: Have to work this over..

Now, that's better...

I raised the pump and mounted it on the right side-wall but kept the valve and strainer accessible..

The "floor", a piece of 1/4" masonite on 1" blocks still allows the ill-placed gas line and electrical to reside unmolested.

From the floor looking up.  Now it's tucked up out of the way but still accessible. 

While I was at it, I swapped out the original equipment Shurflo pump (the one that sounds like a small jackhammer) for the Shurflow Whisper King.  The Whisper King doesn't by any means "whisper", it sort of just hums loud.  You can hear it but it doesn't wake the dead.  Major improvement.  Oddly, there is virtually no outward difference between the two pumps, save for the label and whatever magic parts they changed inside.

One gotcha:  See that white compression fitting on the right side of the pump? The factory methodology is to remove the compression nut and slip the flex braid over the stubby barb that's left.  This type fitting is not intended to be used this way as there just isn't enough barb to clamp to.  An identical fitting setup out of the picture to the left blew off when we encountered some 90+ psi water.  (My fault, I know, my regulator wasn't on the hose.)  Since this picture, I have replaced all such connections on the pressure side with the proper barbed fittings.  And I always use my regulator, now...