Less fuel stops

profdant139 wrote:
Now if someone could come up with an auxiliary tank to extend MY range, I would really get excited. I have to stop more often than my little truck does, and it is a gasser holding only 20 gallons, and I get 10 mpg when towing, and I often have to stop while there is still plenty of gas in the truck.

Oh, well.

This year I put together my own using a 15 gal Blitz brand gas "station" (they are out of business but I found a local store that had a NOS one for $100)..

I bought a Carter electric fuel pump (1.2 gal per minute) for $100..

Added a fuel filter, some fuel line and a few fittings, cost was about $250 for all.

Put it the bed of my truck under my cover.. When I got to half tank or more we simply took the next rest stop and while the family was taking care of business I transferred the gas from the "station" to the truck tank.

Took all of 10-11 minutes which is less than half the time I spend at gas stations and we were able to cut out over half of our fuel stops.. Saved us several hrs of travel time on a 1,500 mile round trip this year.

Was kind of nice to be able to take full advantage of our 2013 F250 with factory 39 gallon tank. Always had several spots in our trip which have a long, long distance between gas stations and the extra 15 gallons meant that we did not have to short hop any more.







Amazon does have a similar tank under a different brand name but it is a bit more expensive.

I had been considering using a marine fuel tank with a electric fuel pump.. You can get them in many sizes and configurations..

On edit.. Should note I ran the wires into the electrical box and put a switch under the weather proof cover and all metal items are grounded together for safety.

Mounted the tank on 2x6s to provide stability so it would not tip over..