Titan SideKick in-bed fuel tank install

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December issue of Trailer Life has an article on this 15 gal. auxiliary fuel tank,  which I purchased.  Anyone else installed it??  The bracket on the narrow end of the tank that goes over the wheelwell is 2 inches from the side of the pickup bed and I'm thinking I need to put a wood block there to screw the bracket to,  but may have to drill through to the outside of the pickup bed to mount that block.  Anybody else have this issue??

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UPDATE:  Got it installed.  the upper brackets do extend to the top rail of the pick-up bed as they are attached to the tank via a sliding slot. My challenge was that I also have a canopy whose fiberglass bottom edge covers up the top pick-up bed rail.  I put the bracket between the rail and the fiberglass canopy overhang and used bolts instead of the provided self-tapping sheet metal screws. The tank cap is vented and can leak a little gas if tank filled to the top.

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