Additional fuel carrying capacity on pickup
I have motorhomed for years with 100 gal diesel tank. Now have 5er with Ford F-350 diesel with 20 gal tank. Miss the old duel tanks on fords of yesteryear. What have you all done to get more than 2...
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MarkTwain wrote:TXiceman wrote:
My 2012 F350 crewcab DRW has a 37-gallon fuel tank. Apparently, the OP has a short bed SRW truck. Adding more fuel capacity to the truck will also increase the weight of the truck and decrease the capacity he can carry on in the bed.
Before adding any additional fuel capacity, weigh the truck and trailer to see how much room you have for the fuel weight.
Ken
I added a 60 gal. aux. diesel fuel tank and this did affect my milage. My 3500 Dodge truck pulls a 14K 5th wheel and it pulls with no problems after instaling the 60 gal. tank.
Did you check the gross weight of the truck and the rear axle weight after adding the 60 gallon fuel tank full of fuel and carrying the pin weight of the trailer.
One gallon of diesel fuel weighs about 7 lb. So 60 gallons will weigh about 420 lbs plus the tank. Add you loaded pin weight, cargo, etc, are you still under the rear axle GAWR?
Ken
