Refueling

Dave H M wrote:
all you experts can have a peek here for the time being. I will post back this eve after the rain starts and add a little more enlightenment on the subject.

Our aluminum gasoline auxiliary fuel tanks for gas are built to meet and exceed Title 49 CFR 393.65 for fuel tanks. The all aluminum .125" thick HD fuel tank was specifically designed for gasoline.
Gasoline Tank Toolbox Combo
Gasoline Tank Toolbox Combo
Rectangle Gasoline Tanks
Rectangle Gasoline Tanks

That company even sells kits for transferring the gas to the filler neck. :S

laknox wrote:


Dunno. My old '78 short bed gasser only had a 16 gal tank. I added another 16 gal aux tank on the other side, with a manual switch to change over. Worked great for me for a lotta years. Truck before that was a '74 2500 long bed. IT only had a 16 gal tank and, with 4.10 gears, even when not towing, only got about 16-17 mpg. I was in school at UC Davis and it was a 5-stop trip to from PHX to get there. That was when the limit was 55, too, so it was loooong days. With the '78, it was a 2-stop trip.

Lyle

sgfrye wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
"I could be wrong but believe that you cannot buy a gasoline transfer tank for the back of your truck anyway. Diesel only."

They are available, but not as common as diesel tanks. And I don't think they can be plumbed directly into the fuel tank.

this is correct... i have researched the heck out of it.

dot approved tank for gasoline and pump with nozzle only.

RobWNY wrote:
I use RV Trip Wizard when planning my trips and it has all the available fuel stops. Before I add one to my trip, I google Earth the station and make sure I will have the room to get in and out. Then I add the stop to my trip. It takes a lot of the guesswork out of things and makes for a more stress free traveling experience. That is until you pull into a truck stop that doesn't have a designated RV lane but plenty of room for RV's. You pull into a pump behind a 1987 rusted out Plymouth Reliant K car with a donut tire on the front passenger side and cigarette smoke billowing out both sides of the car. You assume the driver has gone into the store to pay their $7.02 bill but as time goes on, you realize they are either shopping, having lunch or decided to watch TV on the store television. So you ask the teenage passengers if someone would move the car so others don't get blown up because they aren't bright enough to not smoke at the fuel pump and it would let others get fuel. You learn that they don't speak or understand English. So you sit in your truck wondering if you can drive into the back of their car and push it out of the way without having to explain yourself to the local Law Enforcement. You decide that's not a great idea, nor would using a bunch of F bombs to voice your displeasure so you sit there P.O'd for 25 minutes. Once they leave, you get fuel and you're back on your way. You barely speak a word to your wife for the next 2 hours because you are still P.O'd. You don't lighten up until you arrive at your destination and can crack open the first of several cold beers. Oh what great times we have some days.

fj12ryder wrote:
"I could be wrong but believe that you cannot buy a gasoline transfer tank for the back of your truck anyway. Diesel only."

They are available, but not as common as diesel tanks. And I don't think they can be plumbed directly into the fuel tank.

Dave H M wrote:
:S man I cannot believe how urban chit chat is repeated on the net.

Folks have given some real inaccurate information about having an aux gas tank in the bed and how it is plumbed.