ron.dittmer wrote:
Desert Captain wrote:
The 55-gallon tank was an option on the E-350 and most folks wisely optioned for that vs the 40-gallon standard tank. I love the extra range and fueling {vs price} options it gives us.
The 55 gallon tank is also useful when boondocking for extended periods because the generator uses the same fuel from that tank. Even with our 55 gallon fuel tank, we fuel up near our destination to have more fuel on-hand to run our generator. In a few places, it would be "testy" with a 40 gallon tank.
Good point Ron ... we do the same.
Even with our big built-in tank, we carry along another 2 gallons in our gas can for our portable generator that could be off-loaded into the big tank in an emergency.
However, we did head out into the middle of Nevada once with marginal fuel in the big tank. We luckily found one lone station way out there and - gulp - filled up the big tank at their $5 per gallon price!
BTW, I wonder how many Ford E350/E450 55 gallon tank RV owners know that whenever they think that they are filling up their big tank that they're probably NOT getting 55 gallons into it? Our 55 gallon tank will take another 5+ gallons whenever I "fill it up" - if and only if I use the trickle method near the end of the filling process.
