Love my 96 gallon aux. tank

ROBERTSUNRUS wrote:

Halmfamily wrote:

WTP-GC wrote:

Halmfamily wrote:
Save close to $40 today. Won't need fuel for months now.

I don't have any problems with aux tanks, and think they can quite useful. But come on...$40 savings spread over the course of "months"...??
I can use 96 gallons in 2 weeks of my typical driving habits.
Fuel prices are artificially high your area right now. Once the refineries come back online, they'll drop back to where they were. But who knows, in "months" the prices may be lower than what you paid. So in essence, you might have spent more for the privelage of toting around extra fuel over the next few months.

I understand where you are coming from. But, fuel prices never go down as fast as they increase, also the home heating oil business is about to take off which will increase diesel prices. So yes it's a gamble I'm willing to take.

I have two trips planned in the next 4 weeks, about 500 miles of driving total, so yes it will help me save money on these trips. After my last trip in October the truck will be parked until January due to work obligations.

:) Hi, unless you got this 96 gallon tank for free, you won't save a penny. A quick search for 96 gallon tanks showed these could run from $350.00 to $600.00 each. At $0.37 per gallon savings and a 500 mile trip at 10 MPG est. (50 gallons @ .37 = $18.50) You will need to travel at least 10,000 miles just to break even.


Correct me if I did this wrong.

I purchased the truck used and the previous owner installed the Transfer Flow tank. Yes, they are expensive but the convenience of not having to refuel while traveling is priceless. We stop when we want to stop not when the truck needs refueling. We can also fill up when fuel is cheaper, like I stated in my OP. I've saved probably $500 in fuel by filling when prices are low over the last 2 years. Prices jumped to 2.89 a gallon for diesel over the weekend and we are leaving this Wednesday for a trip. When we return in a week I will still have plenty of fuel left over and undoubtedly have saved even more money by rising fuel prices. I put 6000 miles a year on the truck, only used for towing.