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speediq99
Explorer II
Mar 20, 2022

Aluminum or Plastic aux fuel tank

I have been shopping for an aux in bed fuel tank for a RAM 3500 long bed.

I am down to an aluminum combo tank/toolbox 60 gallon gravity filled or a Titan plastic (or whatever material they use) 50 gallons top fill/pump filled.

Any reason to pick one over the other?

MC
  • I just got a ATI-TTR51, I wanted to take up as little space as possible. It is bolted in but not hooked up yet. It takes about 9.5” of bed length but is still 51 gallons.

    ATI TTR51
  • That is a really nice choice. I just wanted to get something to keep under a cover since I usually carry other stuff on the bed. I had to give up bed space for that. It is all about tradeoffs :-)

    MC

    S Davis wrote:
    I just got a ATI-TTR51, I wanted to take up as little space as possible. It is bolted in but not hooked up yet. It takes about 9.5” of bed length but is still 51 gallons.

    ATI TTR51
  • It went with a Titan replacement tank on my ford diesel f350. I went from a 35 gallon to a 55 gallon.

    It took me about 4 hours - and 2 hours of that was trying ot figure out how to remove the quick connect fittings on the old tank and waiting on a return call from titan.

    I eventually did a youtube search, figured it out and was on my way.

    To their credit, Titan called back in 90 minutes (I just happened to call during the lunch of the tech support guy).

    I looked at the in tank versus the replacement and I just don't have the space in my shortbed for a in tank so went with the Titan.

    I choose Titan over S&B because at the time S&B had a problem with tanks leaking after they were installed and two local dealers refused to sell them.

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