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bshpilot
Jul 08, 2015Explorer
Tvov wrote:hdrolling wrote:
Not everyone tows long distance, I can be at the ocean or the mountains on a standard size tank of fuel.
For better or worse, I actually sorta need the around every 3 hour break to refill fuel... lol!
larger tanks mean you could make it ROUND trip (on a short trip)....and w/ a larger/aux tank you can still stop as often as you want....just means your stops are SHORTER or not consumed fueling up or waiting in line.
even on Short runs & around town an aux tank means you don't fill up as often and you can fill up based on lowest COST anywhere along the route.
even in a light towing situation (or motorcycles in the back of my pickup) w/ the aux tank i could run houston to central portion of virginia w/out stopping for fuel....i always stopped when i needed and i researched where the cheapest fuel was on my route.
we would run houston to santa fe & buy fuel in amarillo - not because we needed it but because it was cheapest....it allowed us to have enough fuel to get to the destination and BACK to amarillo and avoid higher NM fuel prices.
I don't know about NOW but before FORD was doing DEF the long bed truck had 10 gallons more fuel capacity (29 vs 39)....w/ a short bed you don't even have the OPTION really - my 50 gal aux tank only consumes 10 inches of bed depth....ive still got more room even w/ the aux tank than a short bed does.
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