Auxiliary fuel tank?
The used F350 I'm looking at is a SWB 2WD and apparently has only the standard 26 gal. fuel tank. Seems a little skimpy to me. How have others coped with this? Or is it even worth worrying about? T...
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LanceRKeys wrote:
I have an in bed RDS tank I bought used. It really makes it nice. I’m a little paranoid and if my gauge drops below 1/2 I get nervous. Below 1/4 and I’m in a panic. So now just as soon as my gauge drops off from full, I know my auxiliary tank is empty and I only have 28 gallons left. I will usually start looking for fuel when I only have 3/4 of my tank left. This will usually keep me above half and out of the panic zone. Depending on where I’m at, that gives me a range of about 350 miles. If I were to run all the way to empty, I could probably go 550 miles or so. For me to run that low it would have to be a life or death situation.
If you have a diesel engine this is a good way to go.
I also have an RDS tank in the bed of my truck. I can skip fuel stations that look too small for my truck/trailer combo or have expensive fuel. One downside that I've noted, if you park on a hill where the passenger side is higher than the driver side with a nearly full tank the fill cap will leak fuel. I don't know why.
