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Gulfcoast
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Dec 10, 2019

Auxillary Fuel Tank ?

2006 Chevy 2500 - 6.0

My Chevy 2500 has only a 26 gallon gas tank and the range is not too far when towing a trailer.

Curious...is there an auxiliary tank available for gasoline?

Ideas?
  • I prefer not having an auxiliary tank so I have to stop every 200 or so miles to get fuel and stretch my legs.

    When I was younger we would drive for 8 hours with fuel stops as needed. Now that we are older we try to limit our daily drive time to a maximum of 4 hours and usually hit 2-3 hours a day. Makes for a less stressful towing experience.

    As others have indicated there are many options for auxiliary tanks or larger primary tank.
  • If Transferflow does not make an in-bed auxiliary gasoline tank (that pumps directly into the truck's main tank), they do make in-bed refueling tanks. Not as convenient as an auxiliary tank, but they give you the same additional range.
  • We installed a Transferflow aux tank in our '99 F250 V10. At that time, towing our fiver, we got 9mpg. It stopped at every gas station. The aux tank helped, but we eventually traded in our current truck.
  • Yes, there are several different brands out there, with prices all over the map. They aren't as common as diesel auxiliary tanks, but they do exist. It would probably be easiest to google "Auxiliary gasoline tanks". You should get a lot of hits, and decide where to go from there.

    I have a 36 gallon tank for my diesel and it is wonderful. Very much a worthwhile investment IMO.