Southedistoman wrote:
Gdetrailer, thanks for the information. I'm seriously looking at that setup for a trip this summer.
Your welcome!
If you didn't mind the tank top standing above the bed rails a bit, you might be able to siphon draw the gas out of the tank.
Siphon can work as long as the hose has enough fuel in it and the tank outlet (which is on the bottom of the tank) has some elevation to allow the fuel in the hose to start pulling out of the tank. Siphon should continue until the tank outlet or hose gets too much air.
Might be worth experimenting with and with the size of the hose (3/4" or there abouts) would drain pretty quickly.. Might not drain the tank completely but might be worth a try..
I needed mine to fit under the bed rail cover so a pump was the only way to go.
I am thinking about adding a second pump in parallel which would get the transfer time down to 6 minutes or so..
Alternately I had considered various marine tanks but they tend to be more expensive for the larger 15+ gallon sizes.. I did find one that looked a lot like a flat pack which would have run across the front of the bed..
I did have another thought also.. Back in the 1960's up to perhaps '72, many pickup trucks had the fuel tank inside the cab behind the seat.. Those tanks were not much deeper than 6"-8" and fit under the rear window (they stand "up")..
You could put one of those in the BED of the truck..
Not sure how DOT "friendly" that would be but I would think it would be far safer than a bunch of those garbage EPA gas cans..
You would have to rig up some brackets and mount them to the front of the bed. Pretty good chance you can find tanks like that in reproduction parts catalogs..
On edit..
57-72 Ford F100 reproduction tanks are available.. up to 19.5 gallon running about $200. You would have to buy a sending unit to get the dip tube or make your own dip tube (this goes into the top of the tank so you would need a fuel pump)..
LINK TO 57-72 Ford tank
