Installing RDS tank

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Have a new RDS aluminum tank on order. My truck has only the standard painted boxfloor. No bedliner, no spray in liner. Will I need to put something under the tank like a rubber mat when installing it? I was thinking I may not want it rubbing directly on the steel floor. Maybe just a thin piece of rubber matting?

B.O.

mguay · Answer

I have a rubber mat in my bed that I cut to go around the 5er hitch rails. I installed my RDS right on top of it and bolted through it!

45ricochet · Answer

How big of tank did you get? Think you might need a few more lbs. in those bags :W

peg_leg · Answer

I bolted mine directly to the bed. I have the 80 gal rectangular and it only has 3 mounting holes.

airstreamer67 · Answer

I cut a 3/4-inch plywood base for my 91 gallon RDS. I bolted the plywood base to the truck, and then bolted the tank to the plywood using the RDS mounts. It has worked well so far.

b_o__plenty · Answer

Airstreamer67 wrote:I cut a 3/4-inch plywood base for my 91 gallon RDS. I bolted the plywood base to the truck, and then bolted the tank to the plywood using the RDS mounts. It has worked well so far.Reluctant to use any wood on the floor. I left a sheet of plywood on the floor of a small pickup I had several years ago to protect the floor. After a couple years of getting wet and not drying out it started to eat the box floor from the moisture it held.B.O.

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