1995brave
San Antonio, TX
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Be carefull if you go to Mexico with the in bed tanks. Had an individual that went to Mexico to fill his truck up and had it inpounded because they thought he was going to sell the fuel in the inbed tank after he got to the US. Let him have his truck back after he emptied the tank.
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ezrider6298
Conyers, Ga. Rockdale
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From personal experience, stay away from a steel tank, and go with aluminum. I had a 50 gal Handy tank from Northern tool that was really nice, but, as you probably know, diesel has a certain amount of moisture, and steel and moisture equals rust eventually. On a haul from down south, my truck began sputtering on the aux tank, with 3/4 tank of fuel. I switched to the truck tank, and it smoothed right out. Inspection showed the fuel filter on the aux tank line had become plugged with rust. I swapped it for a RDS 33 gal fuel/tool combo made of diamond plate aluminum, and am very pleased with it. Does not take up as much room, and with the main tank I can still carry 60+ gal., which is more than I will drive on any given day.
E.C. & Sandra Walker, (aka She Who Must Be Obeyed), and Baby, the "children cat" (non-camping), 1999 Ford F250 CC 4WD Powerstroke, 29' Wildcat RLBS 5ver.
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DuneMe
Elk Grove, CA
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We had an Excursion before this truck. Going from a 44-gallon tank to a 26-gallon tank plain sucked!
With the larger trailer we are now hauling we knew the safest thing for us was a larger tank.
We put in the Transfer-Flow replacement tank. 45-gallons and you don't see the tank. No more worries about running out of fuel. I get to decide where I want to stop for fuel (truck-stops with easy on/off access.)
For me, I view it as a savings / safety item. If I had to keep a 26-gallon tank full, I would always be pulling off the freeway and would probably have hit something by now. This keeps me on the road longer and I can pull over at large truck stops and avoid the pitfalls of a standard gas station.
My Transfer-Flow has worked well. I like the replacement tank to keep my truck bed for hauling things.
2005 GMC Sierra 4X4
Duramax Diesel - Edge w/ Attitude / 4" exhaust / Cold Air Intake
45-gallon TransferFlow Tank
4" Lift
Air Bags
Weekend Warrior LE3905 Toy Hauler
TomPro Mini-Rail - Turbo Hayabusa
Raptor 700's for the Wife and I
250EX - Daughter's
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jim87vette
Arizona
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Titan makes a decent fuel tank to replace the OEM.I just like the idea of having it out of sight as I use the bed of my truck.Looks like they make a 60 gal for your truck.Good Luck
08 GMC 3500 Dually Duramax
96 Chevy 2500 6.5
05 Yamaha Rhino
04 Gearbox 335FS 5er 14k wet
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Todd&Bonnie
Southeast Michigan
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From Northern Tool 91 gallons with a small tool box on top. Gravity fed. I installed it myself and believe me I am not an expert. It says that it is a 91 gallon, however, it only took 91 gallons the first time I filled it, all other times, when it indicated it was empty it took some 70 plus gallons. It was worth the money for not having to stop every 250 miles trying to find a fuel station that I could fit into and if they had ULSD.
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JRBurn
Lake View Terrace, Ca. U.S.A.
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PCarnathan wrote:A second vote for Aerotanks. I removed the stock 35-gallon tank in my Dodge and installed the Aerotanks 60-gallon tank. I didn't want an in-bed tank because I didn't want to give up valuable real estate in the truck bed.
Installation took two guys a couple of hours.
Pat in Sun City, CA
www.patcarnathan.com
tom cav wrote:third vote for aero tanks.. they had a summer special 100.00 off ck there web site
Did you guy find them to be a bit odd at Aero?
06 Dodge CTD Quad Auto DRW 4X4, 4.10 & Exhaust break.
08 Weekend Warrior SLC 3905 Dual Slide
05 Polaris Ranger 4x4
05 Yamaha YFZ450, 04 Susuki Z400
06 Honda 250EX
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DA INFERNO
Fresno Ca
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I went with the 50 gallon titan tank, no problems. Made out of the same material as the stock tank, no metal, no rust.
06 LBZ 2500HD W/ 8" NCT LIFT AND A LOT OF EXTRAS
07 3305 WEEKEND WARRIOR
08 Polaris RZR
LTZ 250
PREDATOR 90
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mgood
san diego
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I have the 91 gallon rds tank, just filled up in mexico yesterday for 2.53 a gallon (converted) and thats after paying the guy 20 bucks just to let me fill up. No probs crossing back. I cant keep the cap from leaking, anyone else have this issue? Thanks
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Nor-Cal Nick
Livermore Ca.
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I used the under body New 62 gal tank for long beds from Titan Tanks....Here is a pic.
I love it because I still have the hole bed left for haulin.
08 Chevy 3500HD Dually Duramax << Clink to see pic's
08 WW cr3905
06 Preditor 90cc- 8yold daughter
08 OutLaw 50cc- 3yold daughter
04 Honda CRF450R- Dad's
07 Honda CRF150F- Mom's
09 Raptor 700- Dad's
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mmasters
Fort Mill, SC
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I went with the Transflow 57 gallon which replaced the stock tank. The only issue is the Distance to Empty is not happy. Works great, very high quality and did not use any space in the bed of the truck.
05 F-350 SRW Crewcab 4x4 PSD Long Bed, Torque shift with 3.73 drive, 57 gallon trans-flow fuel tank(replaced stock)
04 Sierra 32 bhbs 5er ( Sold )
09 XLR 385x12 Toy Hauler
07 40' GN triple axle Millennium Trailer
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