80 gallon fuel Capacity, and Quick Fill Necks

[EMD_DRIVER]

Hey Ron...

What size fittings did you use at the tank?

 

[Dsl_Dog_Treat]

Hey Ron...

What size fittings did you use at the tank?

I used a 1" plastic 90 that had a tapered end to fit inside a gasket.

Lemme tell ya it was a tiiiight fit.

 

[EMD_DRIVER]

I used a 1" plastic 90 that had a tapered end to fit inside a gasket.

Lemme tell ya it was a tiiiight fit.

Okie dokie...

Is that a new grommet?

 

[Dsl_Dog_Treat]

Okie dokie...

Is that a new grommet?

Nope. Old one was still good.


Them garage queens tend to last longer.

 

[EMD_DRIVER]

Nope. Old one was still good.


Them garage queens tend to last longer.

Guess I'll need to find some then.... I'll go ahead and change all 6 of mine...

 

[Dsl_Dog_Treat]

Guess I'll need to find some then.... I'll go ahead and change all 6 of mine...

Truck hoarder!

 

[EMD_DRIVER]

Truck hoarder!

Am not!! Am not!!

I just want to fix the filler necks on all my trucks...

 

[Simp5782]

Darrin, How is your aux tank tapped in? You have a electric or manual pump to transfer it to the tanks?

 

[Darrin Tosh]

It has a electric in tank fuel pump from a GM setup, came with the tank, It is wired in from a dash switch with a Red LED to let me know that I am pumping fuel. It gets pumped into the top of the filler neck so when I remove my fuel cap I can see it being pumped into the tank.

Here is a link to the thread of the tank install:
http://www.oilburners.net/forums/showthread.php?t=30834&highlight=transfer+tank&page=2

Still have not had a chance to try out the filler necks with a Semi Truck pump but should be able to in the next day or so.

Also I guess I actually have 90 gallon capacity when I count the 2 Jerry cans on the back of the truck,....

 

[Simp5782]

I talked to a DOT officer the other day about doing that with mine. Just doing a tap in and adding an exterior pump and he said it was some federal law that says all fuel has to go thru a nozzle into your fuel tanks not thru your fill necks. He said it can be a big fine if you catch the wrong DOT cop. He said chances are slim they would notice but ya never kno.

 

[rjjp]

Northern tool sells an adapter that basicaly does the same thing as Darrins does that is DOT approved.

 

[DOE-SST]

I talked to a DOT officer the other day about doing that with mine. Just doing a tap in and adding an exterior pump and he said it was some federal law that says all fuel has to go thru a nozzle into your fuel tanks not thru your fill necks. He said it can be a big fine if you catch the wrong DOT cop. He said chances are slim they would notice but ya never kno.

I'm not quite sure what you're describing, could you clarify for a noob?

I plan to install a 2nd 38gal OEM fuel tank under my van, but have not decided how to fill it with fuel. I could connect it straight to the original tank, and let fuel transfer from tank #1 to tank #2, or, I could make a second filler pipe on the other side of the van. Option #2 would be much more work because the side doors are where the tank's fill point is located.

 

[RLDSL]

Only problem is at some point the weight of all that fuel is going to affect your MPG and negate your cost savings.

Once you already have a 10k 5er hooked up , a few hundred pounds of fuel isn't going to matter with these beasts. I have a 150 gal bed tank and we priced fuel before we left the house so we didn't top th etank till we hit the cheapest fuel on th eroute in Mc Cloud OK I think it was at $2.56 a gal and filled it to the brim, then I didn't put any more on till Kingman AZ because I wanted a full tank before heading into CA, land of insane fuel prices. I can go a min of about 1500 miles loaded, and I've dropped the trailer while running around So CA so I'm in the 12-20 mpg range now, so we'll see how long I can hold out before I have to buy any of this high dollar fuel., and then only enough to get out of the state. When you are in the $0.30 a gal range in savings and better, that weight isn't hurting a bit.