Friend wants to install a 35 gallon tank on the bed of my truck

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Apr 9, 2011 | 09:40 PM

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No, it will still be a long bed, it will just have a fuel tank mounted in it. Now if you take the long bed off and put a short bed on and put the tank between the cab and bed, then yes it will no longer be a long bed and yes it will devalue the truck.

Wife doesn't understand the add benefit of when I find cheaper diesel I can fill-up both tanks, & I don't have to worry about not finding a gas station with diesel, when I'm traveling in the truck

Apr 9, 2011 | 09:44 PM

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What are the dimensions on the tank. My flatbed has a 75 on it and my future brother in-law has a 109 L tank and these don't really take up too much of the beds. I'm fixing to put the a 100gal L tank and tool box on the 06. As far as people stealing fuel im gonna set mine up so my filler bung and pump are inside the tool box

The tank is about 3 feet long, a foot wide, about 18 inches tall. It looks like a big air tank, I don't have a tool box, is there a way, so a thief doesn't take the diesel out of the tank

Apr 9, 2011 | 09:50 PM

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Friend wants to install a 35 gallon tank on the bed of my truck

Is it a old semi tank by any chance?

Apr 9, 2011 | 10:03 PM

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Is it a old semi tank by any chance?

nope it's a little smaller, it already has the hoses, & I'm also getting a filter housing with filter, All I have to do is buy a diesel pump & he'll install it.

Apr 11, 2011 | 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Benjamin

it would only lose value if you sell the truck with the tank empty, with it full it will add at least $140 to the value of the truck.

But to gunman, I highly doubt a tank as small as 35 gallons would take up a considerable amount of room.

Apr 12, 2011 | 06:47 AM

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But to gunman, I highly doubt a tank as small as 35 gallons would take up a considerable amount of room.

I need room in the long-bed for a 2003 SUZUKI VINSON 4X4 ATV

Apr 12, 2011 | 08:31 AM

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You better check and see if it meets Florida Law for an Auxillary fuel tank first. Many state's DOTs are very funny about them. How thry're built/reinforced. How they're mounted. How they're wired. How they're plumed. Baffled. Shaped. You name it.