Boyd Welding-67-72 Rear Mount Aluminum Tank

[Daveboyd]

Originally Posted by 68C10HotRod

I'd like to suggest 2 changes to the current design.

1) Side Fill Tank, Make the filler tube 1.25" taller so it clears the frame rail without issues. My frame is roughly 4.375 tall but the bottom of the filler tube is 3.625" from the mounting bracket which runs it into the top of the frame rail.
I still don't have this fixed or the tank mounted.




2) The rollover valve is positioned almost directly under a bed floor support. If it was moved forward 2" toward the cab, I might have been able to mount the tank INSIDE the frame rails & shim so the filler would clear the rail.

My tank also fit very snug front-to-back when clamped down but seemed to have a very reasonable amount of play side-to-side. Consequently, I moved the rear frame brace back.

Just some ideas I hope you consider. I was expecting way more "bolt-in" than this has become. I "expected" to deal with a filler in the bed side but not the rail. Beautiful tank, just wish I was using it.

brian, what is the year and make of your chassis? I thought that you had requested another piece of pipe to fix the filler that we shipped recently. I have not had anyone else come to me with this issue on the side fillers so i am hesitant to revise the design. I will do the repairs to the tank if you want me to.